Each year, Google shares a look at what people searched for over the year. They usually give a peek back at what people were thinking about and cared about in the preceding year. These are the top trending...
2020 in Tech
In this modern world of misinformation, technology is both a reliable resource and a risky tool for reference. Business Insider looks back on social media super-spreaders, Trump's power (or lack thereof) over Twitter and TikTok, Google's top searches for the year and more.
Photo: i.insider.com
President Donald Trump has until January to tweet with impunity. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appeared alongside Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a congressional hearing on Tuesday. Responding to questions lawmakers,...
As Facebook brings in new policies to fight the inevitable onslaught of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, Instagram — where anti-vaxx accounts post images and videos to millions of followers — could become...
Some customers who pre-ordered Sony's new PlayStation 5 from Amazon UK claimed that their new consoles didn't arrive on Thursday, despite the platform marking them as delivered. Some of those buyers said...
Apple released its annual end-of-year roundup, highlighting some of the best apps of 2020. Noting the unique challenges of this year, with a pandemic forcing people to stay home and connect virtually than...
Whether you were carefully outfitting a tropical island, exploring City 17 as Gordon Freeman, or something else entirely, there were a ton of great games to play in 2020. And it was quite a year for gaming,...
New details about the US government's plan to ban TikTok has brought a renewed sense of urgency for TikTok to make a deal before the Sunday night deadline. The Commerce Department expanded further Friday...
An artist "hacked" Google Maps' traffic display — and all it took was a red wagon and 99 smartphones. Simon Weckert toted the pile of smartphones down empty streets in Berlin. Every street he traversed...
SpaceX and NASA celebrated a major milestone on Sunday: the completion of the world's first crewed commercial spaceflight. The company's Crew Dragon spaceship carried two NASA astronauts into orbit and...
The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization to Moderna's coronavirus vaccine on Friday. The decision came after an independent expert panel voted overwhelmingly to recommend the authorization...
Apple's new iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro are launching this Friday, bringing changes like 5G support, a refreshed design, improved cameras, and a new bigger screen size for the Pro model. During its launch...
On Monday, Spotify started testing a feature called "Stories." It's remarkably similar to a new Twitter feature, known as "Fleets," which was basically a copy of an Instagram feature, also called Stories,...