Ten current and former Meta employees share frustrations over Meta's surrender to the right on speech issues; one called the changes “a precursor for genocide”
“I really think this a precursor for genocide,” a former employee tells Platformer — I. The past
Meta's fact-checking partners PolitiFact and FactCheck.org say they had no role in deciding what the company did with fact-checked content, denying Meta's claim
Fact-checking groups that worked with Meta said they had no role in deciding what the company did with the content that was fact-checked.
Donald Trump says Meta has “come a long way” after the company announced it will end its fact-checking program, and that Meta's “presentation was excellent”
www.techpolicy.press/transcript- m... @futbolsound : The swagger of a dictator in full view. The media will play into it, he'll continue to be insufferable, and the billionaires will continue to grov...
Meta's fact-checking overhaul is set to deepen a growing schism between how platforms handle content moderation in the US and in stricter regions like Europe
As platform scales back moderation in line with conservative demands in the U.S., it still has to maneuver through stiffer regulations in Europe and elsewhere.
Ex-Facebook Director Katie Harbath says Mark Zuckerberg's team uses elections to take stock of “where society is, to readjust how they're approaching content”
and Mine, The Audacity of Copying Well Sean Burch / The Wrap : Meta Pivots Away From Protections, Guardrails as Trump 2.0 Looms Mat Smith / Engadget : The Morning After: Meta gives up on fact checking...
Meta's fact-checking partners, including USA Today, say they were blindsided by Meta's decision to drop them and reject claims of being “too politically biased”
www.wired.com/story/metas-... Kate Starbird / @katestarbird : This is extra-funny, since the fact-checkers often bent over backwards to not appear to be biased against conservatives. And also, becaus...
In a statement with his family, Sam Altman denies the sexual abuse allegations made by his sister Ann in a lawsuit and says she faces “mental health challenges”
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's sister, Ann Altman, filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that her brother sexually abused …
Sources: Zuckerberg demanded a review of an algorithm change after his 2023 knee surgery Facebook post got anemic attention; Meta downplays the significance
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Docs: The Heritage Foundation plans to “identify and target” volunteer Wikipedia editors who it says are “abusing their position” to publish antisemitic content
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism
Indonesia says Apple still can't sell its iPhone 16 in the country, despite a deal to build a local production facility, as it hasn't met domestic content rules
Apple (AAPL.O) still cannot sell its iPhone 16 in Indonesia despite striking a deal to build a local production facility there …
EU rejects Zuckerberg's claim that “Europe has an ever increasing number of laws institutionalising censorship”, saying it only requires illegal content removal
The European Commission rejected on Wednesday Meta (META.O) chief Mark Zuckerberg's assertion that European Union …
Sources: TSMC's Arizona plant is now producing Systems-in-Package for the Apple Watch, almost certainly the S9, in addition to the A16 processor for iPhones
I've finally landed on a name for this publication: Culpium. Further publishing announcements at the end.
Google says Nest hubs, Chromecasts, Google TV devices on Android 14, and more can now control Matter devices locally, and opens its Home APIs to all developers
One of the key changes Matter is bringing to the smart home is a standardized way to enable local control of smart devices.
The White House launches the US Cyber Trust Mark, a voluntary cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices, after unveiling it in 2023
Today, the White House announced the launch of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a new cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices.
Audio: Meta told the International Fact-Checking Network that its US partnerships will end in March but Community Notes rollout is expected to take time
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Sources: Movement Labs, which is building a layer-2 Ethereum blockchain, is set to raise a $100M Series B at a ~$3B valuation, after raising $38M in April 2024
Movement Labs, a San Francisco-based software developing team building a layer-2 blockchain on Ethereum, is close to wrapping …
In a first, an EU court fines the EC €400 for breaching its own data protection rules by transferring a citizen's data to the US via “Sign in with Facebook”
In a first, the EU General Court ruled on Wednesday that the European Commission must pay damages to a German citizen …
AWS says it plans to invest “at least” $11B to expand cloud computing and AI infrastructure in Georgia, which is becoming a popular US state for data centers
On Tuesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon's cloud computing division, said that it plans to invest “at least” …
Internal 2023 docs: Meta exempted some top advertisers from its usual content moderation process amid concerns that its systems mistakenly penalised top brands
Social media giant's ‘guardrails’ intended to ‘protect high spenders’ amid internal concern its systems over-enforced rules
Major quantum computing stocks, up 300%+ in the past year, fell on January 7 after Jensen Huang said “very useful” quantum computers are likely decades away
The shares of IonQ Inc. and other companies linked to quantum computing tumbled in premarket trading on Wednesday …
Meta says it will launch a test in Germany, France, and the US to post eBay listings on Facebook Marketplace, after the EU fined it €798M for abusing dominance
- Company was fined €798 million by EU for abusing dominance — Meta still challenging landmark fine through EU courts
Microsoft open sources the 14B-parameter AI model Phi-4 and its weights, available on Hugging Face under a MIT License, after releasing it in December 2024
Even as its big investment and partner OpenAI continues to announce more powerful reasoning models such as the latest o3 series …
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says that MediaTek will be able to sell the CPU chip that the two companies unveiled for Project DIGITS, Nvidia's new desktop computer
Nvidia (NVDA.O) Chief Executive Jensen Huang said on Tuesday that MediaTek (2454.TW) will be able to sell the desktop central processor chip …
OnePlus 13 review: excellent battery life, six years of security updates, solid build quality with an IP69 rating, but most AI tools need internet connectivity
OnePlus has revealed its flagship smartphone lineup for 2025 … Kristijan Lucic / Android Headlines : OnePlus 13 can be located even when it's turned off JerryRigEverything / JerryRigEverything on YouT...
