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Jan 28 • 3 months ago

Meta blocks links to ICE List across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads

Mark Zuckerberg's social media platforms are assisting the Trump administration. ...

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Jan 27 • 3 months ago

“IG is a drug”: Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial

A loss could cost social media companies billions and force changes on platforms. ...

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Jan 21 • 3 months ago

Zuck stuck on Trump’s bad side: FTC appeals loss in Meta monopoly case

FTC will appeal ruling that found Meta has no monopoly in social networking. ...

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Jan 17 • 4 months ago

Meta’s layoffs leave Supernatural fitness users in mourning

Supernatural has had its staff cut and won’t receive any more content updates. ...

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Jan 16 • 4 months ago

Wikipedia signs AI training deals with Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon

Wikimedia Enterprise signs Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI to paid deals. ...

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Jan 16 • 4 months ago

More than 4.7m social media accounts blocked after Australia’s under-16 ban came into force, PM says

Accounts removed or restricted on Twitch, Kick, YouTube, Threads, Facebook, Instagram, Snap, X, TikTok and Reddit in world-leading banGet our

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Jan 13 • 4 months ago

Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI data centers

Company responds to community concerns over electricity bills and water use. ...

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Dec 18 • 5 months ago

For the lazy techie: These are Ars staff’s last-minute holiday gift picks

Two wireless mice, two external hard drives, and a partridge in a pear tree. ...

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Dec 16 • 5 months ago

Senators count the shady ways data centers pass energy costs on to Americans

Senators demand Big Tech pay upfront for data center spikes in electricity bills. ...

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Dec 08 • 5 months ago

Meta offers EU users ad-light option in push to end investigation

Facebook agrees to change "pay or consent" model after talks with European Commission. ...

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Nov 19 • 6 months ago

Meta wins monopoly trial, convinces judge that social networking is dead

People are "bored" by their friends' content, judge ruled, siding with Meta. ...

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Nov 13 • 6 months ago

Meta’s star AI scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave for own startup

AI pioneer reportedly frustrated with Meta's shift from research to rapid product releases. ...

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