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| Bruna Horvath / NBC News: |
Zuckerberg says Meta will restore “free expression” on its platforms, including by replacing its fact-checking program with Community Notes, starting in the US — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the move in a post Tuesday morning. — Meta is scrapping its fact-checking program …
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Mastodon: @rachaelspooky@cyberpunk.lol, @7sleepersmusic@mastodon …, @stroughtonsmith …, @bendrath@eupolicy.social, @evacide@hachyderm.io, @gleick@mas.to, and @kevinrothrock@infosec …
Threads: @zuck, @zuck, @moskov, @brandeebarker, @moskov, @vishwanathsarangkeller, @florent.joly, @florent.joly, @florent.joly, @davmicrot, @davmicrot, @gwhitta, @beltzner, @tanis_em, @katienotopoulos, @dens, @photomatt, @karaswisher, @wongmjane, @documentingmeta, @kurtwag8, @mcuban, @dsilverman, @guillecummings, @drewpusateri, @renee.diresta, @mergesort, @sung.kim.mw, @ianbetteridge, and @katienotopoulos. Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg
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LinkedIn: Tonya McKenzie, Viv Conway, Alessandro Accorsi, Richard Huntington, Niall Breslin, Max Schrems, Matt Snodgrass, Ha Phan, Guido Palazzo, and Jon-Stephen Stansel
| New York Times: |
Meta will move trust and safety and content moderation teams from California to Texas, to remove concerns “that biased employees are overly censoring content” — The move will end a third-party fact-checking system and rely on users to add notes or corrections to posts.
More: New York Times, Wired, The Hollywood Reporter, Crikey, Werd I/O, kottke.org, Time, Mock Paper Scissors, Northeastern Global News, Ordinary Times, Gizmodo, and ZeroHedge News
Bluesky: @cameronwilson, @milesklee, @berniemichalik.ca, @technursejon, @biwabankster, @bjetter, @werd.io, @selviano, @juddlegum, @daveminca, @thebhp, @peterdeep.com, @timkarr, @tuckfrumplimpdix, and @janesuit
Mastodon: @kubikpixel@chaos.social and @stuntbox@mastodon.social
Threads: @zuck, @florent.joly, @hi.im.vijay, @anildash, @jacaranda7, @anildash, and @renee.diresta
X: @sfmcguire79, @stokel, @bethanyshondark, @jeffreyatucker, @micsolana, and @esaagar
LinkedIn: Prof. Annabelle Gawer and Sophie Nadeau
Forums: r/AWDTSGisToxic, r/conservativeterrorism, r/samharris, and r/politics
| David Gilbert / Wired: |
Meta's fact-checking partners, including USA Today, say they were blindsided by Meta's decision to drop them and reject claims of being “too politically biased” — Fact-checkers claim they had no idea the company was going to end their partnerships and are scrambling to figure out the financial implications of the move.
More: The Verge, NBC News, Associated Press, HotAir, Business Insider, Tampa Bay Times, Out Magazine, and WinBuzzer
Bluesky: @katestarbird, @davidgilbert, @dell, @bevymart, and @couts. Threads: @matthewfacciani. X: @pranavdixit
Forums: r/technews and r/technology
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Meta will lift restrictions on “topics that are part of mainstream discourse”, like immigration and gender, and focus on “illegal and high-severity violations” — Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, today announced a major overhaul …
More: Wired, Android Police, How-To Geek, New York Times, and Newser
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Threads: @zuck, @zuck, @zuck, @esqueer_, and @dsilverman
X: @thetranscript_ and @esaagar
LinkedIn: Eryk Salvaggio and Richard Addy
Forums: r/technews, r/gay, r/technology, and r/transgender
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Meta is dropping fact-checking after incoming FCC head Brendan Carr threatened it over such practices, undercutting the notion that Meta's move was principled — I have to commend Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his new policy chief Joel Kaplan on their timing.
More: Watcher Guru, The North West Star, SiliconANGLE, Techdirt, and New York Times
| Fox News: |
Trump says Meta has “come a long way” after the company announced it will end its fact-checking program, and that Meta's “presentation was excellent” — EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Donald Trump reacted to Meta's move to end its fact-checking program on Facebook …
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| Fox News: |
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| Jason Koebler / 404 Media: |
Screenshots: several employees' posts critical of Meta's new board member Dana White were deleted by Meta's HR team, aiming to “minimize disruption” internally — “Insulting, criticizing, or antagonizing our colleagues or Board members is not aligned with the CEE.”
