The first part of EU’s new AI law running
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Monday, 03 February 2025 12:11

The first part of EU’s new AI law running


Apple and Meta already unhappy about where this is going

The first requirements of the European Union’s AI Act have now come into force, effectively banning artificial intelligence systems deemed "unacceptably risky."

Apple cancels advanced AR Glasses project
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Monday, 03 February 2025 11:37

Apple cancels advanced AR Glasses project


Company “lacks vision.”

Fruity cargo cult Apple has given up on a project to develop advanced augmented reality (AR) glasses because users are not interested, and its development team “lacks vision.”

“Everything I say is leaked”
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Friday, 31 January 2025 11:16

“Everything I say is leaked”


Zuckerberg moans at leaked meeting

At an all-hands meeting inside Meta on Thursday, the company's co-founder and chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said he was increasingly careful about what he said internally because there were more leaks than in in a Welsh soup.

Meta surrenders and gives Trump $25 million
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Thursday, 30 January 2025 11:34

Meta surrenders and gives Trump $25 million


Wrong to suspend his account over that little insurrection business

Social notworking outfit Meta has written a $25 million cheque to Donald Trump to apologise for freezing his account over the 6 January insurrection at the US Capitol.

Meta and Alibaba have developed self-replicating Large Language Models
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AI can now breed

Boffins at Fudan University has created large language models (LLMs) which can replicate themselves autonomously during trials.

VD Vance says Big Tech has too much power
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Tuesday, 28 January 2025 11:34

VD Vance says Big Tech has too much power


Things might not be so sweet for Tech oligarchs under Trump

Despite much brownnosing and cash handed over to Donald Trump, it seems that things might not go so well for the Big Tech oligarchs during this third term.

Trump rushes to protect US tech monopolies
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Friday, 24 January 2025 08:18

Trump rushes to protect US tech monopolies


Slams EU “taxes”

US President Donald Trump blasted European Union regulators for targeting Apple, Alphabet's Google and Meta, describing their cases against American companies as "a form of taxation."

Facebook forces users to follow Donald Trump
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Wednesday, 22 January 2025 08:19

Facebook forces users to follow Donald Trump


Censors the democrat hashtag

Facebook users are complaining that their accounts automatically now follow President Donald Trump and are being swamped with newspeak posts about him.

Social notworking sites pledge to crack down on hate speech
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At least in the EU

While social notworking sites are frantically trying to reassure Trump’s government that they will be allowing a return to the good old days where fake news and bullying were allowed, they are doing the opposite in the EU.

Bluesky will get a photo and video sharing app
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Thursday, 16 January 2025 22:56

Bluesky will get a photo and video sharing app


Getting more functions

Independent developer Sebastian Vogelsang is building a photo-sharing app for the decentralised social network Bluesky, leveraging its AT Protocol and his earlier app, Skeets.