US President Donald Trump has taken a host of top business and technology industry executives on his trip to China this week. Among those joining […]
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Smart glasses are ‘an invasion of privacy’ – Meta’s are selling better than ever
Issues with a new wave of “smart glasses” seem to be piling up. Yet some of the biggest technology companies in the world are poised […]
Instagram privacy tech turned off today – what does this mean for DMs?
Instagram users will no longer be able to send ultra‑private direct messages, as the feature is switched off globally. The removal of end‑to‑end encryption (E2EE) […]
Meta to track workers’ clicks and keystrokes to train AI
Meta will start tracking the way employees work, including their keystrokes and mouse clicks, to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The company, which owns […]
Facebook-owner Meta to nearly double AI spending
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg plans to ramp up spending on artificial intelligence (AI) projects this year, even as other executives warn of a potential bubble […]
Meta, TikTok Win Challenge against EU Tech Fees, Forcing Regulators to Recalculate
Meta Platforms and TikTok on Wednesday won a legal challenge to the way EU regulators calculated a supervisory fee imposed on them under landmark tech […]
Meta covered up potential child harms, whistleblowers claim
Two former Meta safety researchers told a US Senate committee on Tuesday that the social media giant covered up potential harms to children stemming from […]
Mark Zuckerberg to sell Instagram, WhatsApp? Meta antitrust trial begins today
The FTC alleges that Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram in 2012 for USD 1 billion and WhatsApp in 2014 for USD 22 billion were part of […]
WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook apps hit by outage
WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram all went down briefly on Wednesday during a major outage at parent company Meta. Thousands of app users reported issues accessing […]