California and 32 other states on Tuesday sued Facebook parent company Meta over allegations that it “designed and deployed harmful features” on the main social network and its platform Instagram despite knowing about the mental […]
Sarah Silverman and two bestselling novelists have sued Meta and OpenAI, the tech startup behind ChatGPT, accusing the companies of using the authors’ copyrighted books without their consent to “train” their artificial intelligence software programs. […]
Photo Credit: Technivation Meta has released its own AI music generator called ‘MusicGen,’ trained on 10,000 licensed music tracks. The AI music generator works much like Google’s MusicLM, generating a snippet of about 12 seconds […]
Wes Anderson is a vibe. People always know what they’re going to get with a Wes Anderson movie, and a lot of people like to slag him off because of that. But what’s wrong with […]
In the next obvious move, Mattel has released a collection of Barbie dolls and accessories from the upcoming Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. Now all we need is a movie about the […]
Californians may no longer be able to read daily news from their Facebook and Instagram feeds if the state Legislature passes a bill forcing tech platforms to pay publishers. That’s the threat that parent company […]
Meta has announced high-tech VR headset Meta Quest 3, and it will launch in fall 2023. It’s the latest in the company’s line of virtual reality devices, but it will also be its most technologically […]
Photo Credit: Nokia621 / CC by 4.0 Meta conducts its latest round of layoffs as part of its ‘Year of Efficiency,’ cutting approximately 6,000 jobs, including Instagram’s Head of Music Partnerships. As part of Facebook […]
Following a lengthy investigation, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has announced a $1.3 billion Meta EU fine over allegedly unlawful data transfers. Photo Credit: Dima Solomin Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has officially slapped Facebook and […]
Photo Credit: Muhammad Asyfaul The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing a blanket ban on Meta’s ability to monetize underage data. The move comes after repeated violations of a 2020 privacy order. These changes proposed […]
Photo Credit: Artapixel The Italian regulatory agency ruled against Meta in the SIAE music rights case, ordering the company to resume talks with SIAE and put SIAE-protected music content back on Facebook and Instagram. Italy’s […]
A nighttime shot of the Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II bridge in Rome, Italy. Photo Credit: Christian Nordmark Less than one month after Meta pulled a number of Italian creators’ music amid a licensing dispute with […]
Venice, Italy. Photo Credit: canmandawe Facebook parent Meta has pulled the works of Italian creators over a rights-related dispute, according to the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE), which says that its members are […]
International Confederation of Music Publishers director general John Phelan. Photo Credit: ICMP Yesterday, the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE) revealed that its members’ works were being pulled from Meta platforms amid a licensing […]
Photo Credit: Roman Martyniuk Meta has announced an additional round of 10,000 layoffs and a pivot away from NFTs. CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote the move is one to streamline the company in terms of efficiency. […]
Photo Credit: Meta Meta is discontinuing its program to pay bonuses to creators for making Reels on Facebook and Instagram. Instagram and Facebook parent Meta is pausing its program to incentivize creators to make Reels […]
Photo Credit: Dima Solomin Meta is following in Twitter’s footsteps, offering an account subscription aimed at creators. Here’s what’s coming in Meta Verified. Meta says it wants to make it easier for creators to establish […]
Meta is introducing its own take on Telegram channels with broadcast channels on Instagram, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday via, well, one of the new channels. (Note that they only work on mobile right […]
We’ve called it a cross between the Battle School from Ender’s Game and ultimate frisbee. We’ve called it Final Fantasy X blitzball meets VR. It made two of our Best VR Games lists — three, […]
Look, Invincible gets it. It has been a long way for Invincible season two. And fans of the superhero show are hungry for more. To help sate their appetite, the teaser for Invincible season two […]