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EU Launches Probe Into Facebook, Instagram Over Child Safety Risks
The EU today opened a formal investigation into Facebook and Instagram on suspicion the platforms owned by Meta are causing addictive behaviour in children.
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Apple Vision Pro Successor to Feature Smaller and Lighter Design, Will Be Easier to Wear: Mark Gurman
Apple Vision Pro 2 is reportedly in the works at Apple, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The iPhone maker is focussing on lowering both the weight and size of the second-generation Vision Pro headset. Facebook parent Meta, on the other hand, wants the successor to the Meta Quest 3 to be more affordable, according to Gurman.
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Threads App Sees Over 50 Million Users Sign Up Within a Day as Instagram's Competition With Twitter Heats Up
Threads now has 50 million users just over 24 hours since the app was rolled out on Thursday. Meta's "Twitter Killer" competitor works closely with its Instagram service, and its meteoric rise has caused rival Twitter to feel the heat and threaten to sue the Facebook parent firm a day after it was launched.
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Goat Led Lancaster Police On Chase And Caused "Traffic Chaos", Captured
The animal was previously spotted in the Lancaster Auction Mart car park, on Quernmore Road near the cemetery.
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Singer Lucky Ali Says Sorry For Post: "Upset My Hindu Brothers, Sisters"
In his apology, shared on Tuesday, the 64-year-old singer clarified that his intentions were not to "cause distress or anger" and was instead meant to "bring us all closer together".
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Snap Expects Lower Revenue in First Quarter Amid Increased Competition From TikTok, Lower Ad Demand
Snap reported on Tuesday that the firm swung to a net loss in Q4 2022 and the parent firm of popular app Snapchat expects revenue to fall by up to 10 percent in the current quarter. The company said that its business continued to be hurt by a weakening economy, increased competition from rivals and "platform policy changes".
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US Public Schools Blame Big Tech Firms for Social Media Harm, Mental Health Crisis in Lawsuit: All Details
Facebook parent Meta, Alphabet, Snap, and TikTok were sued by US public schools in Seattle last week, claiming that companies purposefully designed products to hook younger users, while creating a mental health crisis. The firms have previously stated that they aim to create an enjoyable experience on their platforms for users, while removing harmf...
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US Midterm Elections: Experts Say Misinformation on Facebook, Twitter Limited, Not Stopped
The US midterm elections saw fewer posts with misinformation compared to the firestorm levels that followed President Joe Biden's victory in 2020, according to experts. Several posts on Twitter and Facebook challenged Democratic successes in the elections without evidence, but the conspiracy theories have not sparked major demonstrations or gone as...
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Meta Fixes Issue With Instagram, Facebook and Messenger After Brief Outage
Meta Platforms said on Friday it has fixed the issue that was preventing users from accessing its social media platforms. "Earlier today, a configuration change caused some people to have trouble accessing our products," a Meta spokesperson said.
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Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Launches 'Beyond the Screen' Organisation to Tackle Social Media Harms
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen on Thursday announced the launch of a nonprofit organisation that aims to highlight harms caused by social media platforms, while providing solutions to those issues. Last year, Haugen leaked reams of internal studies showing executives knew of their site's potential for harm, and has maintained that the tech t...
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Missing Facebook Edit Button Causes Storm on Social Media
Several social media users were perplexed on Wednesday after getting to know that the Edit function on Facebook postings was gone.
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US Chip Export Restrictions to China May Hurt Global Supply Chain, Say Experts
The USA’s export restrictions to curb China's advances in semiconductor manufacturing can cause a great damage to the fragile global chip supply chains, suggest the experts. Chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix have invested heavily in China in recent decades to produce chips that are vital to customers like Apple, Amazon, Facebook owner Meta and Goog...
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Instagram Back Up After Brief Outage That Prevented Thousands of Users From Accessing Service
Instagram is back up after thousands of users were unable to access the service on Friday. According to outage-tracking website Downdetector, nearly 24,000 users were impacted by the outage and were unable to access the photo and video sharing service. The company acknowledged the error and said it was working on a fix, and access was restored with...
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Viral Photo Shows Tree Burning From Inside After Lightning Strike
Lightning from this week's strong storms damaged a big tree in Ohio, the United States, causing an unsettling appearance as the tree burnt from the inside.
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Apple Says Resolved iMessage Issues After Third Services Outage This Week
Apple said it has resolved the issues that caused outages to its iMessage service after complaints earlier, as the tech behemoth grappled with disruptions to its cloud services for the third time this week.
