Fact check: Hoax posts about killers and stabbings in local Facebook groups Full Fact looks at the problem of bogus warnings and appeals being shared on the social media platform. The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2025
Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him Whether the Meta boss and his ex-lieutenant Sheryl Sandberg are truly beyond awful is neither here nor there. I thought he was done with factchecking, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2025
Hostage training and hours of pre-trip preparation signal the terrifying new reality of traveling for work Corporate America is worried about their executives, so companies pay millions for CEO security. But rank-and-file workers in the business world are also anxious about travel after the killing of a CEO. Fortune · Mar 14, 2025
Get ready to argue with your weird Uncle on Facebook again. Meta is rolling out its new fact checking solution to it's 190 million users in the United States Prepare yourself for the unhinged nature of community notes. PC Gamer · Mar 14, 2025
Tech leaders at Anthropic, IBM, and Meta warn that AI is coming for software developer jobs While AI is set to transform the field of software development, executives disagree on the timing and scale. Fortune · Mar 14, 2025
'We want to do it right this time,' Meta says as it starts testing Community Notes Meta is testing its new Community Notes feature that is said to replace 2016's fact-checking capability on its platform. Android Central · Mar 13, 2025
Book fight: Meta is trying to stop a former employee from promoting a tell-all book but her publisher is defending the memoir Sarah Wynn-Williams memoir about her time at the social media giant is creating an uproar. Fortune · Mar 13, 2025
Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams review – Zuckerberg and me An eye-opening insider account of Facebook alleges a bizarre office culture and worrying political overreach The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2025
Meta warns of worrying security flaw hitting open source type software The bug was addressed in a recent patch. TechRadar · Mar 13, 2025
Meta Tests 'Community Notes' To Replace Fact-checkers Social media giant Meta on Thursday announced it would begin testing its new "Community Notes" feature across its platforms on March 18, as it shifts away from third-party fact-checking toward a crowd-sourced approach to content moderation. International Business Times · Mar 13, 2025
This tech career can earn over $500k—more than some cardiologists make in a year. Here’s how one man did it An AI science career can lead to a high-paying career, with salaries outpacing those of lawyers and doctors. Fortune · Mar 13, 2025
The world’s richest tech bosses have lost £168bn this year so far Tesla CEO Elon Musk has seen his net worth drop by almost the same value as the rest put together The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025
Facebook Flagged Critique of Tech CEOs as 'Controversial.' Meta Claims It Was a 'Mistake' A journalist's article was restricted by Meta for "critiquing tech industry figures," until repeated inquiries led to Meta claiming it was an automated mistake. Latin Times · Mar 12, 2025
Google may ressurect the most loathed smart glasses ever — and I couldn't be happier With talks of Google acquiring a startup related to smart glasses, a resurrected Google Glass that challenges Meta and Samsung may be in the picture. Laptop · Mar 12, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2025 Lean In, said Sheryl Sandberg – but after this week, can we ever see her or Facebook in the same light again? The new memoir about Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg is billed as an exposé – but it feels like a morality tale for our times, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
MarketBeat · Mar 12, 2025 NVIDIA’s Soaring Energy Needs Make These 3 Nuclear Stocks a Buy Nuclear stocks like NuScale Power, Oklo, and Cameco got a boost from NVIDIA's forecast that AI compute needs would grow by 100X in the next generation of models
The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025 French publishers and authors sue Meta over copyright works used in AI training French publishers and authors are taking Meta to court, accusing the social media company of using their works without permission to train its artificial intelligence model
The Conversation · Mar 12, 2025 The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech – if it can avoid familiar pitfalls You’ve probably noticed lately that a lot of people are trying out alternatives to the big social media networks X, Instagram and Facebook. For example, after Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 and started allowing far more disinformation and hateful content on the site, renamed X, advertisers and users started…
The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025 Five of the world’s richest people attended Trump’s inauguration. They have lost $209 billion since that day Elon Musk’s net worth has tumbled by $148 billion alone since Trump took office
TechRadar · Mar 11, 2025 Facebook engineers say bigger hard disk drives is making one critical metric far, far worse Facebook engineers say that it's time for QLC flash to solve the problem of slower hard disk drives in data centers.
Tom’s Hardware · Mar 11, 2025 Meta is reportedly testing its first RISC-V based AI chip for AI training Meta is evaluating its AI training accelerator, which could reduce its reliance on Nvidia's AI GPUs for training.
Geekflare · Mar 11, 2025 Why Is Meta Investing Billions to Build Its Own AI Chip? Meta is developing its first in-house AI training chip. The latest report from Reuters suggests that Meta has started a small-scale deployment of its AI
Fortune · Mar 11, 2025 Meta reportedly keeps ‘do not hire’ lists but HR experts warn the practice can be risky Although such lists are technically legal, companies could face trouble if they’re not properly managed.
Fortune · Mar 11, 2025 Former Meta says Mark Zuckerberg worked 'hand in glove' with Beijing A former Meta director has accused the company of going to extreme lengths to gain access to the Chinese market.
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