AUSTIN (US): Families in Uvalde took more legal action Friday on the second anniversary of the Robb Elementary School attack, suing Meta Platforms, which owns Instagram, and the maker of the video game Call of Duty over claims the companies bear responsibility for products used by the teenage gunman.They also filed another lawsuit against Daniel … Read more
Image: Brendan Smialowski (Getty Images) In the summer of 2023, one guy famous for being rich, disgraced former President Donald Trump, called another guy famous for being rich, billionaire genius businessman and noted philanthropist Elon Musk. According to the Washington Post’s sources, that call was to gauge the Twitter Chairman’s interest in purchasing Trump-centric social … Read more
The decision pits Meta against the Australian government and its 2021 law. (Representational) Sydney: Meta Platforms said it will stop paying Australian news publishers for content that appears on Facebook, setting up a fresh battle with Canberra which had led the world with a law that forces internet giants to strike licencing deals. News publishers … Read more
Nvidia eclipsed Google-parent Alphabet as the third most valuable U.S. company on Wednesday, just after overtaking Amazon and as investors looked to the dominant AI chipmaker’s upcoming quarterly report. The Santa Clara, California company’s stock rose 2.46%, putting its value at $1.825 trillion, while Alphabet’s stock climbed 0.55%, leaving it with a value of $1.821 … Read more
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, is reportedly planning to deploy a new iteration of its custom chip into its data centres, as per an internal document reviewed by news agency Reuters.The chip, which was announced last year, is a part of Meta’s efforts to bolster its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. With this, the … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg is selling Meta Platforms Inc. stock for the first time in two years after the social media giant rapidly rebounded from a tumultuous 2022. The Meta co-founder’s trust as well as entities for his charitable and political giving unloaded about 682,000 shares worth almost $185 million in November through trading plans, with the … Read more
Google has reached a deal with the Canadian government about keeping news stories in search results. The Canadian Heritage Minister has confirmed that the tech giant has agreed to pay C$100 million (Canadian dollars) annually to news publishers in the country. This deal will resolve Alphabet-owned Google’s concerns over Canada‘s online news law. The regulation … Read more
Tech companies like Google, OpenAI, Facebook parent Meta, Anthropic and others are using different types of data to train their AI models. But for Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, it is not sufficient enough for AI models to be compared with animals, let alone humans.“Animals and humans get very smart very quickly with vastly … Read more
E-commerce major Amazon will allow Snapchat users in the US to buy products listed on the e-tailer platform directly from the social media app. The online shopping platform inked a similar deal with Facebook-owner Meta Platforms as well.How Snapchat users can shop from Amazon on the social media appAmazon will show ads of products listed … Read more