I wrote a book about theft and deception – and now AI scams are flooding my inbox Authors like me are being targeted by AI-powered accounts promising exposure and fake reviews The Guardian - AU · Mar 11
Cathie Wood Is Still Buying Amazon Stock. Should You? Ark Invest added Amazon shares across funds last week, and it is easy to see why. Barchart · Mar 11
Meta disables more than 150,000 accounts in crackdown on south-east Asian scam networks Company also launches tools to spot scammers as Thai police arrest 21 people The Guardian - US · Mar 11
Meta bought Moltbook, an almost entirely AI-populated social media platform, for we don't know how much—and we're not completely sure why yet, either Clawing back AI talent. PC Gamer · Mar 11
Activists gather at Meta London HQ to protest ‘dangerous’ social media firms A group of young people held a protest outside the social media giant’s London headquarters as they accused its algorithms of contributing to their serious mental health problems The Independent UK · Mar 11
Meta snaps up AI agent social network Moltbook - founders will join Meta Superintelligence Labs Meta has acquired Moltbook and its founders, bringing the Reddit-like AI social network under its Superintelligence Labs business. TechRadar · Mar 11
Oversight Board slams Meta's 'inadequate' deepfake rules — calls for a total AI overhaul Meta is being urged to strengthen oversight of fake AI videos as deepfakes become more realistic and harder for users to detect. Tom’s Guide · Mar 11
Meta just snapped up Moltbook, the ‘Reddit for AI’ — what you need to know Meta announced it is acquiring the Reddit-style social media platform Moltbook, where AI bots interact with one another. Tom’s Guide · Mar 11
Meta Acquires Moltbook to Power the Meta Superintelligence Labs Meta has added AI social media company Moltbook to its portfolio, and it is set to power its Superintelligence Labs. International Business Times · Mar 11
ICE Agents Caught Wearing Meta AI Smart Glasses To Record And Monitor Communities During Immigration Raids ICE agents are reportedly using Meta AI smart glasses to record and livestream communities during immigration raids, raising privacy concerns nationwide. International Business Times UK · Mar 11
Is Instagram Down? Users Panic as 'Instagram DM Won't Send' Trends Globally Instagram DM won't send? Users worldwide face outages and feed problems. Find out which regions are affected International Business Times UK · Mar 11
Takedown orders surge on Meta amid crackdown on posts mocking Modi The Centre has issued a spate of takedown orders for social media posts on X and Instagram that criticise or mock Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Newslaundry · Mar 11
Instagram down: Users worldwide report outages on Meta-owned social media site Users report being unable to send messages The Independent UK · Mar 11
The Independent UK · Mar 10 Meta to acquire Moltbook, the social network for AI agents Meta is acquiring Moltbook, a social network where AI agents post and chat with each other
Bored Panda · Mar 10 “Not Normal Behavior”: Prince Harry’s Hand Movements Spark Concern After Emotional Meeting The meeting comes as a major lawsuit against Meta and YouTube over social media dangers heads to trial.
The Independent UK · Mar 10 Meta buys AI social network Moltbook for unknown fee The platform gained notoriety after AI bots shared posts about work, philosophy and ‘overthrowing’ humanity
Radio France Internationale · Mar 10 French start-up raises $1 billion to shift AI research into 'high gear' French artificial intelligence start-up AMI said on Tuesday it had raised $1 billion (€890 billion) to develop AI systems designed to understand the physical world “in the way animals and humans do”, rather than relying on language-based models such as ChatGPT. The company expects to produce “fairly universal intelligent systems”…
Fortune · Mar 9 Oracle under pressure from more than $100 billion in debt and massive layoffs The Larry Ellison–led software giant is remaking its cloud infrastructure to rival Amazon and Microsoft.
The Conversation · Mar 9 Is someone watching you? Facial recognition tech is here and Canada offers little privacy protection Amid the recent, dizzying advances in generative AI, it’s been easy to miss the slow but steady progress in facial recognition over the last decade. In the past few months, it has broken containment.
PC Gamer · Mar 9 Meta's latest legal wheeze is to insist that pirating books is fair use, actually Rather than, y'know, outright theft.
Barchart · Mar 9 As Oracle Plans Thousands of Layoffs in Favor of AI Data Centers, How Should You Play ORCL Stock? Down over 50% from all-time highs, Oracle stock offers significant upside potential in 2026, given consensus price targets.
The Conversation · Mar 9 We are in a digital version of the enclosures – like the landowners, big tech has power without responsibility Between the middle of the 18th and 19th centuries, the English parliament passed more than 4,000 Enclosure Acts. These laws allowed the fencing of common lands where villagers had grazed livestock and planted for generations, transferring them largely into private ownership of the aristocracy or the church. Similar dramatic changes…
Fortune · Mar 9 The 'Singapore-washing' strategy starts to unwind as both China and the U.S. closely scrutinize corporate roots “Singapore-washing is only credible and effective for companies which fully cut off their operational ties to China," one expert said.