FAcebook users of a certain age may recall a particularly abandoned farm animal that popped up in their feeds during the platform’s heyday. The lonely cow would wander into FarmVille players’ pastures with a frown on her face and eyes glistening with tears. “She’s feeling very sad and needs a new home,” read an accompanying … Read more
META is ending support for a beloved virtual reality tool. Users are begging the company to reconsider. In an email to owners of the original Meta Quest, the company informed them that the headset would no longer receive bug fixes or security updates as of August 31. Meta has announced that it will end support … Read more
Topline Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta broke Europe’s strict digital competition rules by forcing users to “pay or consent” to share personal data, the European Commission said Monday. The breach could cost the company billions of dollars and comes just a week after the powerful regulator clamped down on iPhone giant Apple for stifling … Read more
Item information Author, Liv McMahon Role, Technology reporter 3 hours ago Plans to use public posts and images of people on Facebook and Instagram to train artificial intelligence (AI) tools from parent company Meta have been attacked by digital rights groups. The social media giant recently informed UK and European users of the platforms that, … Read more
Item information Author, Liv McMahon Role, Technology reporter June 6, 2024, 2:21 PM Dutch time Plans to use public posts and images of people on Facebook and Instagram to train artificial intelligence (AI) tools from parent company Meta have been attacked by digital rights groups. The social media giant recently informed UK and European users … Read more