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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 …, @kevinrothrock@infosec …, @jeff@newsie.social, @stroughtonsmith …, @bendrath@eupolicy.social, @evacide@hachyderm.io, and @gleick@mas.to
Threads: @zuck, @zuck, @brandeebarker, @florent.joly, @florent.joly, @florent.joly, @davmicrot, @davmicrot, @gwhitta, @tanis_em, @mcuban, @kurtwag8, @beltzner, @katienotopoulos, @katienotopoulos, @dens, @photomatt, @karaswisher, @wongmjane, @documentingmeta, @dsilverman, @guillecummings, @drewpusateri, @renee.diresta, @mergesort, and @sung.kim.mw. Instagram: Mark Zuckerberg
X: @elonmusk, @brianstelter, @austen, @jim_jordan, @emollick, @jamesrbuk, @ericnewcomer, @jason, @esthercrawford, @waitbutwhy, @brendancarrfcc, @nikitabier, @rihardjarc, @tomwarren, @tomcoates, @brianstelter, @johnbiggs, @antoniogm, @markpinc, @wexler, @ajs, @eric_seufert, @mikebutcher, @adrianweckler, @atrupar, @teroterotero, @apompliano, @antoniogm, @dhh, @eoghan, @mgeist, @danprimack, @basedbeffjezos, @sarafischer, @oversightboard, @prem_thakker, @antoniogm, @hadas_gold, @kylascan, @nkulw, @lindayax, and @benthompson
LinkedIn: Matt Snodgrass, Richard Huntington, Niall Breslin, Max Schrems, Ha Phan, Jon-Stephen Stansel, and Guido Palazzo
| 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, The Hollywood Reporter, Werd I/O, Bloomberg, kottke.org, Northeastern Global News, Time, Mediaite, Out Magazine, The Daily Caller, and ZeroHedge News
Bluesky: @milesklee, @daveminca, @berniemichalik.ca, @janesuit, @technursejon, @tuckfrumplimpdix, @biwabankster, @bjetter, @werd.io, @peterdeep.com, @bennet.senate.gov, @timkarr, @selviano, @juddlegum, and @thebhp
Mastodon: @kubikpixel@chaos.social and @stuntbox@mastodon.social
Threads: @zuck, @florent.joly, @renee.diresta, @hi.im.vijay, @anildash, @jacaranda7, and @anildash
X: @sfmcguire79, @stokel, @bethanyshondark, @jeffreyatucker, @micsolana, and @esaagar
LinkedIn: Prof. Annabelle Gawer and Sophie Nadeau
Forums: r/AWDTSGisToxic, r/politics, r/samharris, and r/conservativeterrorism
| 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, The Independent, New York Times, Novinite.com, Forrester, CryptoSlate, The Texas Tribune, Wall Street Pit, Nation.Cymru, and Newser
Bluesky: @kwameopam, @kint, @mathver, @donmoyn, @rebeccabellan, @sambiddle.com, @justnews4you, @lmatsakis, @michaelandfred, and @knibbs. Mastodon: @corbin@toot.community
Threads: @zuck, @zuck, @zuck, @esqueer_, and @dsilverman
X: @thetranscript_ and @esaagar
LinkedIn: Eryk Salvaggio and Richard Addy
Forums: r/technology, r/gay, r/technews, and r/transgender
| 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, Business Insider, Associated Press, and HotAir
Bluesky: @katestarbird, @davidgilbert, @dell, and @bevymart
Forums: r/technology and r/technews
| 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.| Fox News: |
Meta's Joel Kaplan says the Trump administration is “a huge supporter of free expression”, which “gets us back to the values that Mark founded the company on” — FIRST ON FOX: Meta is ending its fact-checking program and lifting restrictions on speech to …
More: CNN, The Register, New Yorker, New York Times, The Hill, Townhall, Social Media Today, Fast Company, The Daily Caller, The Information, Mediaite, Daily Kos, AfroTech, and Fox News
Bluesky: @nickjcal, @jdoggolie, @ebakerwhite, @stevekovach, @evelyndouek, @davidakaye, @helloyorick.fightins.online, @jeffjarvis, @mgeist, @notdred, @cherri.tv, @samveep, @lids, @grumplicio.us, @lakewitchhouse, and @tslwhidbey. Mastodon: @SheDrivesMobility …. Threads: @mcuban
| 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: SFGATE, The Daily Dot, Gizmodo, CNBC, MobileSyrup, and The Present Age
Bluesky: @hypervisible, @tomwarren.co.uk, @mmasnick, @romitmehta.com, @prietschka, @benfowlkes, and @emanuelmaiberg. Mastodon: @josephcox@infosec.exchange
Threads: @mosseri, @danawhite, and @personality_of_colt
X: @zamaan_qureshi, @josephfcox, and @emanuelmaiberg
