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Meta Unveils AI Tie-up With Horror Movie Producers

Tech giant Meta has unveiled a partnership with horror film production company Blumhouse to road-test its latest AI video tool.

International Business Times · Oct 21, 2024

Is Threads a non-toxic social media haven or a rage-baiting hellscape?

Darren, 43, was sitting on the 149 bus scrolling through Instagram when something unusual caught his eye. There, among the aspirational patisserie and retro football reels, was a little portal into Threads, the social media network launched by Instagram’s parent company Meta in July 2023.

Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2024

Samsung XR headset reportedly delayed again – I’m starting to worry it’ll never come

The Samsung XR headset might be delayed again. Is it time for the company to give up and launch glasses instead?

TechRadar · Oct 19, 2024

How your online world could change if big tech companies like Google are forced to break up

The US Department of Justice may be on the verge of seeking a break-up of Google in a bid to make it less dominant. If the government goes ahead and is successful in the courts, it could mean the company being split into separate entities – a search engine, an…

The Conversation · Oct 18, 2024

Meta's AI chief is right to call AI fearmongering 'BS' but not for the reason he thinks

The real fear of AI should be how people use it.

TechRadar · Oct 18, 2024

TikTok, Facebook Approve Ads With US Election Disinformation, Study Says

TikTok and Facebook approved advertisements containing blatant US election falsehoods just weeks ahead of the vote, a watchdog investigation revealed Thursday, calling into question the tech platforms' policies to detect harmful disinformation.

International Business Times · Oct 17, 2024

Meta's quest for 'efficiency' sparks new wave of layoffs

For at least the third time this year, Meta laid off several dozen workers.

Fortune · Oct 17, 2024

Tech firms remove social media posts from a Russian drone factory after an AP investigation

Google, Meta and TikTok have removed social media posts from a industrial plant in Russia’s Tatarstan region aimed at recruiting young foreign women to make drones for Moscow’s war in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2024

Trillion-Dollar Company Meta Fires Employees Who Used $25 Meal Credit to Buy Groceries Instead: 'Surreal'

Meta, a company valued at 1.2 trillion, has allegedly fired employees over their reported misuse of the company's $25 meal credit system.

Latin Times · Oct 17, 2024

How to prevent millions of invisible law-free AI agents casually wreaking economic havoc

AI developers and investors are looking to create digital economic actors, with the capacity to do just about anything.

Fortune · Oct 17, 2024