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Big Tech’s Favorite Legal Shield Takes a Hit
A Los Angeles judge has declined to dismiss a series of blockbuster lawsuits against Meta, TikTok, Snap and Google arguing their platforms are intentionally designed to addict and fuel mental health disorders in teenagers, increasing the likelihood they will have to potentially face or settle for billions of dollars the product liability claims. In the […]
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Meta’s Faster, More Immersive Quest 3 VR Headset Is Now Available to Buy Online
The company formerly known as Facebook gets ready to launch the Quest 3, it latest immersive device.
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Authors Sue Meta, OpenAI in Lawsuits Alleging Infringement of Hundreds of Thousands of Novels
Authors are escalating efforts to block artificial intelligence companies from using their copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence systems, this time taking aim at Meta and OpenAI in proposed class-action lawsuits. Michael Chabon and other decorated writers of books and screenplays sued Meta on Tuesday in California federal court, accusing the company of copyright infringement […]
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‘Bachelorette’ Alum Josh Seiter Says False Death Post Was Result of Instagram Hack
Josh Seiter, a former contestant on ABC’s The Bachelorette, says a recent message on his Instagram page that announced his death was the result of his account getting hacked. In a video shared to his account Tuesday, Seiter said that he is alive and well and that a note posted a day prior that appeared […]
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Mark Zuckerberg Says “It’s Time to Move On” From Elon Musk Fight
Mark Zuckerberg is ready to move on from his impending fight with Elon Musk. The Meta CEO took to Threads and then his Instagram Story to share a note that he doesn’t believe Musk is taking the fight seriously. “I think we can all agree Elon isn’t serious, and it’s time to move on,” Zuckerberg […]
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Elon Musk Says Cage Match With Mark Zuckerberg “Will Be Live-Streamed on X”; Meta CEO Suggests Date but “Not Holding My Breath”
Are Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg serious? On Sunday, the two billionaire tech entrepreneurs re-upped their talk about taking part in a cage match against each other in posts on their respective social media platforms. “Zuck v Musk fight will be live-streamed on 𝕏,” posted Musk, who owns the social media site formerly known as […]
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Meta Reports Higher Quarterly Revenue Amid “Year of Efficiency”
Meta reported total revenue of $32 billion, an increase of 11 percent year-over-year and at the top end of the company’s previous guidance for the three months ended June 30. Net income reached $7.8 billion, up 16 percent from $6.7 billion a year ago. Monthly active users on Facebook reached 3.03 billion as of June 30, […]
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Why Meta’s Threads Isn’t Available in the EU (and Probably Won’t Be For Some Time)
Threads, Meta’s new micro-blogging app, launched worldwide this week with the very prominent exception of the countries of the European Union, where strict data protection laws make it unclear when, or if, the Twitter rival app will see the light of day. Meta is holding back on launching Threads in the EU until it can […]
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After Facebook Blocks News, Canada Fires Back by Halting Advertising Buys
As the battle between U.S. tech giants and Canada escalates, the country’s federal and Quebec provincial governments have halted advertising on Facebook and Instagram to force parent Meta to the negotiating table to implement Bill C-18. “Facebook has decided to be unreasonable, irresponsible and started blocking news,” federal heritage minister Pablo Rodriguez told a press […]
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Twitter Falters, Meta Unravels Threads and Trump’s Truth Social Hints at Financial Pivot
Who would have thought that a holiday week in the middle of summer would end up being one of the most consequential for text-based social media platforms? In a flurry of unexpected strategic decisions, holiday news dumps and pure opportunism, the social landscape suddenly looks up for grabs (at least for a certain type of […]
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Meta to Block Facebook and Instagram News Sharing in Canada
Canadian legislation designed to get U.S. digital tech giants to pay local publishers for news snippets shared or repurposed on their platforms has become law. But passage of Bill C-18, also known as the Online News Act, has so far not convinced Meta and Google to negotiate commercial licensing deals with Canadian publishers for their […]
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Apple Unveils Hotly Anticipated Headset: The Vision Pro
The Apple headset is coming, and it’s called the Apple Vision Pro. Apple on Monday entered a new category of interest to Hollywood: The virtual reality/augmented reality space, and the Apple Vision Pro is the company’s first product in that sector, as well as the first entirely new product category in nearly a decade. The […]
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