Business News
Instagram Announces One of the Strictest Return-to-Office Policies in Tech: ‘2026 Is Going to Be Tough’
The new policy will go into effect early next year.
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
Meta Takes on ChatGPT By Releasing a Standalone AI App: ‘A Long Journey’
Meta AI is already available across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, with nearly a billion users.
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
‘More OG Facebook Coming Soon’: Meta Unveils Friends Tab on Facebook — Here’s How to See Posts From Your Friends Instead of Algorithms
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a new Facebook tab that features only friend-related posts and stories in your feed.
By David James
Business News
Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk Were Once Ready to Fight. Now Meta Is Openly Copying X’s Community Notes Algorithm.
Meta is aiming to bring Community Notes to Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
Most Young People Have Abandoned Facebook, But There’s One Big Reason Some Gen-Zers Are Sticking Around
This feature might not be making Meta a ton of cash, but it is driving huge engagement.
By David James
Building a Business
9 Easy Side Hustles You Can Start This Weekend
Whether you're looking to help the planet, make some money on your unused space, meet new people at exclusive events, or make money while shopping online, let these side hustles inspire you to make some extra cash.
Side Hustle
‘Hustling Since Middle School’: She Started a Side Hustle on Facebook Marketplace — Then a ‘Game-Changer’ Grew It to $25,000 a Month
Leena Pettigrew's "entrepreneurial spirit" inspired her to build a business with earnings that outpaced her full-time income.
By Amanda Breen
Business News
Meta Ends Fact-Checking Program, Replaces It With New System: ‘We’ve Seen This Approach Work on X’
Meta is starting to implement a Community Notes program.
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
‘This Is Weird’: Meta Is Killing Off Its AI-Generated Fake Facebook Friends That Nobody Wanted in the First Place
Meta is deleting many of its AI-generated accounts after users began complaining about fake friends popping into their feeds.
By David James
Side Hustle
How to Start a Side Hustle With Facebook, From 4 People Who Did It and Are Earning More Than $1 Million a Year
More than a third of U.S. adults have a side hustle — and online opportunities abound.
By Amanda Breen
Side Hustle
After Being Laid Off, He Started a Side Hustle With Facebook. It Made Almost $3 Million Last Year: ‘I Bought My Mom a $50,000 SUV.’
Carlos Ugalde, founder of House of Chingasos, didn't know anything about digital marketing — but he dove in anyway.
By Amanda Breen
Business News
Meta’s Q3 Earnings Beat—Is This Dip a Golden Entry Opportunity?
Between earnings growth, analyst support, and the strength of the underlying rally, investors have many reasons to be excited about Meta's potential upside.
By Sam Quirke
Side Hustle
Teen Brothers Started a Side Hustle on Facebook Marketplace That’s on Track for $1.2 Million This Year: ‘Quit My Job and Went All In’
Kirk and Jacob McKinney turned their high school side hustle into a lucrative full-time business.
By Amanda Breen
Side Hustle
Mom’s Side Hustle Started With a Facebook Page. Now It Makes More Than $1 Million a Year: ‘Don’t Overthink.’
Karen Frederick, 43, wanted to establish a fulfilling, home-based career.
By Amanda Breen
Business News
Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp All ‘Engaged in Vast Surveillance’ to Earn Billions, According to the FTC
FTC chair Lina M. Khan said these companies have exposed users' to "a host of harms."
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
Mark Zuckerberg Uses an Easy But Powerful Formula to Keep Facebook Relevant — Here’s How It Works
Zuckerberg says Meta never thought small, even in the early days when it was just Facebook.
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
‘I Believe the Government Pressure Was Wrong:’ Mark Zuckerberg Explains Why Facebook Censored Certain Content
Meta censored some Covid content on Facebook, Instagram, and its other products in 2021, according to a letter from CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
Facebook Issues Apology After Photo of Donald Trump Was Erroneously Labeled ‘Altered’
The public affairs director at Facebook's parent company Meta, wrote on X the label was "an error."
By Emily Rella
Business News
Mark Zuckerberg Says Apple’s ‘Constrained’ Platform Is the ‘Major Reason’ He’s Pushing for Open Source AI
Zuckerberg called out Apple in a new letter.
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
YouTube Takes on TikTok With New Tools: ‘You Can Build a Business’
Though YouTube Shorts videos are brief, they still draw 70 billion daily views.
By Sherin Shibu
Side Hustle
This Mom Started a Side Hustle on Facebook — Now It Averages $14,000 a Month and She Can ‘Work From a Resort in the Maldives’
Heather Freeman was searching for a way to make some extra cash — and her cousin gave her a great idea.
By Amanda Breen
Building a Business
AI Is Flooding Social Media. Here’s How to Make Sure You Don’t Get Lost in the Robotic Noise.
Content overload from AI is the new normal. Marketing guru Mari Smithen shares strategies for navigating the AI revolution and getting your messaging across.
By Ben Angel
Marketing
A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Make Money With Facebook Ads, According to Experts
Creating the right message is a crucial first step to making money with Facebook ads, but it doesn't end there. This guide will help you create ads that actually convert.
By R.L. Adams
Business News
A Non-Profit Newspaper Published a Column Criticizing Facebook. Then Meta Blocked All of Its Posts.
Facebook's communications chief said that the posts were removed because of "a mistaken security issue."
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
Mark Zuckerberg Told Meta Engineers to ‘Figure Out’ Snapchat’s Privacy Protections: ‘We Have No Analytics on Them’
Recently unsealed court documents detail "Project Ghostbusters," Meta's project to work around Snapchat's end-to-end encryption to intercept data.
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
Facebook Is Revamping One of Its Oldest, Most Controversial Features: ‘Nature Is Healing’
"Poking" is back, and you can "thank" Gen Z.
By Emily Rella
Tech
AI-Powered Digital Marketing Raises Concerns Over User Privacy and Job Loss. But Mari Smith Says It’s Not All Doom and Gloom.
Renowned social media thought leader Mari Smith, dubbed the "Facebook Queen," discusses the fascinating and frightening controversies surrounding the utilization of AI in marketing.
By Ben Angel