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Cathie Wood Just Bought $10 Million of This Underrated AI Stock. Should You?

Cathie Wood just spent nearly $10 million buying AMD shares despite their recent price weakness. As the chipmaker struggles with AI market share and chip supply, does her purchase signal an opportunity for investors.

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Meta's 'Musk Playbook' Fans Misinformation Concerns

Meta's decision to swap professional US fact-checkers with crowd-sourced moderation has raised fears that Facebook and Instagram could become magnets for misinformation similar to the Elon Musk-owned X, researchers say.

International Business Times

The Guardian view on content moderation: Meta did far too little. Now it wants to do even less

Editorial: Loosening already limited safeguards on social media platforms is not just damaging. It could ultimately prove deadly

The Guardian - UK

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eBay's Unusual Options Activity Highlights Its Underlying Value

Today's large, unusual options activity in eBay highlights the underlying value of EBAY stock. It is trading 11% higher today and a tranche of out-of-the-money put options is 23 times the prior contracts outstanding.

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Meta Partners With Ebay To Integrate Listings On Marketplace

Meta conducts trial allowing Facebook users to view eBay listings on Marketplace in response to EU charges. eBay shares surge as users can now browse and p...

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US Tech Titans Ramp Up Pressure On EU

Mark Zuckerberg's U-turn on Meta's content rules piles pressure on the EU -- already in the crosshairs of Donald Trump ally Elon Musk -- to prove it still calls the shots when it comes to Big Tech's behaviour in Europe.

International Business Times

Business Expert Warns US Now A 'Kleptocracy' After Meta Abandons Fact Checkers: 'We Are Becoming More Like Russia Every Day'

An NYU business professor accused President-elect Donald Trump of leveraging his power to shape the U.S. government in a manner resembling Russia's kleptocracy, lambasting, "We are becoming more like Russia every day, that's where we are."

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Elon Musk and the tech titans v the rest of Maga – here’s where the big splits could happen

The angry debate over US visas and foreign workers that erupted over the holidays has exposed splits within Donald Trump’s Maga supporters on immigration policy.

The Conversation

‘Dispiriting’: factchecker reacts to Meta’s move to scrap role

Mark Zuckerberg accused fact-checkers in US of making biased decisions

The Guardian - UK

New Facebook 'Free Expression' Policy Allows Users to Call Women 'Objects,' Accuse Gay People of Being 'Mentally Ill'

Meta has announced that it will be removing restrictions on "hateful conduct," allowing users refer to women as "objects" and gay people as "mentally ill."

Latin Times

Zuck Finds His Spine

Plus: The new manifest destiny, California wildfires, Canada's immigration troubles, and more...

Reason

Alliance between Meta and Trump is likely to create informational, economic and geopolitical conflicts around the world

Meta’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, announced on Tuesday 7 a series of changes to the content moderation actions on his platforms Facebook, Instagram and Threads, eliminating fact-checkers, slowing down the processes of taking down potentially damaging content from the social fabric and reducing/reallocating his own moderation teams - all in the…

The Conversation

Meta is getting rid of factchecking. Should you leave Instagram – and what are the alternatives?

Decision relates to just the US so far but it may affect users in Australia who follow a lot of US-based sources

The Guardian - AU

Meta is ushering in a ‘world without facts’, says Nobel peace prize winner

Maria Ressa warns of ‘dangerous times’ for journalism and democracy after move to end factchecking in US

The Guardian - UK

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Nvidia's cloud gaming service is coming to VR headsets, but you'll only be able to play flatscreen games

Nvidia's GeForce Now is coming to Meta Quest 3 and Pico 4 Ultra devices later this month. Here's what that means for the mixed reality headsets.

International Business Times

Can EU Stand Up To Belligerent Big Tech In New Trump Era?

Facing charges of "censorship" from both Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, the EU will need its full legal arsenal -- and political will aplenty -- to stand up to US Big Tech once Donald Trump is back.

Evening Standard

Swinney voices concern at Meta changes and will ‘keep considering’ use of X

Facebook and Instagram will move away from using third-party fact checkers to flag misleading content.

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Heads-up: A new smart glasses trend is taking over CES 2025

The heads-up display is making the leap from games to real life, and you won't want to miss it.

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Fortune

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son chases Nvidia

Also: Meta takes censorship memo from X, Nvidia trounces competitors in market cap, optimism about M&A.

The Guardian - US

Mark Zuckerberg has gone full Maga

It’s a mistake to describe the Meta CEO’s move as a retreat from ‘fact-checking’: it’s a retreat from limiting harm to users

Salon

MAGA grandpa is about to get much worse

Facebook ditches its fact-checking program in favor of Elon Musk's army of disinformation zombies

The Guardian - UK

Meta scrapped factcheckers ‘because systems were too complex’

Comments by co-chair of oversight board Helle Thorning-Schmidt come as X CEO welcomes rival’s move

International Business Times

Nobel Winner Ressa Tells AFP 'Dangerous Times' Ahead After Meta Ends US Fact-checking

Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa warned Wednesday of "extremely dangerous times ahead" in an interview with AFP after social media giant Meta ended its US fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram.

Tom’s Guide

I tried this neural wristband at CES 2025 — and it feels like magic

The Mudra Link from Wearable Devices reads the signals coming from your brain, turning your hand into a remote control for macOS, Windows and Android. And it's coming to smart glasses, too.

Tom’s Guide

I used Meta AI to enhance my selfies — here's how to try it

I used Meta AI to enhance a variety of selfies and was both pleased and disappointed by the results.

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