Meta faces £1.8bn lawsuit over claims it inflamed violence in Ethiopia Son of murdered academic calls on Facebook owner to ‘radically change how it moderates dangerous content’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2025
Albanese government forging ahead with social media age restrictions despite Meta’s new Instagram teen accounts Communications minister Michelle Rowland welcomes Meta’s announcement but suggests it doesn’t strongly enforce its present age limit on Instagram The Guardian - AU · Sep 18, 2024
The door to an Australian tech tax is clearly ajar. Can Labor make it happen? There’s a long track record of government subsidising traditional media – but patch-up jobs and sweetheart deals have reached the end of their useful lifespan The Guardian - AU · Aug 18, 2024
Astronomical AI Spending Is Causing Jitters on Wall Street Amid rampant excitement over artificial intelligence, a new round of skepticism is taking hold. Here are four forecasts about the future of generative AI. Kiplinger · Jul 26, 2024
Moo-sage: Indonesia Salon Gets Cows In Shape For Eid Sacrifice Under a highway in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, a brown cow stood calmly as masseur Sumarwan got to work, clenching his fist to beat the animal's legs and help it relax ahead of its sacrifice. International Business Times · Jun 13, 2024
I finally tried the Meta AI in my Ray-Ban smart glasses thanks to an accidental UK launch – and it's by far the best AI wearable The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses finally got the Meta AI in the UK, so I tried it out and was impressed by the results. TechRadar · Jun 8, 2024
‘Show this to everyone’: UK political ads move away from microtargeting Old approach of seeking ultra-niche audiences has fallen out of favour as main parties spend tens of millions online The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024
Reality TV star Gamble Breaux knew she’d been hacked. Then the deepfakes of the prime minister began to appear Hundreds of scam ads featuring manipulated videos of Anthony Albanese flooded Facebook via her account before she was able to regain control The Guardian - AU · Apr 6, 2024
I let the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses pick out my outfit using AI — and I’m shocked by the result Meta AI on the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses can now look through your eyes to help with things like picking out an outfit. Here's what happened when I tried it myself. Tom’s Guide · Dec 13, 2023
Morning Mail: Coalition flies to Cop28, Westpac suffers major outage, UK nuclear site hacked Customers lose access to accounts and cards after system update failure; conservative lobby groups fund trips by frontbenchers to Cop28 The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2023
Who is attending Sunak’s AI safety summit – and what will they discuss? PM hopes Bletchley Park event will be the first of many, as No 10 denies some world leaders have ‘snubbed’ summit The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023
Lil Tay Has Opened Up About The Viral Death Hoax & Shared Who She Believes Was Behind It Her IG account has been completely wiped with the only post being her faux death announcement. Pedestrian.tv · Sep 27, 2023
Meta and OpenAI face lawsuits from comedian Sarah Silverman and authors Sarah Silverman and authors Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden have launched a lawsuit against OpenAI and Meta. Fortune · Jul 10, 2023
Instagram’s Threads is a better photography app than… Instagram Instagram’s new Threads app is a fresh chance for photographers to engage with communities and showcase their images. TechRadar · Jul 9, 2023
The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2023 Facebook owner Meta fined €1.2bn for mishandling user information Penalty from Ireland’s privacy regulator is a record for breach of EU data protection regulation
TechRadar · Apr 28, 2023 The latest Oculus Quest 2 update is here to speed up your game downloads The v53 Oculus Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro update is here with speedier downloads, stereo audio recording, and browser content filters.
The Guardian - US · Apr 15, 2023 Silicon valediction? Our road trip to tech industry hotspots as the sector cools Tables may have freed up at Silicon Valley’s Coupa Cafe, but ‘scalability’ is still on the menu as tech workers look forward
The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2023 The Guardian view on regulating social media: the internet should be safer Editorial: Ministers’ ambitions have been scaled back but their bill must protect children robustly
Evening Standard · Jan 13, 2023 Cardi B’s ‘debasing’ Marge Simpson photos finally removed by Instagram The rapper has been in a legal row with famed Italian artist AleXsandro Palombo over ‘copying’ his work
Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2022 The 10 biggest tech stories of 2022 From the rise of King Elon to the killer robots of San Francisco, here is what happened this year
Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2022 Father of three freed from Iraqi prison returns home Mr Glendinning was reunited with his family at Edinburgh Airport on Saturday
The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2022 Scot Brian Glendinning freed from Iraqi prison returns home Mr Glendinning was reunited with his family at Edinburgh Airport on Saturday.
Daily Mirror · Nov 18, 2022 Brit locked up for two months over unpaid Qatar debt has flight home delayed Brian Glendinning was detained in Iraq on an Interpol Red Notice from Qatar over a debt owed to the gulf state's national bank. A mystery donor paid off what was owed
The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022 Olena Zelenska says she hopes Musk’s Ukraine peace tweet was ‘chance mistake’ Exclusive: First lady says ‘even smartest people could be influenced by Russian propaganda’
inkl Originals · Oct 29, 2022 The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 29 October 2022 The fundamentals of the world's largest technology companies are on display this week. Not much of it is peachy.