Seems the drama around Matt Mullenweg and WordPress continues to rumble on with the company laying off 16%/281 people on April 1st (no not an April Fools joke either). This continues 2025s continued whittling down… Automattic lays off 16%/281
On April 4th 2025 – Microsoft turned 50. It had a vision to put a computer on every desk, and well it has pretty much achieved that! The article below sums it up better than… Microsoft at 50
Tesla has posted its worst sales figures for over 3 years so far in 2025 with just under 337,000 vehicles delivered in the first 3 months of the year. BYD for example shipped over 417,000… Tesla sales plunge in 2025
Now here we are in April 2025 and it is becoming increasingly evident that China has toppled the US in the tech spaces. Tesla has been overtaken as the leading EV manufacturer and smartphone apps… China overtaking the US in tech domination?
Basically Elon Musk has sold X to his own xAI firm in a deal worth $44 billion, a billion more than he himself paid, though this does include $12 billion of debt! I don’t need… Musk sells X to xAI – so basically himself!
This is an interesting development, with Facebook being ordered to stop targeted ads at a UK women. Now if enough people complain legally I can see either ads being stopped in the UK (doubtful) or… Facebook ordered to stop targeted ads to UK women
I am seeing multiple people alleging Meta stole huge amounts of copyrighted works, with currently the most mentioned one is where Meta knowingly downloaded 82tb! of data pertaining to books and then used that to… Meta stealing copyrighted work?
Bluesky has added 3 minute video uploads and DM filters in its last update to V1.99. There are also changes to allow you to Mute more easily an account. See the post below for more… Bluesky adds 3 min videos and more!
I am seeing a worrying fediverse trend recently, the growth is nowhere as large as it should be. Fedidb is showing slow growth but in reality, well the truth is far different. I am noticing… Worrying fediverse trend
Excite Audio has released its first synth in the Bloom series – Bloom Synth Atmosphere. Look out for a quick review soon! https://www.excite-audio.com/bloomsynthatmosphere Prism Live studio has had an update which adds a simple dual… A few news items!