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By Zilber Mark Zuckerberg tumbled from third to fifth place on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index after Meta’ stock plunged 11% on Thursday — wiping out $29.2 billion from his fortune …
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By Elisa Meta Platforms is in talks to make an investment that could exceed $10 billion in artificial intelligence startup Scale AI, Bloomberg News reported. The terms of the deal …
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By Herzlich Meta activated an urgent status to fix the problem of its AI chatbots saying Joe Biden is still the president this week, according to a report. On Thursday, …
Read More By Zilber Meta employees blasted the company’s decision to do away with third-party fact-checkers and to add pro-Donald Trump voices including Ultimate Fighting Championship head Dana White to the board …
Read More By Elisa Facebook owner Meta Platforms must face trial in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break-up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition in social media, a judge …
Read More By Elisa Facebook and Instagram both experienced outages on Monday, according to the web site Downdetector. There were more than 8,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Facebook and over …
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By Elisa Social media companies collect, share and process vast troves of information about their users while offering little transparency or control, including over how it is used by systems …
Read More By Elisa Meta Platforms has canceled plans for a premium mixed-reality headset intended to compete with Apple’s Vision Pro, the Information reported Friday. The company told employees at its Reality Labs division to …
Read More By Elisa Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to Texas to resolve the state’s lawsuit accusing the Facebook parent of illegally using facial-recognition technology to collect biometric data of millions of Texans …
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By Elisa Apple has rejected overtures by Meta Platforms to integrate the social networking company’s AI chatbot into the iPhone months ago, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people with knowledge of …
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By Elisa Facebook parent Meta Platforms has discussed integrating its generative AI model into Apple’s recently announced AI system for iPhones, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The move comes as Apple plans to add technology from …
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By Barrabi Instagram’s algorithm routinely serves up sexually charged videos featuring scantily-clad sex content creators to teen users as young as 13, according to the alarming results of a seven-month …
Read More By Kennedy US prosecutors in Virginia are investigating Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, for playing a role in facilitating illegal drug sales online, the Wall Street Journal …
Read More By Barrabi A fresh legislative push to hold tech giants accountable for child safety is gaining momentum on Capitol Hill – as public outrage grows over online sex predators and AI-generated …
Read More By Barrabi Mark Zuckerberg will earn $700 million per year through Meta’s new quarterly dividend – an astronomical payout announced just one day after he faced outrage on Capitol Hill …
Read More By Zilber Facebook users are bombarded with targeted ads from nearly 200,000 companies, according to a first-of-its-kind study that revealed the vast scale of data tracking on the Meta-owned social …
Read More By Barrabi A group representing more than 80 media outlets in Spain slapped Meta with a $600 million lawsuit Monday alleging the Facebook parent has broken European data privacy laws. …
Read More By Elisa Dozens of states are suing Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms and its Instagram unit, accusing them of contributing to a youth mental health crisis through the addictive nature of their social media platforms. …
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By Zilber Veteran TV news anchor Campbell Brown will step down as Meta’s head of news partnerships, the company said Tuesday – another sign Facebook’s parent company is pivoting away …
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By Zilber Threads, the new “Twitter killer” app rolled out by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has surpassed 100 million users in less than a week while Elon Musk’s micro-blogging site …
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