Reform UK tracked private user information without consent Observer reveals potentially millions of people had data shared with Facebook for use in targeted advertising The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024
News Weekly: Google is a monopoly, Meta closes a first-party VR studio, new Google hardware, and more Google holds an illegal monopoly, according to a judge. Meta also closed a major first-party VR developer studio, Google launched new hardware devices, Garmin makes some useful changes to its store, and California may soon enable digital IDs on Google Wallet. Android Central · Aug 10, 2024
Elon Musk's Archnemesis Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Called Donald Trump To Say Meta Won't Support Democrats Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg could finally make amends after the Meta CEO called Donald Trump to offer his support amid the upcoming US election. International Business Times UK · Aug 9, 2024
Microsoft plans new mixed-reality VR headset to rival Apple Vision Pro — may run Windows apps via the cloud A new report claims Microsoft has placed an order for thousands of micro-OLED displays that will be used in a new VR headset by the company as soon as 2026. Windows Central · Aug 9, 2024
Google and Meta reportedly skirting their own rules to ad target young teens, shows why tech giants cannot regulate themselves Google and Meta reportedly teamed up to create ads targeting young teens, which proves why tech giants can't be trusted to regulate themselves. TechRadar · Aug 8, 2024
Apple Makes Changes To App Store After EU Warning Apple on Thursday announced changes to its App Store after the European Union accused the iPhone maker of breaking the bloc's landmark new digital rules. International Business Times · Aug 8, 2024
Meta Connect 2024 — Meta Quest 3S, Orion AR glasses, Meta AI and more Meta Connect is a huge event and the 2024 edition is no exception. Here's a look at what Mark Zuckerberg announced, including Meta Quest 3s, Meta AI news, AI upgrade to Ray-Ban Meta glasses, and the Orion holographic AR glasses prototype. Tom’s Guide · Aug 8, 2024
Meta has reportedly shut down The Order: 1886 developer Ready at Dawn Meta has shut down Ready at Dawn according to an internal memo. TechRadar · Aug 8, 2024
Social media companies shouldn’t ‘ride free’ on the backs of traditional media, Albanese says PM’s comments raise expectation of levy on Meta and social media firms amid stoush over paying for news content The Guardian - AU · Aug 8, 2024
Lone Echo developer Ready at Dawn has reportedly been closed by Meta Meta acquired the studio in 2020. PC Gamer · Aug 7, 2024
Exclusive: Meta is closing a beloved first-party Quest studio Oculus Studios is shrinking a bit today as one major studio, Ready at Dawn, is closing its doors due to wider Reality Labs budget cuts. Android Central · Aug 7, 2024
2 Soaring AI Stocks to Pounce On This August With AI advancing rapidly, these two stocks present significant upside potential in the tech sector. Barchart · Aug 7, 2024
MetaAI digital assistant could feature famous voices if Meta gets its wish The social media giant Meta is working to buy the rights to use various celebrity voices for AI purposes. Tom’s Guide · Aug 6, 2024
Stock Market Today: Nasdaq, S&P 500 Lead Big Market Bounce Solid gains for mega-cap stocks Nvidia and Meta Platforms helped the main indexes rebound Tuesday. Kiplinger · Aug 6, 2024
Top News · Aug 6, 2024 US Stocks Surge As Tech Heavyweights Lead Rebound US stocks surged on Tuesday with Dow up by 1.9% and S&P 500 by 2.4%. Tech companies like Nvidia and Meta Platforms saw significant gains.
Fortune · Aug 6, 2024 Monday's stock market crash shows that the AI revolution isn't quite here yet The ‘Magnificent Seven’—Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla—together lost more than $650 billion in market cap.
Fortune · Aug 6, 2024 Meta apologizes for taking down Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's post offering condolences to an assassinated Hamas leader Anwar previously called Meta's decision to take down his post as "discriminatory, unjust, and a blatant suppression of free expression."
TechRadar · Aug 6, 2024 Forget Scarlett Johansson – Meta is reportedly spending millions on Hollywood voices for Siri and Google Assistant rival Meta may want celebrity voices for future AI projects and could be willing to pay
The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024 Family of teen sues Meta for $5bn saying Instagram’s features are ‘addictive’ Proposed class action lawsuit accuses app’s parent company Meta of intentionally using compulsive design to keep children scrolling and liking
The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024 Startup completes first fully robotic dental surgery Perceptive has $30m in funding, including from dentist Ed Zuckerberg, father of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Top News · Aug 5, 2024 Big Tech Stocks Experience Significant Declines In Market Tech giants like Nvidia, Alphabet, Tesla, Meta Platforms, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple face share price declines amid broader market concerns.
Fortune · Aug 5, 2024 Nvidia challenger Groq just raised $640 million for its AI chips. Its college dropout CEO says a viral moment was 'a game changer' The startup, now worth $2.8 billion, develops chips that specialize in speeding up AI "inference" and offers the compute power through its own AI cloud service.
PC Gamer · Aug 5, 2024 A decade after buying Oculus VR, Meta's Reality Labs' losses are spiralling out of control, with no end in sight $10 billion loss in 2020, $16 billion loss in 2023—and it's only going to get worse, says Meta.
International Business Times · Aug 5, 2024 Turkish President Slams Social Media 'Fascism' Amid Instagram Battle Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused social media networks of "fascism" and censorship on Monday as his government blocked Instagram for a fourth day.
Laptop · Aug 5, 2024 Meta looks to bring a much-desired ChatGPT feature to Meta AI Meta AI is set to receive a celebrity-fronted audio overhaul if negotiations between the Facebook owners and Hollywood talents are successful. Here's who's involved.