How Microsoft messed up

CNBC has created a 15-minute video The Rise and Fall of Skype which explains how the messaging app was ruined by the software king of the world Microsoft.

He is not worth it Elon

Elon [look at me] Musk’s mum is asking the interwebs not to encourage her boy to have a cage fight with Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg.

Returning to the cold war

The subsea cable market is in danger of dividing into eastern and western blocs as the US is putting pressure on companies to avoid Chinese ties.  

Not even worth trying

Big Tech is rolling back all the censorship and policies to curb misinformation ahead of the 2024 election cycle.

Says EU

Companies deploying generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Bard with the potential to generate disinformation should label such content as part of their efforts to combat fake news, European Commission deputy head Vera Jourova said.

$499.99 headset arrives in Autumn 

Meta has officially announced its Quest 3 VR headset in a post on Mark Zuckerberg's Instagram.

If it is forced to pay for it 

Social notworking company Meta has threatened to ban news content from its platform in California if the state government passes legislation requiring tech companies to pay publishers.

Part of the Metaverse project

Facebook's parent company Meta is reportedly in discussions with augmented reality start-up Magic Leap to establish a multiyear agreement for intellectual property licensing and contract manufacturing in North America.

If they are quick

WhatsApp users can finally edit their messages.

Meta Training and Inference Accelerator can't play Crystalis yet

Meta is building its first custom chip specifically for running AI models.