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Facebook Tanked Its 'Watch' Streaming Biz to Keep Netflix Spending Hundreds of Millions of Dollars on Ads, Class-Action Antitrust Suit Reveals

With Netflix co-founder and former CEO Reed Hastings on the Facebook board, the streaming giant even got access to the private messages of the social network's users, plaintiffs say

Broadcasting & Cable

'Grave Step Backwards': Meta Shuts Monitoring Tool In Election Year

A digital tool considered vital in tracking viral falsehoods, CrowdTangle will be decommissioned by Facebook owner Meta in a major election year, a move researchers fear will disrupt efforts to detect an expected firehose of political misinformation.

International Business Times

Wearable AI: will it put our smartphones out of fashion?

Portable AI-powered devices that connect directly to a chatbot without the need for apps or a touchscreen are set to hit the market. Are they the emperor’s new clothes or a gamechanger?

The Guardian - UK

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Instagram Blend could surface reels for you and a friend

The feature, currently in internal testing, generates a private feed of reels based on two people’s interests.

Tom’s Guide

Meta’s oversight board urges Facebook, Instagram to lift ban on ‘shaheed’

The advisory board has told Meta the ban on the word, meaning ‘martyr’, restricts free expression and is unnecessary.

Al Jazeera

US FTC Reopens Privacy Probe Into Meta

Court ruling against Meta's delay attempt on FTC privacy probe highlights regulatory challenges and the need to address privacy concerns.

Top News

Concerns over Meta's plan to take news out of News Feed

Social media users, as well as small and specialised news outlets, could be the big losers from Meta's plan to remove more news from Facebook, experts say.

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The Oculus Quest 1 is about to be sent out to pasture

The original Oculus Quest was a breakthrough for standalone VR, but Meta won't be supporting its aging hardware for much longer.

Android Central

FBI Agent Says He Hassles People 'Every Day, All Day Long' Over Facebook Posts

"It's just an effort to keep everybody safe and make sure nobody has any ill will," he claimed.

Reason

Royal reverse as Nine’s 60 Minutes goes from ‘scandal’ to sympathy for Princess of Wales

Original story scrutinised ‘Catherine’s photoshopping blunder’ but its replacement heaped praise on ‘a courageous woman’. Plus: David McBride v the ABC

The Guardian - AU

Canadian school boards sue social media giants over effects on students

Snapchat, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram are addictive and have ‘rewired’ the way children learn, educators say.

Al Jazeera

The Meta Quest 3 is more powerful than we originally thought

The Meta Quest 3 is 2x more powerful than the Quest 2, but it was hard to understand what that meant until Meta revealed details at GDC 2024.

Android Central

Facebook launched a secret project to intercept user data from rival platforms, documents claim

Filings from a US lawsuit reveal why Facebook spied on Snapchat users’ data

Evening Standard

Canadian School Boards Sue Social Media Giants Over Disruption

School boards in Ontario and U.S. sue social media giants for harming student learning and mental health, prompting calls for accountability and policy cha...

Top News

Mark Zuckerberg Praises Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang For Tech Contributions.

Zuckerberg praises Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, comparing him to Taylor Swift in tech. Meta's strategic partnership with Nvidia drives AI innovation.

International Business Times

Judge Junks Lawsuit Against Apple Alleging Crypto Tech Restrictions On Cash App, Venmo

In the sea of antitrust accusations against Apple, the big tech titan has won one, as a judge dismissed a consumer lawsuit alleging the company was blocking payment apps from facilitating crypto payments.

The Guardian - UK

Meta and Google accused of restricting reproductive health information

Report claims posts on abortion and contraception have been deleted while misinformation on the feeds of social media users in Africa, Latin America and Asia has not been tackled

The Guardian - AU

Fears grow Meta will block news on Facebook and Instagram as Australian government faces pressure to act

Publishers and politicians are siding against Meta and urging Labor to force the company to pay for news

Android Central

These are my favorite upcoming Quest 3 and Vision Pro games from GDC 2024

From dodging lasers to racing motorcycles, GDC had some impressive VR and MR game demos due out later this year.

WhatsApp gets a free video upgrade but it might kill your data

You're going to want to turn this feature off if you're heading off on holiday

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