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Gerry Adams seeking legal advice over Meta use of books for AI systems

The former Sinn Fein leader said the social media giant had used his books without permission.

Evening Standard

AI doesn’t care about authors, but Meta should

Letters: Timothy X Atack thinks AI models are imitation engines – and they do not celebrate their sources, they conceal them. Abie Longstaff says Meta has stolen far more books than any author could read

The Guardian - UK

Facebook whistleblower testifies that company undermined national security by working with China

Meta executives ‘lied about what they were doing with the‬ ‭Chinese Communist Party to employees, shareholders, Congress and the‬‭ American public,’ Sarah Wynn-Williams told a Congressional subcommittee

The Independent UK

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Cambridge Brothel Case: What's the Point?

Abandoning the "sex slave" narrative exposes the hollowness at the center of cases like this.

Reason

Meta's new rules block teenagers from livestreaming on Instagram

It's the latest step in the company's attempts to expand safety measures.

Fortune

Instagram to launch long-awaited iPad app as it takes on TikTok: report

Instagram may finally release a native iPad app, offering a better user experience for content creators and social media managers

Evening Standard

WhatsApp's Meta AI sparks EU privacy row as users unable to disable

Amid a growing backlash against the AI update, Meta has stressed that the tool is optional

Evening Standard

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You might get a free Meta Quest 3 to use on your next flight, but I'm not keen on the advertising it'll serve you

The next time you fly you could be handed a Meta Quest 3 to keep you entertained. Just look out for the ads.

TechRadar

Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer smart glasses review: full of AI promise but sub-par camera performance

The Meta AI technology offered on this pair of smart glasses is intriguing, but the glasses themselves lack the ability to produce good quality photos and video

Digital Camera World

WhatsApp issues urgent update over ‘spoofing’ hack risk

Security experts urge WhatsApp users to not open certain images and update the app immediately

The Independent UK

Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos have lost $80 billion of net worth since Trump's 'Liberation Day'

Billionaire backers of President Donald Trump are watching their fortunes tumble as tariffs take a toll on Big Tech.

Fortune

Meta’s Quarterly Earnings Preview: What You Need to Know

Meta is scheduled to report its Q1 earnings later this month, with analysts projecting robust double-digit profit growth, signaling continued momentum in the company’s financial performance.

Barchart

US Takes Aim At Zuckerberg's Social Media Kingdom

Barring any eleventh-hour intervention, social media juggernaut Meta will stand trial next week facing serious US government allegations that it abused its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors.

International Business Times

Author Of Explosive Meta Memoir To Star At US Senate Hearing

The former Facebook employee behind a scathing book about parent company Meta will testify Wednesday before US senators keen to establish whether the social networking giant ever collaborated with the Chinese government.

International Business Times

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TechRadar

Intel's former CEO puts money into a little-known hardware startup that wants to make Nvidia obsolete

UK-based startup Fractile wants to make Nvidia obsolete and is backed by NATO and Intel's former CEO.

TechRadar

WhatsApp patches worrying vulnerability which allowed hackers to share .exe files as images

The vulnerability was found in all older versions of WhatsApp software for Windows.

Euronews

Big Tech probes non-negotiable in US trade talks, Brussels warns

Investigations into Big Tech and value-added tax will not be up for negotiation during trade talks with the United States, the European Commission has said.

Euronews

Meta to block children under 16 from livestreaming on Instagram without parental consent

The measures will come out in Europe in the following months after rollout in the UK, US, Canada, and Australia first, Meta said.

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The Conversation

The founder kings of Silicon Valley: Dual-class stock gives US social media company controllers nearly as much power as ByteDance has over TikTok

When Congress passed a law in 2024 to ban TikTok unless it came under U.S. ownership, lawmakers argued that the app’s Chinese parent company posed national security concerns. The Trump administration, which had granted the viral video app a reprieve shortly after taking office in January 2025, extended that pause…

MarketBeat

Who Led Buybacks to End 2024? Hint: It Wasn’t Big Tech

See these three stocks that were the biggest buyback spenders outside of the tech sector in Q4 2924. One plans to spend $40 billion on buybacks through 2026.

The Independent UK

Kids under 16 will no longer be allowed to livestream on Instagram without parental consent

Instagram users under 16 won’t be able to livestream or unblur nudity in direct messages they’ve received without parental approval

The Guardian - UK

Meta blocks livestreaming by teenagers on Instagram

Under-16s will be barred from using the app’s Live feature unless they have parental permission

The Independent UK

Meta expands Instagram parental controls and brings them to Facebook

The tools mean the accounts of under-16s are heavily restricted by default and require parental permission to reduce them.

Euronews

From a political shift to a more powerful AI: Everything to know about Meta's Llama 4 models

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said "the highest performing base model in the world" is yet to come.

Euronews

TikTok made changes ahead of re-run of Romanian election, says EU tech chief

The European Commission started an investigation into TikTok last December following reports about voter influence through social media.

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