Russia puts spokesman for tech giant and Facebook owner Meta Andy Stone on...
Russia has added the spokesman of U.S. tech giant Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to a wanted list, according to an online database maintained by the country’s interior ministry.Russian state...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: Resist the left-wing media
We've learned how pre-Musk Twitter banned speech and facts it didn't want us to see, and that Facebook, The Washington Post and The New York Times did the same. So how are shows such as "Morning Joe"...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg and CEOs of TikTok, X to testify in Senate on online danger...
The leaders of Facebook, TikTok and X will testify at a congressional hearing in January on digital danger to children, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced on Wednesday. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of...
View ArticleMichigan to join state-level effort to regulate AI political ads as federal...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan is joining an effort to curb deceptive uses of artificial intelligence and manipulated media through state-level policies as Congress and the Federal Elections Commission...
View ArticleThousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Someone in China created thousands of fake social media accounts designed to appear to be from Americans and used them to spread polarizing political content in an apparent effort to...
View ArticleHarvard muzzled disinformation team after $500 million Zuckerberg donation,...
A prominent disinformation scholar who left Harvard University in August has accused the school of muzzling her speech and stifling - then dismantling - her research team as it launched a deep dive in...
View ArticleSpanish Information Media Association files multimillion-euro suit against...
MADRID — A Spanish association representing more than 80 newspapers has filed a lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta accusing it of unfair competition in online advertising by allegedly ignoring...
View ArticleGoogle takes a leap in artificial intelligence with Gemini project
Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of project Gemini, an AI model trained to behave in human-like ways that's likely to intensify the debate about the...
View ArticleWhite alligator born at 'gator theme park in Orlando
A rare white alligator was born at the Gatorland Orlando theme park and wildlife preserve, the park announced Friday on Facebook.The female baby alligator is not an albino, however, but a leucistic....
View ArticleResearch finds more teens turning to social media, not parents, for life...
More teenagers than ever spend most of their free time in the online worlds of TikTok and Instagram than in the physical world with family and friends, according to recent research.Nearly half of teens...
View ArticleThreads finally spreads to EU after delay over regulatory requirements
Meta’s “Twitter Killer” is finally available in Europe.Threads, Meta’s fledgling social media competitor to X, launched in European Union countries Thursday.Some European users have been eagerly...
View ArticleMeta's initial decisions to remove 2 videos of Israel-Hamas war reversed by...
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — A quasi-independent review board is recommending that Facebook parent company Meta overturn two decisions it made this fall to remove posts “informing the world about human...
View ArticlePair of stranded motorists rescued after hiking miles to get signal in Oregon...
A pair of motorists stranded in the mountainous Ochoco National Forest in Oregon were rescued after they walked 3 miles in harsh weather to get a cellular signal.The two people, neither of whom were...
View ArticleChatGPT-maker steels for fight with New York Times and authors on 'fair use'...
A barrage of high-profile lawsuits in a New York federal court will test the future of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products that wouldn't be so eloquent had they not ingested huge troves...
View ArticleSheryl Sandberg, former Meta COO, to leave company's board of directors
One of Meta’s architects is set to leave for good this year.Sheryl Sandberg, former chief operating officer at the Facebook parent, announced this week she'll resign from Meta’s board of directors in...
View ArticleX pauses Taylor Swift searches as deepfake explicit images spread
Elon Musk's social media platform X has blocked searches for Taylor Swift as pornographic deepfake images of the singer have circulated online.Attempts to search for her name on the site resulted in an...
View ArticleMeta's Threads breaks into top 10 of app downloads as user base grows
Meta's fledgling "Twitter killer" Threads experienced monumental growth in downloads late last year, earning it a top 10 spot in Apple and Google's app stores.Despite concerns the app was declining in...
View ArticleThe peril of digital conspiracy theories: 'What happens when no one believes...
WASHINGTON — Days after Maui's wildfires killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of homes last August, a shocking claim spread with alarming speed on YouTube and TikTok: The blaze on the...
View ArticleMeta to shine stronger spotlight on AI this year
Tech giant Meta announced it will expand its artificial intelligence labeling program in a further effort to crack down on misleading images on its platforms.In a Monday blog post, Meta President Nick...
View ArticleAngela Chao, sister of Elaine Chao, dies in Texas car accident
Angela Chao, chief executive of a major shipping company and former board member of the state-owned Bank of China, died in a car accident in Texas on Sunday, according to her family and multiple...
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