Meta says it'll delete your old Oculus account and its games soon – here's what to do Any users who haven't already turned their Oculus accounts into Meta accounts will have to do so soon. TechRadar · Mar 4, 2024
‘Musk needs to be adored … Zuckerberg is out of his depth’: Kara Swisher on the toxic giants of Big Tech The journalist and podcaster has been scrutinising Silicon Valley for decades, knows all the big players – and once believed that tech could save the world. But that was before greed and ego got in the way The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024
Deepfake CFO Tricks Remote Worker To Send Them £20m After 'Video Call' The Hong Kong Police Force confirmed that they had received a report from the victim, who fell prey to individuals "posing as senior officers of the company". International Business Times UK · Mar 3, 2024
Meta Drops News Tab in 5 Countries To Focus On Competing With TikTok Over Short-Form Content The company acknowledged a shift in user preferences, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing features like short-form video content. International Business Times UK · Mar 3, 2024
Meta Platform is at a Peak and Has High Put Option Premiums - Worth Shorting for Income Meta Platform's put options have elevated put option premiums. It makes sense for existing shareholders to short them for extra income. For example, the 3 weeks out 4.44% OTM strike yields 1.0% Barchart · Mar 3, 2024
Brazilian Court Bans Meta Platforms From Using 'Meta' Name Brazilian court prohibits Meta Platforms from using 'Meta' in a landmark trademark dispute, emphasizing local trademark rights. Top News · Mar 2, 2024
LG's OLED tech is amazing, but it won't make me want a Quest Pro 2 Reports have been circling this week that Meta and LG will be collaborating on a future mixed-reality headset, with most assuming it's the Meta Quest Pro 2. GamesRadar · Mar 2, 2024
ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from MWC to new iPad and Apple car leaks Here's the weeks 7 biggest tech news stories from MWC and beyond so you can get up to speed. TechRadar · Mar 2, 2024
Meta prepares to say goodbye to Facebook's News tab this spring Meta announced it will sunset its Facebook News tab later this spring. Android Central · Mar 1, 2024
PSVR 2: a year in review PSVR 2 had bags of potential at launch, most of which seems to have been squandered by Sony. TechRadar · Mar 1, 2024
EU Queries Meta About Ad-free Subscriptions, 'Shadow-banning' The EU on Friday used new regulatory powers to query Meta about ad-free subscriptions to Facebook and Instagram as well as claims some voices are suppressed online in a phenomenon known as "shadow banning". International Business Times · Mar 1, 2024
If Meta’s intransigence isn’t enough, AI poses an even greater threat to journalism While Facebook has refused to renew its Australian media deals, robots scraping news sites for content could upend the industry entirely The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2024
Rihanna, Zuckerberg In India For Party Thrown By Asia's Richest Man Pop star Rihanna and Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg were in India Friday for an extravagant party hosted by Asia's richest man, with celebrations expected to include other globally influential figures. International Business Times · Mar 1, 2024
Crimes involving child abuse imagery are up by a quarter in UK, says NSPCC Nearly half of incidents where platform was known occurred on Snapchat, with 26% on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2024 Afternoon Update: Meta to stop paying Australian publishers for news; Linda White dies; and the best LGBTQ+ shows ever made Current contracts with publishers that expire this year will not be renewed by technology giant
International Business Times · Mar 1, 2024 Facebook Parent Meta To Stop Paying Australian News Media Extending a global retreat from news content, Meta said it would scrap the Facebook News tab in Australia and would not renew deals with news publishers worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Al Jazeera · Mar 1, 2024 Meta says it will stop funding news in Australia, prompting backlash Canberra blasts Meta’s decision as a ‘dereliction of its commitment to the sustainability’ of the media industry.
AAP · Mar 1, 2024 Australia looks at forcing Facebook to do news deals All options are on the table as the federal government tries to get Facebook to negotiate deals with Australian news outlets.
The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2024 Meta on collision course with Australian government after announcing end to journalism funding deals Publishers informed on Friday Meta would not enter new deals when current contracts expire and Facebook news tab would shut down in April
The Guardian - US · Feb 29, 2024 Court orders maker of Pegasus spyware to hand over code to WhatsApp Israeli company NSO Group is accused in lawsuit by Meta’s messaging app of spying on 1,400 users over a two-week period
TechRadar · Feb 29, 2024 Meta looking to use exotic, custom CPU in its datacenters for machine learning and AI — yet another indication that Nvidia's most formidable rivals are developing their own alternatives to its hardware Meta is advertising for engineers to build machine learning accelerators as part of its plans to move away from Nvidia.
TechRadar · Feb 29, 2024 Got a Meta Quest 3? There are 12 new reasons to get a Quest Plus subscription Meta Quest Plus is getting a rotating catalogue of 12 VR apps, and new subscribers will get $25 / £25 free store credit, too.
Tom’s Guide · Feb 29, 2024 Move over Gemini and ChatGPT — Meta is releasing 'more responsive' Llama 3 AI model in July Meta is releasing the next generation version of its open source large language model in July, according to reports.
Radio France Internationale · Feb 29, 2024 EU consumers challenge Meta paid service as privacy 'smokescreen' Consumer groups from eight EU countries lodged complaints against Meta on Thursday, accusing the Facebook and Instagram owner of illegally processing user data and using its "pay or consent" system as a "smokescreen" for privacy breaches.
International Business Times · Feb 29, 2024 Zuckerberg, S. Korea's President Yoon Talk AI Cooperation Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg met South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul Thursday and discussed cooperation on AI and ways to prevent fake news circulation ahead of key elections, Yoon's office said.