Another day, another sign of Netflix seeking world domination. The streaming video service that on Monday reported hitting 125 million members plans to spend about $1 billion on original and co-produced content in Europe this year, according to someone familiar with the company’s plans. That’s more than twice last year’s Europe budget and will nearly …

Twitter has confirmed a report that it’s joining Google and Facebook in banning advertisement on its site for cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. As part of its commitment to “ensuring the safety of the Twitter community,” the social media site is adding a new policy prohibiting the advertisement of initial coin offerings and token sales, a Twitter representative said Monday in an …

We’ve gotten kind of use to Instagram stealing features from rival Snapchat. But here’s a case of the opposite. Snap-owned Snapchat is giving some users the ability to tag others in Stories with a link to their profile, just like you can do on Instagram. It appears the feature was first spotted by Twitter user and actor Matt Rappaport, TechCrunch reported. …

Ever hail an Uber in the early hours and wonder if your driver is awake enough to get you home safely? You might not have to worry so much now. The ride-hailing company on Monday said that it will force US drivers to go offline for six straight hours after 12 hours of driving at a time. That should help combat …

“Facebook is for old people” has long been a mantra in my teenage-filled household. But now eMarketer has proved how that statement is evidence of an ongoing trend. The research firm released a forecast Monday saying that Facebook is losing younger users at an even faster pace than previously expected. And even though the social network has been able to …

Here’s just the latest nugget to surface as a result of congressional probes of tech platforms used by Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election: Russia-linked accounts shared Donald Trump’s tweets almost half a million times in the run-up to Election Day. In a document posted by the Senate Judiciary Committee Friday (PDF), Twitter revealed that Russian bots retweeted Trump …

News Corp. Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch is calling on Facebook and other online news platforms to pay publishers for content posted to their sites. Murdoch issued the statement Monday, a week after Facebook made two major changes to its news feed algorithm. First the social network said it will prioritize posts from friends and family members over those from brands and …

YouTube and Hulu have yet to officially disclose any numbers for their new live TV products, but according to a CNBC report, they’re faring well in wooing cord cutters away from cable TV. The CNBC story on Monday, which cites unnamed sources, says Hulu’s livestreaming service has about 450,000 paying subscribers. And YouTube TV has just over 300,000. Hulu and Google-owned YouTube …

Unhappy with the Federal Communication Commission’s repeal of net neutrality regulations? Well, you could move to Montana. Montana’s Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock on Monday signed an executive order requiring all internet service providers with state contracts to commit to net neutrality, the principle that all traffic on the internet should be treated equally. That makes Montana the first state to …

Adding another arrow to its smart-home quiver, Google said Wednesday that it’s expanding its personal voice assistant onto tablets and phones running Android Lollipop. Google Assistant, like competitors Alexa, Siri and Cortana, answers all sorts of questions ranging from the weather to your flight information to your next appointment. And it can help out around the house, powering smart devices …