Judge Mom Says Family Receiving Threats
Chancery Judge Ashlee Cole, the mom of Warren Hudson, a teen who was on Horn Island with Nolan Xavier Wells, says her family is receiving death threats in the wake…
Meta may have to make Instagram and Facebook less addictive
Taylor Kerns / Android Authority TL;DR The European Commission says Meta’s Instagram and Facebook may violate the Digital Services Act by using design features that encourage excessive engagement, including infinite…
EU threatens Meta with fines over addictive features on Facebook and Instagram
The EU announced on Friday that Meta must overhaul Facebook’s and Instagram’s addictive design features or face a fine. The tech giant is in breach of the Digital Services Act…
In preliminary findings, the EU Commission said Facebook and Instagram’s addictive design violates the DSA, telling Meta to make changes or risk a hefty fine (Adam Satariano/New York Times)
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Meta says four US states seek $1.4T over claims it designed Facebook and Instagram to addict youth and misled the public; its market cap is ~$1.5T (Diana Novak Jones/Reuters)
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Facebook brings back Facebook Creator Studio as a stand-alone app with built-in AI chatbot to help creators grow their audiences through personalized guidance (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
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Facebook rolls out an AI companion app for creators
Facebook announced on Wednesday that it’s reimagining its Creator Studio tool as a standalone AI companion app designed to help creators grow their audiences on the social network. By giving…
Chi-Hua Chien saw Facebook coming; now he says the real AI winners won’t be selling AI
Chi-Hua Chien has spent more than two decades as a venture capitalist, but he thinks like a cultural anthropologist. As a co-founder of Goodwater Capital, a firm focused exclusively on…
Facebook is taking a page from Google’s playbook with these new features
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Facebook is getting an AI mode for enhanced search and exploration. Camera roll sharing suggestions are getting updated with collage cutout templates. Meta is…
Meta’s new ‘AI Mode’ on Facebook pulls from public info across its platforms
As Meta tries to catch up in the AI race and boost engagement with its AI bot, the company announced Monday that it’s rolling out new AI features on Facebook…