Facebook and Instagram users in Europe can opt for less personalized ads

Report: Montgomery exercises $22.5M option with Diamondbacks, Pederson opts out

Montgomery, 31, signed a one-year deal last March worth $25 million, but didn’t live up to the high price tag, finishing 8-7 with a 6.23 ERA over 117 innings.

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Yankees keep pitcher Gerrit Cole on 4-year, $144 million deal he opted out of: Reports

Cole opted out of his megadeal over the weekend, but the Yankees' new deal will keep him with the team through 2029.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 4

Trump II: the military threat to Europe

Nato without the US is a hypothetical, but it could happen as early as next year

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Halloween festival ends in carnival atmosphere

The four-day programme of events came to a close with a parade and riverfront fireworks display.

Europe is trapped between technocracy and democracy

As the EU fills its top jobs, the risk is that von der Leyen will end up as a leader without followers in national capitals

World - Financial Times - November 4

Facebook Is Auto-Generating Militia Group Pages as Extremists Continue to Organize in Plain Sight

Ahead of the election, anti-government militias are using Facebook to recruit, coordinate training, and promote ballot box stakeouts. Meta isn’t shutting their groups down and is even ...

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Philadelphia didn't violate rights of cops fired over offensive Facebook posts, court rules

The Philadelphia police department did not violate the First Amendment rights of several officers who were fired or suspended for racist and violent social media posts

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After his arrest for Facebook posts, a Cambodian reporter says he will become a farmer instead

It’s tough being a reporter in Cambodia, whose government frowns on independent journalism that questions authority

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Facebook asks US supreme court to dismiss fraud suit over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Securities fraud lawsuit brought by shareholders accuses the social media platform of misleading them about misuse of user data. The US supreme court grappled on Wednesday with a bid by Meta’s ...

World - The Guardian - November 6

EU fines Facebook parent Meta nearly 800 million euros over 'abusive' Marketplace practices

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EU fines Meta over $840 million for ‘abusive practices’ favoring Facebook Marketplace

Meta received a fine of over $840 million on Wednesday for breaching the European Union’s antitrust rules as it relates to market domination after three years of legal proceedings. The ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

OnlyFans user sentenced to five years in child abuse case

A man accused of selling sex videos of a 16-year-old Florida girl on the adults-only website OnlyFans pleaded no contest to child abuse.

Meta AI to Use Reuters Content to Answer User Questions in Real Time

Meta AI didn’t share whether it would use Reuters content to train its large-language model.

Business - Inc. - October 27

X Algorithm Feeds Users Political Content---Whether They Want It or Not

A WSJ experiment found that accounts supporting Trump and Harris dominate feeds of new X users who wanted cooking and crafts.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 29

Meta Fined $15 Million in South Korea for Illegal User Data Collection

The country’s privacy watchdog said Meta amassed sensitive information by analyzing users’ likes and the ads they opened.

Business - Inc. - November 5

Steam Game Recording Is Now Live For All PC And Steam Deck Users

Valve has announced that Steam Game Recording has been released for all PC and Steam Deck users. The new built-in system for game recording offers a variety of tools for users, allowing them to ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 6

Here’s Why You Need to Be Your Product’s Biggest User

Eliot Horowitz, founder and CEO of Viam, talks about the evolution of his company on the latest episode of ‘For Starters.’

Business - Inc. - November 6

Bluesky Adds One Million New Users After Election

With one million new accounts added since the U.S. elections, Bluesky has solidified itself as an option for people looking to change their social media service.

Business - The New York Times - 3 days ago

X sees largest user exodus since Musk takeover

Users are exploring alternatives like Bluesky and Threads.

X rival Bluesky gains 1.25 million users following U.S. election

Bluesky has gained over 1.25 million new users in the past week, indicating some social media users are changing their habits following the U.S. election.

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What 23andMe business troubles could mean for users' genetic data

The company is laying off 40% of its workforce and discontinuing its therapeutics division.

Australia will require social media platforms to act to prevent online harm to users

Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content

Tech - ABC News - 3 days ago

How Sema4.ai is empowering business users to deploy AI agents in minutes

Many early AI agents tend to be singularly-purposed or IT-driven. Sema4.ai says it is the differentiator for diverse horizontal use cases.

Tech - VentureBeat - 3 days ago

A criticized Airbnb deal will let users play gladiator in Rome's Colosseum

The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5 million sponsorship deal with Airbnb

World - ABC News - 3 days ago

What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users?

Disgruntled X users are once again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022

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