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Meta Makes AI Searches Public
Meta has quietly changed its privacy settings to make users' AI search queries publicly visible by default, catching millions unaware....
Musk’s xAI Partners With Telegram on AI Features
Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced a landmark partnership with Elon Musk's xAI that will integrate the Grok artificial intelligence assistant...
Meta’s Exit Threat in Nigeria: FCCPC Refuses to Yield
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has firmly responded to Meta’s exit threat in Nigeria, stating that the...
Facebook May Exit Nigeria Due to Massive $290M Fines – Meta
Nigerians risk losing access to Facebook and Instagram as parent company Meta battles $290 million in fines imposed by three...
OpenAI in Talks to Acquire Google Chrome
OpenAI has expressed interest in acquiring Google Chrome if the tech giant is forced to sell its dominant browser, revealed...
Why WhatsApp’s ‘Optional’ AI Assistant Can’t Actually Be Turned Off
WhatsApp is defending its new Meta AI feature that appears as a persistent blue circle in the chat interface, claiming...
Meta Whistleblower: Company Allegedly Collaborated with China on Censorship Tools
A former Meta executive, Sarah Wynn-Williams, testified before US senators on Wednesday, alleging that the social media giant undermined national...
Musk’s AI Company xAI Takes Over X Platform in Surprise Tech Deal
Elon Musk revealed Friday that his artificial intelligence venture xAI has acquired social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in an...
Signal Messaging App Faces 3 Major Security Risks in Group Chats
A major security lapse occurred when classified US military plans against Houthi rebels were accidentally shared with an Atlantic journalist...
Former Google CEO, Eric Schmidt Warns of AI Risks
Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google is raising alarming concerns about the potential misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) by...
AI Overuse Crisis? Law Firm Imposes Strict Limits
An international law firm, Hill Dickinson, has restricted general access to several artificial intelligence (AI) tools after detecting a "significant...
Australia Bans DeepSeek on Government Devices Citing Security Risks
Australia has banned the use of DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup, on all government devices and systems, citing...
Meta Agrees to $25m Settlement with Donald Trump Over Social Media Ban Lawsuit
US President Donald Trump has signed a settlement requiring Meta to pay $25m (£20m) over data privacy issues on Facebook...
LinkedIn Lawsuit: Users Accuse Platform of Misusing Private Messages for AI Training
A US lawsuit is claiming LinkedIn misused private messages from Premium users to train AI models without explicit consent. The...
Meta Disputes Claims of Forcing Users to Follow Trump
Meta has denied claims of automatically forcing users to follow official Trump administration accounts, including President Donald Trump’s, JD Vance,...
