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Reality TV star Gamble Breaux knew she’d been hacked. Then the deepfakes of the prime minister began to appear

Hundreds of scam ads featuring manipulated videos of Anthony Albanese flooded Facebook via her account before she was able to regain control

The Guardian - AU

I let the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses pick out my outfit using AI — and I’m shocked by the result

Meta AI on the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses can now look through your eyes to help with things like picking out an outfit. Here's what happened when I tried it myself.

Tom’s Guide

Morning Mail: Coalition flies to Cop28, Westpac suffers major outage, UK nuclear site hacked

Customers lose access to accounts and cards after system update failure; conservative lobby groups fund trips by frontbenchers to Cop28

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Who is attending Sunak’s AI safety summit – and what will they discuss?

PM hopes Bletchley Park event will be the first of many, as No 10 denies some world leaders have ‘snubbed’ summit

The Guardian - UK

Lil Tay Has Opened Up About The Viral Death Hoax & Shared Who She Believes Was Behind It

Her IG account has been completely wiped with the only post being her faux death announcement.

Pedestrian.tv

Meta and OpenAI face lawsuits from comedian Sarah Silverman and authors

Sarah Silverman and authors Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden have launched a lawsuit against OpenAI and Meta.

Fortune

Instagram’s Threads is a better photography app than… Instagram

Instagram’s new Threads app is a fresh chance for photographers to engage with communities and showcase their images.

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Facebook owner Meta fined €1.2bn for mishandling user information

Penalty from Ireland’s privacy regulator is a record for breach of EU data protection regulation

The Guardian - UK

The latest Oculus Quest 2 update is here to speed up your game downloads

The v53 Oculus Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro update is here with speedier downloads, stereo audio recording, and browser content filters.

TechRadar

Silicon valediction? Our road trip to tech industry hotspots as the sector cools

Tables may have freed up at Silicon Valley’s Coupa Cafe, but ‘scalability’ is still on the menu as tech workers look forward

The Guardian - US

The Guardian view on regulating social media: the internet should be safer

Editorial: Ministers’ ambitions have been scaled back but their bill must protect children robustly

The Guardian - UK

Cardi B’s ‘debasing’ Marge Simpson photos finally removed by Instagram

The rapper has been in a legal row with famed Italian artist AleXsandro Palombo over ‘copying’ his work

Evening Standard

The 10 biggest tech stories of 2022

From the rise of King Elon to the killer robots of San Francisco, here is what happened this year

Evening Standard

Father of three freed from Iraqi prison returns home

Mr Glendinning was reunited with his family at Edinburgh Airport on Saturday

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The Independent UK

Scot Brian Glendinning freed from Iraqi prison returns home

Mr Glendinning was reunited with his family at Edinburgh Airport on Saturday.

Daily Mirror

Brit locked up for two months over unpaid Qatar debt has flight home delayed

Brian Glendinning was detained in Iraq on an Interpol Red Notice from Qatar over a debt owed to the gulf state's national bank. A mystery donor paid off what was owed

The Guardian - UK

Olena Zelenska says she hopes Musk’s Ukraine peace tweet was ‘chance mistake’

Exclusive: First lady says ‘even smartest people could be influenced by Russian propaganda’

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 29 October 2022

The fundamentals of the world's largest technology companies are on display this week. Not much of it is peachy.

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Newslaundry

Reporters Without Orders Ep 242: Wire vs Meta, India Ahead linked to Delhi liquor scam

This week, host Ayush Tiwari is joined by Newslaundry reporters Ashwine Kumar Singh and Aditi Agarwal.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Facebook Use Plunges among US Teens, Shows Survey

US teens have left Facebook in droves over the past seven years, preferring to spend time at video-sharing venues YouTube and TikTok, according to a Pew Research Center survey data out Wednesday. TikTok has "emerged as a top social media platform for US teens" while Google-run YouTube "stands out as…

Reuters

Kenyan ministers rally around Meta's Facebook after watchdog's ultimatum

Kenya has no intention of shutting down Facebook, which is owned by Meta, its ICT minister said on Monday after the national cohesion watchdog gave the platform seven days to comply with rules on hate speech or face suspension.

Benzinga

Facebook Appears To Migrate Investments From News To Better Compete With TikTok

News organizations stand to lose revenue worth tens of millions of dollars as Meta Platforms, Inc's (NASDAQ: META) Facebook is reassessing its commitment to paying for news,

The Guardian - UK

Kenya’s already fragile elections now face a dangerous new enemy: big tech platforms

Media complacency has allowed for a thriving disinformation industry that threatens Kenya’s democratic discourse, says Kenyan journalist Odanga Madung

Benzinga

Meta Bans Over 400 Facebook Accounts In Preparation For Philippines' 2022 General Elections

In the lead-up to the Philippines' 2022 general elections, Meta Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ: FB) says it has taken down over 400 accounts, Pages, and Groups focused on fake engagements.

Bangkok Post

New privacy rules affect businesses globally

When Apple announced in June 2020 that they were changing their privacy settings, few were aware of the full implications. Even at the time of the release of these new privacy settings in April 2021, it made few waves in the media. Some changes in ad targeting behaviour were noticed…

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