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Political content on Instagram and Threads ramped up

Users will no longer be able to opt out of political content from people they do not follow.

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Huge problems with axing fact checkers, Meta oversight board says

The body’s co-chair says moving to community notes could have a big impact on gender rights and minority groups.

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OpenAI boss denies sister’s allegations of childhood rape

Ann Altman filed a lawsuit alleging her brother sexually abused her between 1997 and 2006.

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Meta platforms ditching third party fact-checking in US

Facebook and Instagram will instead rely on “community notes” from its users, an approached pioneered by X.

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Apple urged to withdraw ‘out of control’ AI news alerts

Apple has pledged improvements to its news summarising tool, but critics say it is dangerous and needs to be withdrawn.

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Nvidia boss unveils next-generation gaming chips

The announcement was part of Mr Huang’s address at CES, an annual technology show in Las Vegas.

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US says tech giant Tencent works with Chinese military

The Chinese embassy in Washington called the decision “unreasonable suppression of Chinese companies”.

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UFC boss to join board of Facebook owner Meta

It comes days after former UK deputy PM Sir Nick Clegg left his top job at the social media giant.

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Apple falsely claims Luke Littler won darts championship

The AI-generated notification said the teenager had won the tournament before the final had been played.

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Apple to pay $95m to settle Siri ‘listening’ lawsuit

The tech giant denies wrongdoing after being accused of eavesdropping on customers.

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