As TikTok resumes service following its brief ban, fellow social media giant Meta now faces a user boycott amid significant platform changes.

Claims that TikTok had been sold circulated after the app went dark in response to a U.S. federal ban, then returned a short time later.

Meta is luring TikTok creators over to its platforms with the promise of cash bonuses, content deals, and support to grow their communities. The company

Meta stands to be one of the largest beneficiaries of a TikTok ban in the US, analysts say. Through ad dollars alone, Meta could rake in up to $3.38B.

Want to leave TikTok and earn a bonus for doing it? Meta wants to pay you $5000 to switch to their Breakthrough Bonus Program.

Just a few weeks ago, Mark Zuckerberg made a big announcement about shifting content moderation on Meta platforms — he’s getting rid of fact-checking in favor of crowdsourced community notes, and his new terms of service allow a whole lot of bigoted and transphobic content that used to be at least nominally against the rules.

Meta spokesperson Paige Cohen confirmed to The Verge that they launched a Breakthrough Bonus program, in which accepted creators will automatically start earning money through the Content Monetization program — plus up to $5,000 in bonuses to help them “get off the ground” for the first 90 days.

Meta hasn't mentioned TikTok by name, but its new "Breakthrough bonus programme" is trying to appeal to creators using its competitors' platforms.

When you’ve filter through your collection in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, you may notice an option to filter for Pokémon Tool cards. There’s nothing ever there, because Pokémon TCG Pocket doesn’t currently have any Pokémon Tool cards. But that appears to be changing with the Space-Time Expansion announced Thursday.

There’s no official ruling on the collective noun for a group of billionaires, but if ever we needed one it was this week, writes Ange Lavoipierre.

In addition to Trump, you can guarantee that virtually every tech company will mention AI revenue and spending. According to Jefferies analyst Brent Thill, Microsoft should report improved AI consumption and continued spending, something investors have been hoping for as the company works to meet customer demand for AI infrastructure.