Technology

Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg delivered a blow to Elon Musk on Wednesday night, as the tech billionaires’ rivalry went live with the launch of Instagram’s much-anticipated Threads platform, a clone of Twitter. Analysts said investors were salivating over the possibility that Threads’ ties to Instagram might give it a built-in user base and advertising apparatus, which could siphon ad dollars from Twitter as its new CEO tries to …

The former wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin has spoken publicly for the first time following reports that she had a sexual affair with Elon Musk — claiming in a new interview that it never happened and that she and the billionaire Tesla boss are just friends. Nicole Shanahan faced an onslaught of media scrutiny last year after a bombshell …

The Canadian government will stop spending some $7.5 million per year on Facebook and Instagram ads amid a dispute over a new law on paying online news publishers that the Meta-owned platforms have opposed, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said Wednesday. The government still sees a path forward in resolving the quarrel that has led to Meta and Alphabet’s Google to say they would end news …

ChatGPT, the wildly popular AI chatbot launched in November, saw monthly traffic to its website and unique visitors decline for the first time ever in June, according to analytics firm Similarweb. Worldwide desktop and mobile traffic to the ChatGPT website decreased by 9.7% in June from May, while unique visitors to ChatGPT’s website dropped 5.7%. The amount of time visitors spent on the website …

A 45-year-old tech tycoon who spends upwards of $2 million per year to bio-hack his body into aging backwards said he eats dinner at 11 a.m. to achieve an 18-year-old physique. Bryan Johnson — who also has said he uses a machine to count his nighttime erections and has taken steps to make his rectum perform like a teenager’s — …

Meta has apparently skipped launching its highly anticipated Twitter-like app “Threads” in European Union countries as Mark Zuckerberg’s social media behemoth faces mounting regulatory pressure in the region, according to a report. The “Threads” app did not appear in searches of app stores in Germany, Spain, Italy, and France as of Wednesday. Listings in Apple’s App Store in the US …

Apple infringed two telecommunications patents used in devices including iPhones and iPads, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday, dismissing the tech giant’s appeal in a long-running dispute with a U.S. patent holder. Texas-based Optis Cellular Technology LLC sued Apple in 2019 over its use of patents which Optis says are essential to certain technological standards, such as 4G. London’s …

The Biden administration is considering implementing a new rule that would block Chinese firms from using cloud-computing services such as those offered by US tech giants Amazon and Microsoft, according to a report Tuesday. Under the potential rule, US companies could be required to obtain government approval before offering their cloud services that use advanced artificial intelligence computer chips to …

Meta Platforms on Tuesday lost its fight against a German data curb order that strikes at the heart of its business model as Europe’s top court backed the German antitrust watchdog’s power to also investigate privacy breaches. The ruling from the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) potentially hand antitrust authorities more leeway in Big Tech probes. …

Michael Kives, the ex-aide to Hillary Clinton-turned-Hollywood super-agent, seemed unbothered by FTX’s $700 million lawsuit against his firm while hanging out in London with former President Bill Clinton. In photos exclusively obtained by The Post, Kives was pictured Monday exchanging some laughs with his former boss during a stroll through the capital’s streets. The pair were dressed casually in jeans …