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WhatsApp on Android could soon let you share files with nearby friends

New beta reveals hints of the upcoming feature for Android and you may have to shake your phone to send requests.

TechRadar

EU's Digital Markets Act allows users to control data sharing

Learn about the changes implemented by Meta (formerly Facebook) to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act, allowing users to control their data sharing a...

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The big idea: should we keep politics out of social media?

Where is the line between raising awareness and feeding polarisation?

The Guardian - UK

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Meta's AI Reorg To Build Super Chatbots And Attract Top Minds Raises Concerns

Meta is sparing no effort in a bid to woo AI researchers and machine learning engineers who are keen on working on more ambitious projects.

International Business Times UK

AI helps the world's biggest tech firms smash $10 trillion market capitalization ceiling — Nvidia replaces Facebook as the new kid on the block while Microsoft displaces Apple at the helm

Meta has yet to go above $1 trillion, despite recently pivoting to generative AI

TechRadar

2024 is make-or-break for VR, and the Quest 3 or Vision Pro won't save it alone

The year ahead is a massive one for VR/AR/MR headsets with the Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro bringing fresh eyes and open minds to the scene. But it’ll take more than great headsets for VR’s make-or-break 2024 to be a success.

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I went on a Grand Day Out and attended a VR Blackpink concert: my favorite Meta Quest 3 games and apps of January 2024

In January 2024, I went to Mars with Wallace and Gromit, kicked-ass in Bulletstorm VR, and attended a Blackpink concert.

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Thousands of businesses found handing tonnes of user data to Facebook

Over 2,000 companies may be funnelling your data straight into Meta's servers, and good luck opting out.

TechRadar

Artificial general intelligence — when AI becomes more capable than humans — is just moments away, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg declares

Mark Zuckerberg said Meta will have "an absolutely massive amount of infrastructure" in place by the end of the year to prime it for training an artificial general intelligence model.

LiveScience

Meta is building a superintelligent AI — and one expert warns of ‘significant moral issues’

Meta plans to cement its position as the leader in open-source artificial intelligence by training a superintelligent AI and making it available to everyone. However, this isn’t a universally popular idea due to the potential risks involved.

Tom’s Guide

‘Very scary’: Mark Zuckerberg’s pledge to build advanced AI alarms experts

Meta CEO accused of being ‘irresponsible’ by considering making tools on par with human intelligence open source

The Guardian - UK

Forget AI chatbots, Meta is aiming for something way bigger

Everyone's doing AI chatbots, but Meta seems to have bigger goals in the pipeline.

Android Central

Tesla leak: Australian judge refuses carmaker’s ‘draconian’ request for arrest warrant

Company sought arrest warrant for Keith ‘Keef’ Leech after he allegedly posted links to confidential documents on social media in defiance of court order

The Guardian - AU

Meta documents show 100,000 children sexually harassed daily on its platforms

Employees fretted over company’s ‘negligible’ response to child grooming, according to internal documents made public in lawsuit

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Sheryl Sandberg to leave Meta board, shifting focus to philanthropy

Sheryl Sandberg, longtime executive at Meta, is leaving the board of directors. Known for her role in Facebook's growth, she plans to focus on philanthropy...

International Business Times

Meta Joins Rivals In Pursuit Of Human-level AI

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday said his company is joining the pursuit of creating super artificial intelligence, putting it in a race with Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Google.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Netanyahu rejects any two-state plan, 3.39am finish in tennis, weed highways

Israeli leader tells US his country needs total control ‘west of the Jordan’; Expert says performance rankings for homes is a ‘total waste of time’

The Guardian - UK

$2bn woman: how Sheryl Sandberg became one of tech’s most successful bosses

Sandberg was once considered so critical to Facebook’s success that her exit was seen as potential risk to investors’ money

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Who is Sheryl Sandberg? Former Meta chief to leave company board

Former Meta chief announces departure on Facebook with tribute to Mark Zuckerberg

The Guardian - AU

Meta downplays concerns by Australia’s online safety regulator it is censoring pro-Palestinian content

Company says there was ‘briefly’ a problem with ‘inappropriate Arabic translations’

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Israeli president labels Tehran ‘empire of evil’

Isaac Herzog also tells Davos that Gaza’s population is ‘entrenched in network of terror’. Plus, Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice every hour

The Guardian - US

‘Fundamentally against their safety’: the social media insiders fearing for their kids

Parents working for tech companies have a first-hand look at how the industry works – and the threats it poses to child safety

International Business Times

Meta's Sheryl Sandberg To Step Down From Board

Meta's former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, announced that she is leaving the company's board after more than a decade.

The Guardian - UK

Sheryl Sandberg to leave board of Facebook parent Meta

Former chief operating officer was lead architect of Facebook’s digital advertising-driven business model

International Business Times UK

Number of Self-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) Increases By 66%

The Internet Watch Foundation reported the identification of self-generated child sexual abuse material involving children under 10 on over 100,000 web pages.

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