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Tech giants to be charged if they fail to pay for news

In a bid to return revenue to Australian news publishers, the government will charge tech giants if they do not pay for local journalism.

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Big tech firms like Meta forced to pay for news, under Albanese government’s ‘news bargaining incentive’ charge

Big tech companies would have to either do deals with news organisations to help fund journalism or pay a charge to the Australian government, under a new plan announced by the Albanese government on Thursday.

The Conversation

Meta, TikTok and Google will be forced to pay for Australian news. What does it mean for you?

The Albanese government has unveiled a charge to incentivise digital platforms to pay publishers. Here’s what you need to know

The Guardian - AU

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A Meta outage hit Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and more. Here’s what we know so far

A major outage is affecting users of popular social media and messaging services including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp around the globe. All these platforms are run by the social media giant Meta.

The Conversation

OpenAI hit by outage after ‘technical issue’ impacts Meta social media apps

OpenAI said it is working to fix the issue.

Evening Standard

Meta ‘99%’ finished fixing ‘technical issue’ that caused widespread blackout

The outage was first reported at around 6pm.

Evening Standard

1 Nuclear Fuel Stock Is Still a Buy Thanks to Meta Platforms

This company is the first in the U.S. to produce a key fuel needed for nuclear energy to scale. Investors should consider buying it now at its current price point.

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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads were down - here's what you need to know

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads are down or failing - Here's what you need to know

TechRadar

3 Metaverse Stocks Building Virtual Worlds

In today’s world, the metaverse represents a digital frontier where users interact in immersive virtual environments. In this article, we’ll explore three metaverse stocks, Microsoft Corp (MSFT), Meta Platforms (META), and Autodesk (ADSK), that could boost your portfolio. Read more….

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Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp outage ‘99%’ resolved, says Meta

Social media firm apologises to those affected by blackout on Wednesday, after more than 100,000 complaints

The Guardian - UK

Meta resolves outage that left Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, more unavailable for hours

Nearly all of Meta's services, including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Threads, and Messenger, are currently down.

Android Central

Facebook and Instagram were down — latest updates on massive outage

A number of Meta services suddenly went down including Instagram and Facebook.

Tom’s Guide

Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger are down: Everything you need to know about Meta's outage

Tens of thousands of users are reporting outages across Meta's social apps

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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all down as 'technical issue' causes massive Meta outage

Meta says ‘technical issue’ impacting some users' ability to access apps

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Meta down: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Threads not working in major outage

Apparent technical problem knocks all of company’s apps offline

International Business Times

Google Unveils Latest AI Model, Gemini 2.0

Google on Wednesday announced the launch of Gemini 2.0, its most advanced artificial intelligence model to date, as the world's tech giants race to take the lead in the fast developing technology.

Fortune

VC billionaire Marc Andreessen says half of his time goes to helping Trump at Mar-a-Lago

“He will happily talk to distinguished visitors about like who the vice president should be, and then he’ll ask the caddy. It’s been painted in a negative way, but there’s a real strength to it,” Andreessen said of Trump.

Tom’s Guide

Finally! Meta Quest VR headsets can now connect to your Windows 11 PC — with up to 3 virtual monitors

Microsoft launches Mixed Reality Link, letting Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S users connect to a Windows 11 PC with up to three virtual displays.

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Fortune

The debate over open vs closed AI models is ‘ridiculous,’ Meta AI exec says

Manohar Paluri, a leader in Meta’s generative AI group, spoke at Fortune’s Brainstorm AI conference in San Francisco.

PC Gamer

Meta could take a step back from designing VR headsets and lend other companies access to its Horizon OS instead

Meta could become the software king of VR.

The Guardian - UK

Video is AI’s new frontier – and it is so persuasive, we should all be worried

I tried Sora, OpenAI’s new tool, and it just left me sad. Are we ready for a world in which we can never tell what is real, asks journalist Victoria Turk

TechRadar

Meta signs major AI deal to train Llama on Oracle Cloud

Oracle Cloud is the chosen cloud computing service for Meta as it looks to train and deploy its Llama AI models.

TechRadar

Final Meta Quest 3 update of 2024 brings big hand-tracking upgrade – and it might convince me to give working in VR another chance

The final Meta Quest 3 update of 2024 brings a major virtual desktop upgrade, making it easier than ever to bring your PC into VR.

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Don't cry for HoloLens, Meta keeps spatial computing alive on Windows 11 with new Quest 3 update

Meta's latest Horizon OS v72 update lets you Remote Desktop to your Windows 11 PC, simply by looking at it.

Fortune

AI boom makes European universities the new Harvard and Stanford for tech talent

Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch’s Parisian alma mater is a breeding ground for France’s $2.3 billion AI talent boom.

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