• Facebook parent company Meta launches Threads app as rival to Twitter

    Facebook parent company Meta launches Threads app as rival to Twitter

    Jul 06, 2023 03:37 PM EDT

    ... sharing app Instagram that the company says provides "a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations." It went live late Wednesday in Apple and Google Android app stores, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg saying 10 million people had signed up in the first seven hours. There were some ...

  • Skyrocketing cost of living threatens Austin's status as live music capital of the world

    Skyrocketing cost of living threatens Austin's status as live music capital of the world

    Jul 05, 2023 10:25 PM EDT

    ... dollars a year for Austin. But the city's flourishing music scene has helped attract another industry, tech. In recent years, tech giants like Tesla, Apple, and Google have relocated or expanded in Austin. Erica Shamaly heads the city's music and entertainment division. Erica Shamaly, Manager, Austin, Texas, Music ...

  • Meta unveils Threads, new app to challenge Twitter

    Meta unveils Threads, new app to challenge Twitter

    Jul 04, 2023 04:48 PM EDT

    LONDON (AP) — Meta is poised to unveil a new app that appears to mimic Twitter — a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. A listing for the app, called Threads, appeared on Apple's App Store, indicating it would debut as early as Thursday. It is ...

  • Lisa Cortés on her film exploring Little Richard’s legendary rock’n’roll legacy

    Lisa Cortés on her film exploring Little Richard’s legendary rock’n’roll legacy

    Jul 01, 2023 09:30 PM EDT

    ... But at the same time, there's so much joy and liberation in the music that he gave to us. Amna Nawaz: The film Little Richard: I Am everything is available to stream online now on Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video. For PBS News Weekend, I'm Amna Nawaz.

  • French president urges parents to keep teenagers home to quell rioting spreading across France

    French president urges parents to keep teenagers home to quell rioting spreading across France

    Jun 30, 2023 01:44 PM EDT

    ... the streets and blamed social media for fueling unrest. Despite repeated government appeals for calm and stiffer policing, Friday saw brazen daylight violence, too. An Apple store was looted in the eastern city of Strasbourg, where police fired tear gas, and the windows of a fast-food outlet were smashed ...

  • WATCH: Biden, Modi hold meeting with U.S. and Indian business leaders

    WATCH: Biden, Modi hold meeting with U.S. and Indian business leaders

    Jun 23, 2023 11:19 PM EDT

    ... as state visit by Indian Prime Minister Modi concludes “Our countries are taking innovation and cooperation to new levels,” Biden told the group, which included Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. “We’re going to see more technological change … in the next 10 ...

  • WATCH: Biden hosts Indian Prime Minister Modi at White House for state dinner

    WATCH: Biden hosts Indian Prime Minister Modi at White House for state dinner

    Jun 22, 2023 11:00 PM EDT

    WATCH: Biden welcomes Modi for state visit amid concerns over India’s human rights record Other notables included social media influencer Jay Shetty, big Democratic donors like Florida lawyer John Morgan and civil rights activist Martin Luther King III. The CEO contingent included Apple's Tim Cook, Google's Sundar ...

  • Supreme Court rules against man given 27 years in prison on gun charges

    Supreme Court rules against man given 27 years in prison on gun charges

    Jun 22, 2023 05:01 PM EDT

    ... conviction became final.” Only two instances, newly discovered evidence or the court's new interpretation of a constitutional provision, authorize a second bite at the apple under a 1996 federal law meant to limit federal appeals, Thomas wrote. Most federal appeals court would have allowed Jones to reopen his case ...

  • Retread scare: Trump and other Republicans evoke another era by calling Democrats 'communists'

    Retread scare: Trump and other Republicans evoke another era by calling Democrats 'communists'

    Jun 19, 2023 07:36 PM EDT

    ... led efforts to blacklist accused communists in the 1950s. In a country that has historically positioned itself against Marxism, "red-baiting is as American as apple pie in political communications," said Tanner Mirrlees, an associate professor at Ontario Tech University in Canada who has researched political discourse about "cultural Marxism ...

  • How some families are banned from food stamps for life due to past drug convictions

    How some families are banned from food stamps for life due to past drug convictions

    Jun 09, 2023 04:39 PM EDT

    At the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center in Columbia, attorney Sue Berkowitz assists families like Butler’s whose lives have been upended by this law. People of color and people living in or near poverty are disproportionately affected, worsening long-running disparities, she said. The law also ignores the ...