Meta jacks up price of two year old Meta 2
Nothing attracts buyers of old tech more than a price increase
While the social notworking site Meta appears to want to get everyone on board with its metaverse vision, it seems it is taking an odd approach.
Meta claims its AI has cracked translation
Boffins say what they meant to say was that the claim is lost in translation
Facebook claims that its AI tools have cracked translation and can translate 204 different languages, twice as many as ever before attempted, at a higher quality than previously achieved.
IDC says Meta’s mixed-reality business is doomed
Tame Apple Press cheers
A recent media release from market research firm IDC predicts that Meta (the parent company of Facebook) may not be able to compete in the mixed-reality business in the long run if its strategy remains unchanged.
Russia fines Meta for not persecuting gays
Time to return to the 16th century
A Russian court fined Meta Platforms $54,030 for failing to delete posts that contained what it calls "LGBT propaganda.”
EU forces Meta and Google to combat hate speech and fake news
Multibillion-dollar fines
The European Union reached an agreement on landmark legislation forcing Big Tech firms such as Google and Facebook's parent company Meta, as well as other internet services, to more aggressively combat hate speech and misinformation or risk multibillion-dollar fines.
Putin makes Zuckerberg and Roslansky disappear
See, Tsar Putin was goodie all the time
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky are among the latest US citizens to be added to the Russian sanctions list.
Meta investigating claims its COO tried to shut down Activision Blizzard story
Sandberg apparently tried to protect Kotick
Meta Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is in hot water after it is claimed she tried to shut down a news story involving her boyfriend, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick.
Meta will have first gen glasses by 2024
Will probably go the same way as the others
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is flat out trying to deliver the first generation by 2024 with a lighter, more advanced design for 2026, followed by a third version in 2028.
EU agree to curb Big Tech
Landmark laws
Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states have agreed on a landmark law to curb the market dominance of United States tech giants such as Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple.
Ireland fines Facebook $18.7 million
12 data breach notifications
Ireland's data regulator said it was slapping an $18.7 million fine on Facebook parent Meta Platforms after an inquiry confirmed 12 data breach notifications in 2018.