‘Meta attempts to settle high-stakes EU antitrust investigation’
Insiders told Reuters that Meta is trying to settle with European Union antitrust investigators to ward off paying damages for the infringement of user data security and data law breaches.
The EU has strict laws in place to prevent social media networks from using users' confidential information... Read more
Dutch government may quit Facebook
The government is considering quitting its Facebook pages due to the risks of Meta's personal data processing policy. State secretary Alexandra van Huffelen shared the news in a letter to the House of Representatives.
Van Huffelen indicates that a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) was rec... Read more
Meta fires employees for accepting bribes and hacking accounts
Meta has reportedly fired several employees for fraudulent practices.
CNBC reports that Meta has let off over two dozen employees and contractors in the past year for inappropriately gaining control of accounts and taking bribes.
Insiders told The Wall Street Journal that several of those sac... Read more
Telcos push EU to make big tech pay for network costs
Reuters reports that European telecom operators are pressuring the European Union to implement new laws that make big tech pay for network costs. According to the report, telcos want to the European Union to adopt laws similar to those currently in place in Australia.
In the past months, Europe... Read more
Meta slashes water use in data centers
The company seeks to burnish its sustainability bona fides.
Facebook parent Meta is aiming to cut the volume of water used in its datacenters by operating servers at higher temperatures and lower humidity levels. Meta said the plan is part of its commitment to become 'water positive' by 2030.
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EU lawmakers accuse US big tech of shadow lobbying
Members of the European Parliament claim the tech giants used shady techniques to influence European lawmakers and law.
Big tech companies like Google, Meta and Amazon have deceived lawmakers by lobbying through smaller front organizations, according to a report in POLITICO. Leading European law... Read more
Meta announces Make-A-Video, a tool that generates videos from text
Meta announced Make-A-Video, an AI-powered application that can render a video on-demand using existing graphics or text descriptions.
Make-A-Video is an artificial intelligence-powered video generator tool that allows users to render videos from image or text prompts, just like existing image s... Read more
White House presents principles to reform big tech
The White House presented six principles for reforming big tech platforms, saying it was heartened by a bipartisan willingness in Congress to rein in US tech giants.
The six principles, dubbed 'Enhancing Competition and Tech Platform Accountability', were revealed on Thursday. The announcement f... Read more
Romanian developers excel in programming languages favored overseas
Romanian IT professionals have a wealth of experience in Python and other programming languages favored among Silicon Valley startups.
Romania has emerged as one of the best European countries to find talent in recent years. Expertise has led local IT professionals to excel in Python and other p... Read more
Meta develops mind-reading AI model
Researchers from Meta developed an AI model that decodes speech from thought. The technology allows people to produce words without speaking.
When humans indulge in conversations, they think about how words will form sentences in their head. Thinking of words is enough for your brain to create ... Read more