Meta is only firing fact checkers in US
Fake news only available in countries run by oligarchs
Meta has told the Brazilian government that it doesn't yet have to worry about the end of fact checkers in its country because it is only removing them in the United States.
Zuckerberg slams Apple innovation myth
Fruity cargo cult has not done anything new for ages
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shocked the Tame Apple press by committing public heresy.
Nobel peace prize winner warns of "extremely dangerous times"
Meta's Decision to end fact-checking good for dictators
Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa has warned that Meta's decision to end fact-checking on its platforms and remove restrictions on certain topics signals "extremely dangerous times" for journalism, democracy, and social media users.
Meta disables fact-checking
Embracing the right
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced the end of fact-checking and the removal of speech restrictions across Facebook and Instagram.
Hyperscalers spending $292 Billion on AI Infrastructure
Still not got customers
The race to scale artificial intelligence infrastructure is accelerating, with hyperscalers, alongside Meta and Oracle, planning to invest $292 billion by 2025 — an 88 per cent increase since 2023.
Meta banks on glasses being the new big thing
Displays in Ray-Bans
Meta plans to add displays to its Ray-Ban smart glasses as soon as next year.
EU to Apple: time to share your toys
Apple to EU: but the others are too insecure
The EU is demanding that the fruity cargo cult Apple make its iOS more friendly with other platforms.
Meta Fined $263 Million for 2018 security breach
GDPR enforcement
Meta has been fined €251 million (approximately $263 million) by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) for a Facebook security breach disclosed in 2018, which compromised the personal data of millions of users, including around three million in the EU/EEA.
Malaysian politicians vote to control the Internet
This whole free speech thing never worked
Malaysian lawmakers voted to broaden the government’s control over the internet, unmoved by criticism that the law risks suppressing dissent and free speech.
Mark Zuckerberg snubs his Llama in favour of OpenAI’s GPT-4
Open relationship
While Mark Zuckerberg has been telling world+dog that Meta’s Llama AI model is the bee’s knees he has been using OpenAI’s GPT-4 model behind the scenes.