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EngadgetBrazil threatens daily fines for X and Starlink for 'non-compliance' with ban
Brazil's Supreme Court is threatening X and Elon Musk-owned Starlink with hefty daily fines for "non-compliance" with its ban of the servcie.
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X is temporarily back online for some people in Brazil
X is reportedly back online — at least temporarily — for many people in Brazil, more than two weeks after the service was blocked in the country.
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Snap’s fifth-generation Spectacles bring your hands into into augmented reality
Snap’s latest augmented reality glasses have a completely new — but still very oversized — design, larger field of view and all-new software that supports full hand tracking abilities.
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Snap is redesigning Snapchat and adding new AI powers
Snap is adding a new slate of generative AI-powered features as it begins testing a larger redesign of Snapchat
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Instagram ‘teen accounts’ with parental controls will be mandatory for kids under 16
Meta is introducing a new type of account that will soon be required for all teens under 16 on Instagram.
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Apple refreshes its AirPods Max with USB-C and new colors
After nearly four years, Apple finally delivered an update to its most premium headphones.
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Meta's Oversight Board separates death threats and 'aspirational statements' in Venezuela
Meta’s Oversight Board has weighed in on the company’s content moderation policies in Venezuela amid violent crackdowns and widespread protests following the country’s disputed presidential election.
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Report: A quarter of X advertisers plan to cut spending next year
X’s advertising woes are about to get a whole lot worse, according to a new report from Kantar.
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Social media companies can’t be forced to block teens from seeing ‘harmful’ content, judge rules
A federal judge has ruled that social media companies can’t be required to block certain types of content from teens.
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Starlink's local bank accounts are frozen as X prepares to be shut down in Brazil
A judge in Brazil has blocked Starlink’s bank accounts in the country amid a deepening dispute with X.
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X labeled an unflattering NPR story about Donald Trump as ‘unsafe’
X is discouraging users from viewing a link to an NPR story about Donald Trump, labeling it as "unsafe."
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has been charged and released from police custody
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has been formally charged by French prosecutors and is barred from leaving the country amid their investigation into the Russian billionaire.
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Threads is making fediverse replies more visible in its app
Threads is allowing users who have opted in to fediverse sharing to see replies on other people’s posts.
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X is working on its own version of Zoom for some reason
X s testing its own version of Zoom, called X Conference.
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DC's antitrust case against Amazon comes back to life
An appeals court has revived an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon filed by the Attorney General of Washington, D.C. more than three years ago.
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Snap is reportedly working on a new pair of augmented reality Spectacles
Snap is getting ready to show off a new pair of augmented reality glasses, according to a new report.
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Google strikes a deal with California lawmakers to fund local news
Google has reached a deal with California lawmakers to fund local news in the state after previously protesting a proposed law that would have required it to pay media outlets
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EU regulators question Meta about the shutdown of CrowdTangle
Meta’s decision to shut down CrowdTangle, an analytics tool that was an “invaluable” resource to the research community, is drawing fresh scrutiny from European Union regulators.
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Congress asks Mark Zuckerberg to explain why drug dealers are advertising on Facebook and Instagram
Nineteen members of Congress are pushing Mark Zuckerberg to explain why Meta has allowed ads for cocaine, ecstasy and other drugs to be shown on Facebook and Instagram.
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A fake political group that recruited a real candidate in Montana got banned on Facebook
Meta’s latest round of account takedowns includes a fake political group that ran dozens of dummy accounts in an attempt to recruit Americans to run for office.