Former Warner Bros. Discovery PR Chief Lands at TikTok
Nathaniel Brown has been added to the team led by former Disney executive Zenia Mucha. Source: Nathaniel Brown Hired by TikTok for Communications Role
UK considers big tech tax changes to appease Donald Trump
UK taxes on big tech firms may be changed as part of a deal to avoid US President Donald Trump’s next raft of tariffs, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has suggested.She said talks are “ongoing” about tweaks to the Digital Services Tax … Continued
The YouTube videos that changed the way we think about ourselves
YouTube started out as an off-beat video sharing site. But at its 20th anniversary, the platform’s content has fundamentally altered the way we think, feel and interact with each other. Source: The YouTube videos that changed the way we think … Continued
Skype announces it will close in May
Skype, the video-calling service that had hundreds of millions of users, is closing in May, its owner Microsoft has said.It was once one of the world’s most popular websites and allowed people to make voice calls via their computers to … Continued
TikTok ‘task masking’ trend shows fightback against RTO
Gen Z workers used to hybrid working are railing against employers’ expectations that being in the workplace boosts productivity by producing TikTok videos in which they pretend to be busy. Source: TikTok ‘task masking’ trend shows fightback against RTO
‘We matched an older brother with his younger sister’: The rocky 1960s origins of online dating
In 1966, the BBC’s Tomorrow’s World visited a party in New York organised by the electronic dating service Tact, or Technical Automated Compatibility Testing. Around 2,000 singles were invited to Manhattan to try out this modern method of matchmaking. Source: … Continued