Facebook angers enemies as it starts to unfriend news People relying on social media to stay abreast of current affairs will be forced to find another source as Facebook in Australia moves to cut its news tab. AAP · Apr 1, 2024
Meta Quest Pro 2: the latest news and what we know about the rumored VR headset Here's everything we know about the Meta Quest Pro 2 – including its rumored release date, price and specs. TechRadar · Apr 1, 2024
Social media news removal an 'abrogation' of duty Meta begins scaling back news on its sites this month as a federal minister raised concerns about disinformation and misinformation "flooding" social media. AAP · Apr 1, 2024
Facebook Tanked Its 'Watch' Streaming Biz to Keep Netflix Spending Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on Ads, Class-Action Antitrust Suit Reveals With Netflix co-founder and former CEO Reed Hastings on the Facebook board, the streaming giant even got access to the private messages of the social network's users, plaintiffs say Broadcasting & Cable · Apr 1, 2024
'Grave Step Backwards': Meta Shuts Monitoring Tool In Election Year A digital tool considered vital in tracking viral falsehoods, CrowdTangle will be decommissioned by Facebook owner Meta in a major election year, a move researchers fear will disrupt efforts to detect an expected firehose of political misinformation. International Business Times · Apr 1, 2024
Wearable AI: will it put our smartphones out of fashion? Portable AI-powered devices that connect directly to a chatbot without the need for apps or a touchscreen are set to hit the market. Are they the emperor’s new clothes or a gamechanger? The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024
Instagram Blend could surface reels for you and a friend The feature, currently in internal testing, generates a private feed of reels based on two people’s interests. Tom’s Guide · Mar 30, 2024
Meta’s oversight board urges Facebook, Instagram to lift ban on ‘shaheed’ The advisory board has told Meta the ban on the word, meaning ‘martyr’, restricts free expression and is unnecessary. Al Jazeera · Mar 30, 2024
US FTC Reopens Privacy Probe Into Meta Court ruling against Meta's delay attempt on FTC privacy probe highlights regulatory challenges and the need to address privacy concerns. Top News · Mar 30, 2024
Concerns over Meta's plan to take news out of News Feed Social media users, as well as small and specialised news outlets, could be the big losers from Meta's plan to remove more news from Facebook, experts say. AAP · Mar 29, 2024
The Oculus Quest 1 is about to be sent out to pasture The original Oculus Quest was a breakthrough for standalone VR, but Meta won't be supporting its aging hardware for much longer. Android Central · Mar 29, 2024
FBI Agent Says He Hassles People 'Every Day, All Day Long' Over Facebook Posts "It's just an effort to keep everybody safe and make sure nobody has any ill will," he claimed. Reason · Mar 29, 2024
Royal reverse as Nine’s 60 Minutes goes from ‘scandal’ to sympathy for Princess of Wales Original story scrutinised ‘Catherine’s photoshopping blunder’ but its replacement heaped praise on ‘a courageous woman’. Plus: David McBride v the ABC The Guardian - AU · Mar 29, 2024
Canadian school boards sue social media giants over effects on students Snapchat, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram are addictive and have ‘rewired’ the way children learn, educators say. Al Jazeera · Mar 28, 2024
Android Central · Mar 28, 2024 The Meta Quest 3 is more powerful than we originally thought The Meta Quest 3 is 2x more powerful than the Quest 2, but it was hard to understand what that meant until Meta revealed details at GDC 2024.
Evening Standard · Mar 28, 2024 Facebook launched a secret project to intercept user data from rival platforms, documents claim Filings from a US lawsuit reveal why Facebook spied on Snapchat users’ data
Top News · Mar 28, 2024 Canadian School Boards Sue Social Media Giants Over Disruption School boards in Ontario and U.S. sue social media giants for harming student learning and mental health, prompting calls for accountability and policy cha...
The Guardian - US · Mar 28, 2024 Canada school boards accuse social media firms of ‘rewiring’ how kids think District education authorities launch multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Meta, Snap Inc and ByteDance
The Guardian - AU · Mar 28, 2024 New Australian laws banning vaping ads ‘toothless’ without social media enforcement, experts say Researchers find self-regulation by companies like Meta or TikTok ‘doesn’t work’
TechRadar · Mar 28, 2024 Meta’s Smart Glasses will get a sci-fi upgrade soon, but they’re still not smart enough Meta is putting the finishing touches on its big Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses AI update and now we know how it works
LiveScience · Mar 28, 2024 VR headsets vulnerable to 'Inception attacks' — where hackers can mess with your sense of reality and steal your data Popular VR headsets like the Meta Quest or Apple Vision Pro can be broken into, with hackers adding fake experiences called "inception layers" that let them manipulate how a user behaves.
TechRadar · Mar 28, 2024 Facebook's Onavo VPN used to wiretap competitor data, court filings reveal Snapchat was the main target of "Project Ghostbusters", which used the controversial spyware-like VPN to access encrypted data. YouTube and Amazon came next.
Top News · Mar 28, 2024 Mark Zuckerberg Praises Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang For Tech Contributions. Zuckerberg praises Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, comparing him to Taylor Swift in tech. Meta's strategic partnership with Nvidia drives AI innovation.
International Business Times · Mar 28, 2024 Judge Junks Lawsuit Against Apple Alleging Crypto Tech Restrictions On Cash App, Venmo In the sea of antitrust accusations against Apple, the big tech titan has won one, as a judge dismissed a consumer lawsuit alleging the company was blocking payment apps from facilitating crypto payments.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024 Meta and Google accused of restricting reproductive health information Report claims posts on abortion and contraception have been deleted while misinformation on the feeds of social media users in Africa, Latin America and Asia has not been tackled