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EU Launches Probe Into Facebook, Instagram Over Child Safety Risks
The EU today opened a formal investigation into Facebook and Instagram on suspicion the platforms owned by Meta are causing addictive behaviour in children.
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Apple Vision Pro Successor to Feature Smaller and Lighter Design, Will Be Easier to Wear: Mark Gurman
Apple Vision Pro 2 is reportedly in the works at Apple, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The iPhone maker is focussing on lowering both the weight and size of the second-generation Vision Pro headset. Facebook parent Meta, on the other hand, wants the successor to the Meta Quest 3 to be more affordable, according to Gurman.
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Threads App Sees Over 50 Million Users Sign Up Within a Day as Instagram's Competition With Twitter Heats Up
Threads now has 50 million users just over 24 hours since the app was rolled out on Thursday. Meta's "Twitter Killer" competitor works closely with its Instagram service, and its meteoric rise has caused rival Twitter to feel the heat and threaten to sue the Facebook parent firm a day after it was launched.
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Goat Led Lancaster Police On Chase And Caused "Traffic Chaos", Captured
The animal was previously spotted in the Lancaster Auction Mart car park, on Quernmore Road near the cemetery.
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Singer Lucky Ali Says Sorry For Post: "Upset My Hindu Brothers, Sisters"
In his apology, shared on Tuesday, the 64-year-old singer clarified that his intentions were not to "cause distress or anger" and was instead meant to "bring us all closer together".
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Snap Expects Lower Revenue in First Quarter Amid Increased Competition From TikTok, Lower Ad Demand
Snap reported on Tuesday that the firm swung to a net loss in Q4 2022 and the parent firm of popular app Snapchat expects revenue to fall by up to 10 percent in the current quarter. The company said that its business continued to be hurt by a weakening economy, increased competition from rivals and "platform policy changes".
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US Public Schools Blame Big Tech Firms for Social Media Harm, Mental Health Crisis in Lawsuit: All Details
Facebook parent Meta, Alphabet, Snap, and TikTok were sued by US public schools in Seattle last week, claiming that companies purposefully designed products to hook younger users, while creating a mental health crisis. The firms have previously stated that they aim to create an enjoyable experience on their platforms for users, while removing harmf...
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US Midterm Elections: Experts Say Misinformation on Facebook, Twitter Limited, Not Stopped
The US midterm elections saw fewer posts with misinformation compared to the firestorm levels that followed President Joe Biden's victory in 2020, according to experts. Several posts on Twitter and Facebook challenged Democratic successes in the elections without evidence, but the conspiracy theories have not sparked major demonstrations or gone as...
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Meta Fixes Issue With Instagram, Facebook and Messenger After Brief Outage
Meta Platforms said on Friday it has fixed the issue that was preventing users from accessing its social media platforms. "Earlier today, a configuration change caused some people to have trouble accessing our products," a Meta spokesperson said.
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Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Launches 'Beyond the Screen' Organisation to Tackle Social Media Harms
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen on Thursday announced the launch of a nonprofit organisation that aims to highlight harms caused by social media platforms, while providing solutions to those issues. Last year, Haugen leaked reams of internal studies showing executives knew of their site's potential for harm, and has maintained that the tech t...
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Missing Facebook Edit Button Causes Storm on Social Media
Several social media users were perplexed on Wednesday after getting to know that the Edit function on Facebook postings was gone.
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US Chip Export Restrictions to China May Hurt Global Supply Chain, Say Experts
The USA’s export restrictions to curb China's advances in semiconductor manufacturing can cause a great damage to the fragile global chip supply chains, suggest the experts. Chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix have invested heavily in China in recent decades to produce chips that are vital to customers like Apple, Amazon, Facebook owner Meta and Goog...
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Instagram Back Up After Brief Outage That Prevented Thousands of Users From Accessing Service
Instagram is back up after thousands of users were unable to access the service on Friday. According to outage-tracking website Downdetector, nearly 24,000 users were impacted by the outage and were unable to access the photo and video sharing service. The company acknowledged the error and said it was working on a fix, and access was restored with...
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Viral Photo Shows Tree Burning From Inside After Lightning Strike
Lightning from this week's strong storms damaged a big tree in Ohio, the United States, causing an unsettling appearance as the tree burnt from the inside.
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Apple Says Resolved iMessage Issues After Third Services Outage This Week
Apple said it has resolved the issues that caused outages to its iMessage service after complaints earlier, as the tech behemoth grappled with disruptions to its cloud services for the third time this week.
