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Meta Permits Its A.I. Models to Be Used for U.S. Military Purposes
The shift in policy, covering government agencies and contractors working on national security, is intended to promote “responsible and ethical” innovations, the company said.Tech - The New York Times - November 5 -
Meta extends ban on new political ads past Election Day
Meta extends restriction period for new political ads throughout the week of the U.S. elections.Business - CNBC - November 5 -
OpenAI hires Meta's former Orion head to lead its robotics efforts
The former head of Meta's augmented reality glasses initiative has joined OpenAI to lead the startup's robotics and consumer hardware efforts.Business - CNBC - November 5 -
Meta extends political ad ban until post-Election Day
Meta extended the ban on new political ads on its platforms through Election Day, the social media giant announced Monday. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram said the restriction on new ...Politics - The Hill - November 5 -
Meta Extends Ban on New Political Ads to After Election
The extra days when the tech giant’s platform won’t take new ads reflects widespread concerns about misinformation.Business - Inc. - November 5 -
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 -
Under Trump, Tech Giants Like Apple and Meta Face a Familiar Uncertainty
Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta and others learned during the last Trump administration to expect the unexpected when it came to Washington scrutiny and support.Business - The New York Times - November 7 -
Lawsuit Against Meta Over Section 230, Tech Shield Law, Is Dismissed
A professor sued pre-emptively to release software that would let users automatically unfollow everyone in their Facebook feed.Tech - The New York Times - November 8 -
Meta Horizon Worlds Has Been Taken Over by Children
Lowered age restrictions and cheaper VR headsets have led to young kids hijacking the metaverse. Maybe we should let them keep it.Tech - Wired - November 12 -
Activist investor ValueAct has $1 billion stake in Meta, sources say
Activist investor ValueAct has a $1 billion stake in Facebook parent Meta, according to people familiar with the matter.Business - CNBC - November 12 -
Meta must face trial in FTC antitrust lawsuit, judge rules
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Meta must face trial in an antitrust case brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the social media giant’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. ...Politics - The Hill - November 13 -
EU slaps Meta with nearly 800M euro fine for 'abusive' Marketplace practices
European Union regulators hit Facebook parent Meta with a fine of nearly 800 million euros on Thursday for what it calls “abusive practices” involving its Marketplace online classified ads businessTech - ABC News - November 14 -
Meta Fined $843 Million by EU Over Marketplace Ads Platform
The European Commission said the company tied its classified-ads platform to its flagship social network, undermining competition.Tech - The Wall Street Journal - November 14 -
Meta Fined $840 Million in Europe for Boosting Marketplace Unfairly
Meta said it would appeal the decision by the European Union, which said the company had abused its dominance in social networking to strengthen its shopping and classified ads service.Business - The New York Times - November 14 -
China’s Baidu joins Meta in race to make AI-integrated smart glasses
Launch comes as Chinese internet groups jostle for dominance in hardwareBusiness - Financial Times - November 13 -
Meta ‘hackathon’ devises ways to use AI system in UK public services
Meta asked over 200 programmers in Europe to devise ways of using Llama AI system. Meta’s push to deploy its artificial intelligence system inside Britain’s public sector took a step forward on ...World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
Meta Poaches Salesforce Exec to Build AI Business Tools
The goal of the newly formed team at Meta ‘is to make cutting-edge AI accessible to every business.’Business - Inc. - 4 days ago -
Meta's Threads app launches custom feeds amid Bluesky surge
Meta's Instagram Threads began rolling out a new custom feed feature to give users the ability to build their feeds around the people and topics they are most interested in. The feature was made ...Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago -
Meta removes 2 million accounts related 'pig-butchering' scams
Some major tech companies including Meta are taking steps to combat “pig butchering” scams, which trick Americans out of billions of dollars each year through fake online friendships and romances.Top stories - NBC News - 3 days ago -
Meta removes 2 million accounts accused of 'pig butchering' scams
Meta said Thursday it removed more than 2 million accounts linked to "pig-butchering" investment schemes that leave victims out of large sums of money. These pig-butchering fraud schemes are ...Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago -
Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta
The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica ...Tech - ABC News - 2 days ago -
Meta loses ground to Bluesky as users abandon Elon Musk’s X
Social media giant’s Threads app makes changes as smaller competitor to X surgesBusiness - Financial Times - Yesterday -
Could Eminem Snap Gen X Voters Back to Reality?
50-something white men and the idea of freedomTop stories - The New York Times - October 26 -
Keir Starmer warns the UK budget this week will reflect 'harsh' economic reality
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says fixing Britain’s troubled economy will be a long haul in a “harsh” fiscal environmentWorld - ABC News - October 28 -
Rot, romance and renovations: the reality of buying a cheap old house on Instagram
From Germany to Japan, people are buying up draughty churches, leaky hotels and asbestos-filled schools for peanuts and turning them into dream homes. They can be as big as 40,000 sq ft – but are ...World - The Guardian - October 29 -
South Africa cuts growth target as economic reality bites
Lower GDP projection comes despite coalition’s charm offensive to win over foreign investorsBusiness - Financial Times - October 30 -
'A celebration of a man living a new reality - even if just for a moment'
Ruud van Nistelrooy doesn't know how long he will have as interim coach of Manchester United, but he was determined to enjoy his time in the dugout on Wednesday.Top stories - BBC News - October 30 -
Amazon’s cloud growth takes a backseat as this retail reality shines through
Often cloud growth drives Amazon’s stock movements after earnings, but this time analysts are keying in on overall profit as well as retail momentum for nondiscretionary purchases.Business - MarketWatch - November 1 -
Hoping for a weight-loss pill? It could get closer to reality next week.
Viking Therapeutics Inc.’s stock rose 2% Friday as excitement continued to build about data on its oral weight-loss drug the company will present at the upcoming Obesity Week event.Business - MarketWatch - November 2