Las Vegas police say the man who exploded a Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel used ChatGPT to help plan the attack, including to seek info on explosive targets
police release details on prompts used to decide crucial details Elizabeth Urban / International Business Times : Cybertruck Attack on Trump Hotel Was Planned Using ChatGPT in Disturbing ‘Game Changer...
Samsung reports preliminary Q4 operating profit of ~$4.5B, vs. est. of ~$6.2B, and revenue of ~$51.7B, below est., due to hefty R&D and capacity expansion costs
- Korean company ratchets up push to catch up in high-end memory — Samsung has ceded ground to SK Hynix in lucrative AI arena
Sources: Bluesky is finalizing a new round at a ~$700M valuation led by Bain Capital Ventures; it raised a $15M Series A in October 2024 and an $8M seed in 2023
- Bluesky, an alternative to X, saw a surge of users after Donald Trump was elected in November.
Washington state's AG sues T-Mobile, claiming the carrier failed to adequately secure sensitive personal info of 2M+ residents in an August 2021 cyberattack
Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire :
NHTSA: software fixes made up 15% of US automotive recalls in 2024, up from 6% in 2019, as traditional carmakers' legacy systems struggle with software updates
Managing smooth updates is becoming ever important with the spread of EVs and more sophisticated systems
AMD invests $20M in drug-discovery company Absci, which will move toward greater use of AMD's GPUs; Absci uses 470+ AI chips, most of which are Nvidia's GPUs
Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal :
Magnitt: VC funding in the Middle East fell 29% YoY to $1.5B in 2024, with Saudi Arabia accounting for $750M, down 44% YoY, while the UAE saw $613M, down 8% YoY
Fahad Abuljadayel / Bloomberg :
Whatnot, which lets users sell comics and other items through live videos, raised a $265M Series E at a $4.97B valuation, and says its annual GMV passed $3B
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch :
Dublin-based NomuPay, formed in 2023 out of some of Germany-based fintech Wirecard's regional payment licenses, raised a $37M Series B at a ~$200M valuation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Asus unveils the Zenbook A14, with a new base-model eight-core Snapdragon X and 32GB of RAM, coming in mid-January for $1,100+, and a $900 variant in March 2025
Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge :
Akamai plans to end its CDN services in China on June 30, 2026, moving clients to an Akamai CDN outside China unless they switch to a local option like Tencent
Simon Sharwood / The Register :
Micron plans to invest $7B over the next few years to expand its manufacturing footprint in Singapore, and broke ground on an HBM chip plant set to open in 2026
key to the AI boom—with a $7 billion Micron investment TechPowerUp : Micron Breaks Ground on New HBM Advanced Packaging Facility in Singapore TrendForce News : [News] Micron Kicks off Construction on ...
Atlanta-based HR and payroll software startup OnPay raised a $63M Series B led by Carrick Capital Partners, taking its total raised to $165M+ in equity and debt
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Niklas Zennström says European startups can thrive by developing apps for US-based AI platforms and believes pessimism about European startups is exaggerated
Niklas Zennström believes continent can thrive by developing applications on top of artificial intelligence models
Global venture funding rose 3% YoY to nearly $314B in 2024; US startups got ~57%, or $178B, of which $90B was invested in Bay Area startups, due to the AI boom
Gené Teare / Crunchbase News :
Indonesian e-commerce pioneer Bukalapak will stop sales of physical goods to focus on virtual goods like mobile credits, amid competition from Shopee and others
Yuan Gao / Bloomberg :
JPMorgan files two lawsuits over its investment in fintech Viva Wallet; source: JPM claims €916M, alleging Viva deprived JPM the value of its 2022 investment
Sotiris Nikas / Bloomberg :
Inside Naver's 1784, a 36-level office tower in Seoul that has ~4,500 employees working with 120+ robots and serves as a testbed for various AI technologies
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : X: @saritharai X: Saritha Rai / @saritharai : In Seoul, I found a glimpse of our future with robots At tech giant Naver's HQ, 4,500 pple work with 120 robots. Robots glide a...
The US NLRB claims Google is a “joint employer” of ~50 Accenture Flex workers who joined the Alphabet Workers Union in 2023 and must bargain with their union
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters :
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