More: The Atlantic, SFGATE, The Daily Dot, Gizmodo, CNBC, MobileSyrup, and The Present Age
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Threads: @mosseri, @danawhite, and @personality_of_colt
Forums: r/technology and Beehaw
| Associated Press: |
Las Vegas police say the man who exploded a Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel used ChatGPT to help plan the attack, including to seek info on explosive targets — The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT …
More: The Hill, Tom's Hardware, CBS News, Axios, SiliconANGLE, WBAL Baltimore News, ABC News, Futurism, CNN, and The Sun
Bluesky: @brianckeegan.com and @carlquintanilla
X: @jseldin, @jseldin, @jseldin, @brettforresttv, and @garymarcus
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Lenovo unveils the $500+ Legion Go S, the first authorized third-party SteamOS handheld, alongside a Windows version for $600+, both available starting in May — Lenovo is trying an experiment. In May, it will officially become the very first company outside of Valve to ship a handheld gaming PC …
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X: @anshelsag. Forums: news.ycombinator.com, r/ROGAlly, r/hardware, r/SteamOS, r/SteamDeck, r/Handhelds, and r/ROGAllyX
| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Anthropic is in advanced talks to raise $2B in a round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners that would value it at $60B — The Amazon-backed OpenAI rival was valued at $18 billion last year.
More: The Information, New York Times, The Daily Upside, SiliconANGLE, Silicon Valley Business …, CNBC, The Times, Cryptopolitan, PYMNTS.com, TechCrunch, Forbes, The Decoder, ZeroHedge News, and Proactive
Bluesky: @prietschka. X: @tanayj, @haydenfield, @berber_jin1, @morningbrew, @sunil_trades, @morningbrew, and @andrewcurran_
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and Slashdot
| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
Washington state's AG sues T-Mobile, claiming the carrier failed to adequately secure sensitive personal information of 2M+ residents in a 2021 cyberattack — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit against T-Mobile on Monday, claiming that the Bellevue … | Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
People are taking violent videos, like of mass shootings, and using Runway's AI tools to insert cartoons, likely to bypass social networks' automated moderation — People are using the popular AI video generator Runway to make real videos of murder look like they came from one of the animated Minions movies …
Bluesky: @phantasm, @jaredlholt, @acab.dad, @emanuelmaiberg, and @jasonkoebler
| Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central: |
OnePlus 13 review: excellent battery life, six years of security updates, solid build quality with IP69 rating, but most AI tools require internet connectivity — OnePlus got everything right with the OnePlus 13 by fixing old problems and breaking new ground in design, build quality, and cameras.
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X: @mishaalrahman, @mkbhd, @oneplus, @snapdragon, @oneplus_usa, and @oneplus
| Taylor Lorenz / User Mag: |
For months, Meta hid posts that included LGBTQ+ hashtags for all users who had their sensitive content filter turned on; Meta claims this was done erroneously — Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags were hidden under Meta's “sensitive content” policy which restricts “sexually suggestive content”| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia says the RTX 5090 has 92B transistors, 32GB of GDDR7 VRAM, 4,000 AI TOPS, and DLSS 4, which can use AI to generate up to three frames per rendered frame — As anticipated, Nvidia Monday kicked off its CES 2025 keynote by unveiling the new RTX Blackwell family of GPUs.
More: Nvidia Newsroom, NVIDIA, NVIDIA, NVIDIA GeForce on YouTube, TweakTown, Bitcoin Insider, TechRadar, and Forbes
Forums: r/MicrosoftFlightSim and r/flightsim
| Reuters: |
The US NHTSA says it has opened a probe into ~2.6M Tesla vehicles over four reported crashes involving its “Actually Smart Summon” driverless feature — The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday it had opened a probe into about 2.6 million Tesla …
More: Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Detroit Free Press, The Hill, Washington Post, Yahoo Finance, Quartz, Tech Xplore, Carscoops, and Jalopnik
Bluesky: @youngokc, @cbusguy, and @annmlipton
| Michael Flaherty / Axios: |
Getty Images Holdings and Shutterstock agree to merge in a deal that creates a $3.7B company; Getty CEO Craig Peters will remain CEO of the combined business — - Shutterstock shareholders get one of the following: $28.84 per share in cash ($1.03 billion based on Shutterstock's outstanding shares) …
More: Getty Images Press Site, Seattle Business Journal, Reuters, Associated Press, TechCrunch, RetailWire, Press Gazette, and MarketWatch
Bluesky: @martinsfp, @bwjones, and @mehtology
Forums: r/photography, r/web_design, and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Addepar, a provider of wealth management and investment software, is in talks to raise $250M at a pre-money valuation of $3.25B, up from ~$2B in 2021 — - Over $7 trillion of assets are managed on Addepar platforms — Software company's clients include Morgan Stanley, Jefferies| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The White House launches the US Cyber Trust Mark, a voluntary cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices, after unveiling it in 2023 — Today, the White House announced the launch of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a new cybersecurity safety label for internet-connected consumer devices.
More: TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, The White House, NBC News, The Record, CyberScoop, The Verge, Nextgov/FCW, and ZDNET. Mastodon: @chetwisniewski …
| Michael Acton / Financial Times: |
Jensen Huang says autonomous vehicles “will be the first multitrillion-dollar robotics industry”, and that Nvidia is poised to revolutionize robotics through AI — Jensen Huang unveils AI models for humanoids and self-driving car partnership with Toyota at CES keynote
More: CNET, NVIDIA, Nikkei Asia, 동아일 …, Moneycontrol, and Wall Street Journal
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