Twitter Ranked Dead Last on Climate Misinformation Scorecard
In a new assessment of several major social media platforms, X, formerly known as Twitter, came in dead last in managing climate misinformation. Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl Tweet Off…
You Call That a Metaverse? Meta Brings Horizon Worlds to Mobile and Desktop.
Photo: Kyodo (AP) After two years, Meta has opened its Horizon Worlds metaverse video game up to users on phones and web browsers. The company announced Thursday that Horizon Worlds…
Google’s Trials Will Reshape the Internet Whether It Wins or Loses
Tuesday saw the opening of a major antitrust case against Google, marking the government’s first big tech monopoly trial since Microsoft. As the Department of Justice and Google lay out…
How to use Meta Threads on the web
Threads — Meta’s answer to X, formerly known as Twitter — is now accessible via the web. Previously exclusive to a mobile app, you can now use Threads on your…
Zoom adds ChatGPT to help you catch up on missed calls
The Zoom video-calling app has just added its own “AI Companion” assistant that integrates artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) from ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Facebook owner Meta.…
Facebook Supreme Court Says Posts About Abortion Are Not Death Threats
In March 2022, Meta removed a pair of posts on Facebook and Instagram criticizing a proposed South Carolina bill that would have horrifyingly applied homicide penalties to abortion seekers. One…
AI This Week: Chuck’s Big Meeting with Zuck and Elon
Headlines This Week In what is sure to be welcome news for lazy office workers everywhere, you can now pay $30 a month to have Google Duet AI write emails for…
Meta Reportedly Looking to Give Europeans an Ad-Free Option on Its Platforms
Meta is a multi-headed behemoth of a tech company, but for all its hungry maws, it is also somewhat predictable. Give it a problem like new regulations that will force…
Meta’s Supreme Court Is Investigating a Nazi Squidward Meme on Instagram
Meta’s Oversight Board, the Supreme Court-like entity tasked with reviewing Facebook and Instagram’s most contentious content moderation conundrums, is taking on a case involving a bizarre and unpleasant mashup: a…
Legs Have Finally Come to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse
Meta, the benevolent maker of Facebook, is solving the most important problem in the tech industry, one that every person on the internet definitely knows and cares about. At long…