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Meta Fined $840 Million For "Abusive" Facebook Ad Practices
The EU fined online giant Meta almost 800 million euros on Thursday for breaching antitrust rules by giving users of its Facebook social network automatic access to classified ads service Facebook Marketplace.
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After 'The Guardian', Spain's 'La Vanguardia' Quits Social Media Platform X
Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia will stop posting on billionaire Elon Musk's X platform and plans to suspend its accounts, saying on Thursday the social media network had become an "echo chamber" for disinformation and conspiracy theories.
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Meta Will Face Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Acquisitions
Meta will be facing a trial in a US Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break-up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition in social media.
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OpenAI Will Not Release GPT-5 This Year But ‘Some Very Good Releases’ Are Coming, Says CEO Sam Altman
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and several other company executives hosted an ask-me-anything (AMA) session on Thursday. The session was hosted on the social networking platform Reddit and users were told to ask questions about the AI firm’s products such as ChatGPT or general queries about artificial intelligence (AI) and artificial general intelligence ...
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Brazil Lifts Ban On Elon Musk's X, Ending Standoff Over Disinformation
Brazil's Supreme Court said Tuesday it was lifting a ban on Elon Musk's social network X, which was blocked in its biggest Latin American market for over a month amid a row over disinformation.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Reveals His Top Strategy For Life Without Regrets: "Put A Huge Premium On It"
In 2005, he made a career-defining decision by dropping out of Stanford to create Loopt, a location-based social networking app.
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Elon Musk's X Fined $900,000 A Day For Restoring Services In Brazil Despite Ban
Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Elon Musk's X to suspend access to the social network, after service was restored despite a ban, or face a daily fine of over $900,000.
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LinkedIn Reportedly Trained Generative AI Models on User Data Without Permission Before Updating Policy
LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, was reportedly scraping user data on the platform without informing the users first. The company has now updated its terms of service to reflect this, however, it continues to automatically opt-in users unless they manually find and toggle off the setting to opt-out. Several netizens took to s...
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X Update Allows App To Bypass Brazil Ban: Internet Providers
Elon Musk's X social network carried out an automatic update overnight on phone applications that allowed it to bypass a ban in Brazil, an association of internet providers said Wednesday.
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Reliance Jio Outage: Network Restored After Several Users Report Issues Across India
Reliance Jio users reported complaints of a network outage on Tuesday, highlighting issues with both the mobile network and broadband connectivity. The reports were spotted across various regions in India, highlighting a widespread issue. Many users took to social media platforms to highlight that they were getting a “no service” error on their...
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Brazil Judge Seizes $3 Million From Elon Musk To Pay X Fines
Brazil's Supreme Court said Friday that a judge has ordered the transfer of some $3 million from Elon Musk's companies to pay fines incurred by his social network X, which has been suspended in the country.
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Brazil Telecom Regulator Threatens Sanctions Against Elon Musk's Starlink After X Ban
Brazil's telecoms regulator threatened to sanction Elon Musk's satellite broadband company Starlink hours after its top court stood behind a controversial decision to ban social network X from the country. The development has stirred tensions between Brazil and Starlink chief Musk.
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Brazil Top Court Confirms X Suspension Over Alleged Judicial Transgressions
Brazil's Supreme Court on Monday ratified the decision by one of its judges to suspend Elon Musk's X social network for alleged judicial transgressions.
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Brazil Latest Country To Ban X. List Of Nations Where You Can't Access It
With its ban of X, which went into effect on Saturday, Brazil joins a small club of countries to have taken similar measures against the social network, most of them run by authoritarian regimes.
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Brazil Block On Elon Musk's X Comes Into Effect
A block on Elon Musk's X social network in Brazil started to take effect early Saturday after a Supreme Court judge ordered its suspension, according to AFP.
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Meta Fined $840 Million For "Abusive" Facebook Ad Practices
The EU fined online giant Meta almost 800 million euros on Thursday for breaching antitrust rules by giving users of its Facebook social network automatic access to classified ads service Facebook Marketplace.
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After 'The Guardian', Spain's 'La Vanguardia' Quits Social Media Platform X
Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia will stop posting on billionaire Elon Musk's X platform and plans to suspend its accounts, saying on Thursday the social media network had become an "echo chamber" for disinformation and conspiracy theories.
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Meta Will Face Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Acquisitions
Meta will be facing a trial in a US Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break-up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition in social media.
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OpenAI Will Not Release GPT-5 This Year But ‘Some Very Good Releases’ Are Coming, Says CEO Sam Altman
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and several other company executives hosted an ask-me-anything (AMA) session on Thursday. The session was hosted on the social networking platform Reddit and users were told to ask questions about the AI firm’s products such as ChatGPT or general queries about artificial intelligence (AI) and artificial general intelligence ...
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Brazil Lifts Ban On Elon Musk's X, Ending Standoff Over Disinformation
Brazil's Supreme Court said Tuesday it was lifting a ban on Elon Musk's social network X, which was blocked in its biggest Latin American market for over a month amid a row over disinformation.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Reveals His Top Strategy For Life Without Regrets: "Put A Huge Premium On It"
In 2005, he made a career-defining decision by dropping out of Stanford to create Loopt, a location-based social networking app.
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Elon Musk's X Fined $900,000 A Day For Restoring Services In Brazil Despite Ban
Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Elon Musk's X to suspend access to the social network, after service was restored despite a ban, or face a daily fine of over $900,000.
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LinkedIn Reportedly Trained Generative AI Models on User Data Without Permission Before Updating Policy
LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, was reportedly scraping user data on the platform without informing the users first. The company has now updated its terms of service to reflect this, however, it continues to automatically opt-in users unless they manually find and toggle off the setting to opt-out. Several netizens took to s...
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X Update Allows App To Bypass Brazil Ban: Internet Providers
Elon Musk's X social network carried out an automatic update overnight on phone applications that allowed it to bypass a ban in Brazil, an association of internet providers said Wednesday.
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Reliance Jio Outage: Network Restored After Several Users Report Issues Across India
Reliance Jio users reported complaints of a network outage on Tuesday, highlighting issues with both the mobile network and broadband connectivity. The reports were spotted across various regions in India, highlighting a widespread issue. Many users took to social media platforms to highlight that they were getting a “no service” error on their...
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Brazil Judge Seizes $3 Million From Elon Musk To Pay X Fines
Brazil's Supreme Court said Friday that a judge has ordered the transfer of some $3 million from Elon Musk's companies to pay fines incurred by his social network X, which has been suspended in the country.
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Brazil Telecom Regulator Threatens Sanctions Against Elon Musk's Starlink After X Ban
Brazil's telecoms regulator threatened to sanction Elon Musk's satellite broadband company Starlink hours after its top court stood behind a controversial decision to ban social network X from the country. The development has stirred tensions between Brazil and Starlink chief Musk.
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Brazil Top Court Confirms X Suspension Over Alleged Judicial Transgressions
Brazil's Supreme Court on Monday ratified the decision by one of its judges to suspend Elon Musk's X social network for alleged judicial transgressions.
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Brazil Latest Country To Ban X. List Of Nations Where You Can't Access It
With its ban of X, which went into effect on Saturday, Brazil joins a small club of countries to have taken similar measures against the social network, most of them run by authoritarian regimes.
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Brazil Block On Elon Musk's X Comes Into Effect
A block on Elon Musk's X social network in Brazil started to take effect early Saturday after a Supreme Court judge ordered its suspension, according to AFP.
