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How to Turn Off Facebook’s Two-Factor Authentication Change
Meta changed how two-factor authentication works for Facebook and Instagram last year. You might have received notifications about this, but…
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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads Are Coming Back Online After a 2-Hour Outage
Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg used to describe his company’s mission as “making the world more open and connected.” Tuesday it…
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Meta Will Crack Down on AI-Generated Fakes—but Leave Plenty Undetected
Meta, like other leading tech companies, has spent the past year promising to speed up deployment of generative artificial intelligence.…
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Google Parent Alphabet’s Spending on Acquisitions Cratered in 2023
Pennies were pinched in Mountain View last year. For much of its existence as a public company, Google had made…
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A US-Sanctioned Oligarch Ran Pro-Kremlin Ads on Facebook—Again
Meta earned over $200,000 from an ad campaign, seen by millions, that pushed pro-Kremlin talking points and undermined local elections…
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How Not to Be Stupid About AI, With Yann LeCun
Once we get computers to match human-level intelligence, they won’t stop there. With deep knowledge, machine-level mathematical abilities, and better…
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Generative AI Learned Nothing From Web 2.0
If 2022 was the year the generative AI boom started, 2023 was the year of the generative AI panic. Just…
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The 5 Instagram Features That US States Say Ruin Teens’ Mental Health
In 2019, Instagram’s top executive, Adam Mosseri, went on TV to describe how the Meta-owned social media app was “rethinking…
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AI Is Becoming More Powerful—but Also More Secretive
Nathan Strauss, a spokesperson for Amazon said the company is closely reviewing the index. “Titan Text is still in private…
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A Doctored Biden Video Is a Test Case for Facebook’s Deepfake Policies
During the 2022 US midterm elections, a manipulated video of President Joe Biden circulated on Facebook. The original footage showed…
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