Australia ban under-16s from social media
Social media is apparently more dangerous than anything else down under
The land down under, Australia which has more poisonous reptiles and insects than anywhere in the world, has decided that its kiddies are more at danger from social media than anything else.
FTC launches broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft
Now all big Tech is being done
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is about to start a comprehensive antitrust investigation into Microsoft, focusing on its software licensing and cloud computing businesses.
Meta cracks down on scams
Closes two million pig butchering accounts
Meta said it has removed more than two million accounts this year linked to overseas criminal gangs behind scam operations that have allegedly forced hundreds of thousands of people into scamming roles and cost victims billions of dollars worldwide.
Jobs’ Mob stops making Vision Pro
Tame Apple Press refuses to admit it made a mistake and say nevermore
The fruity cargo cult Apple has pulled the plug on producing its Vision Pro, its virtual reality (VR) headset.
Meta asks Supremes to halt investor lawsuit over data misuse
We should be allowed to do what we like
The US Supreme Court grappled with an appeal from Meta Platforms, Facebook's parent company, seeking to dismiss a 2018 federal securities fraud lawsuit brought by shareholders.
Meta Permits Its A.I. to be used by US military
Army runs on Llamas
Social notworking outfit Meta has changed its policies on government agencies and contractors working on national security to allow the military use of its products.
OpenAI forms pact with Broadcom
No longer wants custom foundaries
OpenAI has decided to shelve its plans to build custom foundries. Instead, the company will partner with semiconductor giant Broadcom to develop its first batch of custom AI chips.
Meta sets its sights on rivalling Google and Bing with new search engine
Quietly working on webcrawling
Meta is now setting its sights on building a search engine to compete with giants like Google and Bing.
OpenAI has lost ground to rivals
Still the leader for now
OpenAI's lead over other AI labs has largely eroded as Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Google's Gemini 1.5, X's Grok 2, and even Meta's open-source Llama 3.1 405 B model have equalled, or narrowly surpassed on some benchmarks,
Developers spurn Apple’s Vision Pro as if it were a rabid dog
New apps have slowed further
Apple’s Vision Pro is struggling to attract significant software makers to develop apps for its overpriced, poorly designed chocolate teapot.