Meta Shareholders Call for Oversight Audit
A group of Meta shareholders, along with the Campaign for Accountability, has submitted a resolution calling for an independent evaluation of the board's ability to oversee public safety on Facebook's platforms, Axios has learned. From the report: Fa.....»»
Activision weighs in on Call of Duty toxicity ahead of Black Ops 6
Activision knows Black Ops 6 will likely be another bed of toxicity, so it has some tools to help......»»
Stellantis troubles pile up amid criticism from dealers, UAW, shareholders
Sales and earnings are down as the company wages a global cost-cutting crusade that has included layoffs, buyouts and engineering hires in low-cost countries......»»
Meta announces expansion of its AI features to 21 additional countries
Meta on Wednesday announced that it is expanding its AI features to 21 additional countries. Meta AI includes a chatbot that can be used for conversations or searches, as well a Studio to generate images based on text inputs. more….....»»
Meta Expands its AI Reach to More Countries
AI everywhere. The post Meta Expands its AI Reach to More Countries appeared first on Phandroid. Facebook parent company Meta recently announced that Meta AI will arrive for more countries starting today – users in Brazil, Bolivia, G.....»»
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6: everything we know so far
Another year and another Call of Duty title. This time we're taking aim at Call of Duty: Black Ops Gulf War with all the intel we've collected on the new title......»»
Threads Loop could compete with Communities on X, or subreddits
Meta’s Threads app may be seeking to further push into the territory occupied by the app formerly known as Twitter, taking on one of Elon Musk’s favorite features. The feature is known as Loop, and one developer who spotted the reference said.....»»
Florida Hospitals and Nursing Homes Are Bracing for Hurricane Milton
More than 200 health care facilities in impacted areas are moving patients and residents in what the state’s chief of emergency medical oversight calls “our largest evacuation ever.”.....»»
X ignores revenge porn takedown requests unless DMCA is used, study says
Researchers call for a dedicated law requiring platforms to remove revenge porn. X (formerly Twitter) claims that non-consensual nudity is not tolerated on its platform. But a rec.....»»
Ray-Ban Meta glasses hit version 9.0, get new voice messaging
You can now set timers, send voice memos, and send Meta AI chats to others with the latest update to the Ray-Ban Meta glasses......»»
NASA scrubs Thursday’s launch of Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter moon
An approaching hurricane has forced NASA and SpaceX to call off Thursday's planned launch of the highly anticipated Europa Clipper mission......»»
From Open AI to hacked smart glasses, here are the 5 biggest AI headlines this week
Between OpenAI's $6.6 million funding round and some privacy-invading Meta Smart Glasses, we saw a scary number of developments in the AI space this week......»»
Better Call Saul almost had Saul working at Hot Topic instead of Cinnabon
Peter Gould, Better Call Saul showrunner, posted an image from a script suggesting that Saul could have spent his days folding tees......»»
Meta’s AI-Powered Video Generator is Scary Impressive
As with most gen AI software, Movie Gen works by creating content based on user prompts. The post Meta’s AI-Powered Video Generator is Scary Impressive appeared first on Phandroid. With the tech industry pushing AI-based software all.....»»
Meta’s new “Movie Gen” AI system can deepfake video from a single photo
A future where realistic video fakes are easy and plentiful seems inevitable. On Friday, Meta announced a preview of Movie Gen, a new suite of AI models designed to create and man.....»»
Who needs Sora when you’ve got Meta Movie Gen?
Meta unveiled its Movie Gen video AI on Friday, which can create 16 second videos complete with sound effects and ambient noise......»»
WhatsApp now lets users tag other people in Status
WhatsApp has been working on a lot of new features recently, and there are more coming soon. The Meta-owned platform will soon let users tag other accounts in Status, WhatsApp’s Stories-like feature. more….....»»
AAPL earnings call on October 31 will include early iPhone 16 sales
The AAPL earnings call for Q4 2024 has been scheduled for October 31, and will give our first official hint about early iPhone 16 sales. The fiscal quarter covers July to September. Pre-orders for the new iPhone models opened on September 13, with.....»»
Strange “biotwang” ID’d as Bryde’s whale call
Multi-species machine-learning model can unlock insights into new whale species. In 2014, researchers monitoring acoustic recordings from the Mariana Archipelago picked up an unus.....»»
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares says too soon to confirm 2025 dividend
Shares slid nearly 4 percent to their lowest since July 2022 as investors fret that soaring costs of reviving the automaker's U.S. business will threaten its generous payouts to shareholders......»»
Meta smart glasses can be used to dox anyone in seconds, study finds
Linking Meta smart glasses to a face search engine can ID strangers in a glance. Two Harvard students recently revealed that it's possible to combine Meta smart glasses with face.....»»