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Hyperscalers spending $292 Billion on AI Infrastructure
Published in AI


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
Published in IoT


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
Published in News
Monday, 23 December 2024 00:23

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
Published in News
Wednesday, 18 December 2024 03:49

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
Published in News


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
Published in AI


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.

Meta claims it is censoring too much
Published in News
Wednesday, 04 December 2024 09:26

Meta claims it is censoring too much


Too much harmless content taken down

According to a top executive, Meta mistakenly removes too much content across its apps.

Australia ban under-16s from social media 
Published in News
Friday, 29 November 2024 09:52

Australia ban under-16s from social media 


Social media is apparently more dangerous than anything else down under 

The land down under, Australia which has more poisonous reptiles and insects than anywhere in the world, has decided that its kiddies are more at danger from social media than anything else.

FTC launches broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft
Published in News


Now all big Tech is being done

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is about to start a comprehensive antitrust investigation into Microsoft, focusing on its software licensing and cloud computing businesses.

Meta cracks down on scams
Published in News
Monday, 25 November 2024 10:27

Meta cracks down on scams


Closes two million pig butchering accounts

Meta said it has removed more than two million accounts this year linked to overseas criminal gangs behind scam operations that have allegedly forced hundreds of thousands of people into scamming roles and cost victims billions of dollars worldwide.