Forums: r/technology and Beehaw
| 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, Financial Times, Silicon Valley Business …, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Barron's Online, CNBC, Cryptopolitan, ZeroHedge News, Bloomberg, Forbes, Reuters, The Decoder, Cointelegraph, and Proactive
Bluesky: @prietschka. X: @berber_jin1, @morningbrew, @sunil_trades, @morningbrew, @andrewcurran_, @tanayj, and @haydenfield
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and Slashdot
| 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 …
More: Lenovo StoryHub, GeekWire, Engadget, Ars Technica, GamingOnLinux, Forbes, Neowin, Gamereactor UK, Eurogamer.net, MobileSyrup, Liliputing, PC Gamer, PCMag, Tom's Guide, 9to5Toys, and Windows Central
Forums: news.ycombinator.com, r/ROGAlly, r/hardware, r/SteamOS, r/SteamDeck, r/Handhelds, and r/ROGAllyX
| Julian Chokkattu / Wired: |
More: The Verge, CNET, USA Today, Ars Technica, TechEBlog, Liliputing, TechRadar, Mashable, Engadget, and 9to5Google. Forums: Slashdot
| 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”
More: Engadget, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Mashable, and Fast Company. Mastodon: @ianb@mastodon.well.com
| 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, ABC News, CNN, WBAL Baltimore News, Futurism, The Sun, and The Post Millennial
Bluesky: @brianckeegan.com and @carlquintanilla
X: @jseldin, @jseldin, @jseldin, @brettforresttv, and @garymarcus
| 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 GeForce on YouTube, Tom's Hardware, TweakTown, ExtremeTech, and TechRadar
Forums: r/flightsim and r/MicrosoftFlightSim
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More: Eurogamer.net, Ars Technica, VideoCardz.com, OC3D, Digital Trends, VideoCardz.com, Stevivor, and Wall Street Journal
X: @nvidiageforce, @drjimfan, @anshelsag, @bdsams, and @scobleizer
| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
People are taking horrific 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
| 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 … | Reuters: |
The US NHTSA says it has opened a probe into ~2.6M Tesla vehicles over reports of 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: TechCrunch, Ars Technica, The Hill, Engadget, Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, Yahoo Finance, Gizmodo, Quartz, The Verge, and Proactive
Bluesky: @youngokc, @cbusguy, and @annmlipton
Mastodon: @mloxton@med-mastodon.com and @scotclose@indieweb.social
Forums: r/RealTesla, r/electricvehicles, and r/cars
| 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, GeekWire, RetailWire, Associated Press, TechCrunch, Proactive, New York Post, Barron's Online, Bloomberg, and MarketWatch
Bluesky: @martinsfp, @bwjones, @mehtology, and @w7voa.journa.host.ap.brid.gy
Forums: r/photography, r/web_design, and Slashdot
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Asus unveils the 2025 Asus XG Mobile, a $1,200+ portable docking station with the world's first Thunderbolt 5 eGPU, with an option to add a GeForce RTX 5090 — This smoky black translucent box isn't a gaming PC — instead, it might be the most powerful single-cable portable docking station ever conceived.| Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Source: OpenAI may launch agents this month and has been cautious, as rivals like Anthropic moved ahead, partly due to concerns of prompt injection attacks — Imagine you're asking a computer-using agent from OpenAI, Anthropic or Google to find and order a new outfit for your upcoming holiday party … | Michael Acton / Financial Times: |
Jensen Huang predicts robotics could become “the largest technology industry the world has ever seen”; Nvidia: the humanoids market will reach $38B in 20 years — Jensen Huang unveils AI models for humanoids and self-driving car partnership with Toyota at CES keynote
More: Washington Times, VICE, Associated Press, New York Times, SHINE, and Le Monde
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