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UFC boss to join board of Facebook owner Meta

It comes days after former UK deputy PM Sir Nick Clegg left his top job at the social media giant.

BBC News - Jan. 7

Meta smart glasses worn by the New Orleans attacker have raised privacy concerns

Meta's smart glasses became a buzzy and popular product in a market that had seen many failures before.

NBC News - Jan. 7

UFC's Dana White joins Meta's board weeks before Trump takes office

UFC CEO Dana White, a longtime friend of Donald Trump, is joining the board of Meta two weeks before the new administration begins.

CNBC - Jan. 7

Dana White, U.F.C. Head, Joins Meta’s Board

Mr. White, a close ally of President-elect Donald J. Trump, further strengthens the social media giant’s connections with the incoming administration.

The New York Times - Jan. 7

UFC boss Dana White joining Meta's board of directors

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) CEO and President Dana White will join Meta’s board of directors, the social media company announced Monday. White is part of a trio of new additions to the ...

The Hill - Jan. 6

UFC’s Dana White joins Meta’s board weeks before Trump takes office

Dana White, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a longtime friend of Donald Trump, is joining the board of Facebook parent Meta two weeks before the new administration begins.

NBC News - Jan. 6

Martial arts head and Trump ally Dana White joins Meta board

Mark Zuckerberg’s move comes as Silicon Valley seeks to build bridges with the incoming president

Financial Times - Jan. 6

Meta Adds UFC's Dana White to Board

Meta said UFC President Dana White, Exor CEO John Elkann and technology investor Charlie Songhurst were elected as new members of its board of directors.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 6

Pentagon reaches historic settlement with veterans discharged under ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’

LGBTQ+ veterans who faced discrimination under policy can update paperwork to remove mention of their sexuality. The Department of Defense reached a historic settlement with more than 30,000 LGBTQ+ ...

The Guardian - Jan. 6

FBI Says Meta’s Smart Glasses Used to Help Plan New Orleans Terror Attack

The driver who mowed down a Bourbon Street New Year’s crowd and killed 14 made two earlier visits to New Orleans, where he used the device to shoot video of the target area.

Inc. - Jan. 6

Pentagon agrees to historic legal settlement with LGBTQ+ veterans

If approved by a federal judge, the agreement means the military would help thousands of veterans seek honorable discharges.

CBS News - Jan. 6

LGBTQ veterans reach historic settlement with Pentagon over military discharges

A group of LGBTQ veterans who sued the Department of Defense last year for denying them honorable discharges because of their sexuality said Monday they had settled with the Pentagon. The ...

The Hill - Jan. 6

Details on new videos of New Orleans attacker from Meta glasses and CCTV

The FBI has released new images showing the man behind the deadly New Year's Day terror attack in New Orleans. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca has more.

CBS News - Jan. 6

What to know about the Meta glasses the New Orleans attacker used to scout the French Quarter

The FBI says the New Orleans truck attacker who killed 14 people had previously scouted the French Quarter and recorded video with his Meta smart glasses

ABC News - Jan. 6

New Orleans attacker recorded visits to city weeks earlier, wore Meta smart glasses during attack

The New Orleans terrorist attacker visited the city twice in the weeks before the attack and recorded video of the area using Meta smart glasses, the FBI revealed Sunday.

NBC News - Jan. 5

FBI: New Orleans attacker recorded area using Meta smart glasses weeks before attack

FBI officials said the man behind the deadly New Year's Day attack in New Orleans had visited the city twice in late 2024 and recorded the Bourbon Street area using Meta smart glasses. NBC News' ...

NBC News - Jan. 5

Apple May Owe You $20 in a Siri Privacy Lawsuit Settlement

Plus: The FBI discovers a historic trove of homemade explosives, new details emerge in China’s hack of the US Treasury Department, and more.

Wired - Jan. 4

Meta shuts down its AI character accounts that users called 'creepy and unnecessary'

Since late 2023, around a dozen AI Instagram and Facebook accounts created by their social media parent company Meta quietly existed on the platforms.

NBC News - Jan. 3

Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles

Instagram profile of ‘proud Black queer momma’, created by Meta, said her development team included no Black people. Meta is deleting Facebook and Instagram profiles of AI characters the company ...

The Guardian - Jan. 3

Meta Deleted Its Controversial AI Profiles. Here’s Why.

Meta still has plans to use AI to drive engagement on its platforms, though.

Inc. - Jan. 3

Apple's Siri settlement could mean money for consumers — what to know

Apple will pay $95 million to settle allegations that its Siri virtual assistant violated people's privacy by eavesdropping on mobile device users.

CBS News - Jan. 3

What to know about Apple's $95 million settlement of the snooping Siri case

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of turning its virtual assistant Siri into a snoop that eavesdropped on the users of iPhones and other trendy ...

ABC News - Jan. 3

Booz Allen Hamilton to Pay $15.9 Million in False Claims Settlement

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding agreed to a $15.9 million settlement with the Justice Department on Friday, resolving allegations the company submitted fraudulent claims to the U.S. under military task ...

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 3

Nick Clegg leaves Meta ahead of Trump's return as US president

He will be replaced by Republican Joel Kaplan, a former White House deputy chief of staff under President Bush.

BBC News - Jan. 3

How Meta’s latest research proves you can use generative AI to understand user intent

By thinking about recommendation as a generative problem, you can tackle it from new angles and use LLMs to better understand user intent.

VentureBeat - Jan. 3

$450,000 settlement for Ohio teacher who refused to use students' pronouns

An Ohio school district will pay $450,000 to a middle school teacher who resigned for refusing to address two transgender students by their preferred names and pronouns.

The Hill - Jan. 3

Meta replaces policy chief Nick Clegg with former Republican staffer Joel Kaplan ahead of Trump inauguration

It's the latest sign of how tech companies are positioning themselves for a new administration in Washington.

CNBC - Jan. 2

Apple agrees to $95M settlement over Siri eavesdropping claims: Who could get payments, if it's approved

The agreement would put an end to a 5-year-old lawsuit that accused Siri of eavesdropping.

The Hill - Jan. 2

Meta Appoints Joel Kaplan to Lead Global Policy, Replacing Nick Clegg

Joel Kaplan, a former senior adviser to George W. Bush, replaces Nick Clegg, a former deputy prime minister of Britain, as Meta’s head of policy.

The New York Times - Jan. 2

Meta Taps Republican as New Head of Global Policy

Joel Kaplan is replacing former U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg as Silicon Valley prepares for the second Trump administration.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 2

Nick Clegg, former UK deputy prime minister, leaves Meta

Clegg was the tech giant’s chief public policy architect when it was facing scrutiny over Cambridge Analytica scandal. Nick Clegg, Britain’s former deputy prime minister and Meta ’s current ...

The Guardian - Jan. 2

Meta global affairs chief Clegg to be replaced by Republican Kaplan

Move comes just ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House

Financial Times - Jan. 2

Joel Kaplan to replace Nick Clegg as Meta global policy leader

Meta will switch up its global policy team in the new year and has appointed former George W. Bush administration official Joel Kaplan to replace Nick Clegg as the company's chief global affairs ...