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Instagram TV app coming to Amazon Fire streaming device
Instagram has installed a new privacy setting which will default all new and existing underage accounts to an automatic private mode. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Instagram users will now be able to watch Reels short-form videos on bigger screens. Meta said Tuesday that the company will begin testing its Instagram for TV app in […]
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AI infrastructure selloff continues on Wall Street as Broadcom, Oracle shares slide
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan. Lucas Jackson | Reuters In at least one corner of the artificial intelligence market, sentiment has turned decidedly negative. Broadcom, CoreWeave and Oracle, three companies intimately tied to the AI infrastructure buildout, all had another rough day on Wall Street on Monday after selling off sharply last week. While the three […]
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YouTube’s CEO limits his kids’ social media use — other tech bosses do the same
Neal Mohan, the CEO of YouTube speaks during a panel for the Summit for Democracy on March 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images YouTube’s CEO Neal Mohan is the latest in a line of tech bosses who have admitted to limiting their children’s social media use, as the harms of being […]
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Reddit challenges Australia’s under-16 social media ban in High Court filing, says law curbs political speech
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Reddit, the popular community-focused forum, has launched a legal challenge against Australia’s social media ban for teens under 16, arguing that the newly enacted law is ineffective and goes too far by restricting political discussion online. In its application to Australia’s High Court, the social news and aggregation platform […]
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The exclusive WhatsApp chats where family offices vet deals, plan meetups and sell dinosaur bones
The mobile-messaging application WhatsApp is displayed on an Apple iPhone Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images For investment firms of the ultra rich, WhatsApp is a one-stop shop for everything from vetting deals to finding the best surgeons. Sam Nallen Copley, an investment advisor at a London-based family office, runs a 970-person WhatsApp group […]
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Australia is trying to enforce the first teen social media ban. Governments worldwide are watching.
In this photo illustration, iPhone screens display various social media apps on the screens on February 9, 2025 in Bath, England. Anna Barclay | Getty Images News | Getty Images Australia on Wednesday became the first country to formally bar users under the age of 16 from accessing major social media platforms, a move expected […]
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From Llamas to Avocados: Meta’s shifting AI strategy is causing internal confusion
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was so optimistic last year about his company’s Llama family of artificial intelligence models that he predicted they would become the […]
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Elon Musk calls for abolition of European Union after X fined $140 million
Elon Musk has called for the European Union to be abolished after the bloc fined his social media company X 120 million euros ($140 million) for a “deceptive” blue checkmark and lack of transparency of its advertising repository. The European Commission hit X with the ruling on Friday following a two-year investigation into the company under […]
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AI wearable company Limitless says it has been acquired by Meta
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wears the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, as he delivers a speech presenting the new line of smart glasses, during the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., Sept. 17, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters Artificial intelligence wearable startup Limitless said Friday that it has been acquired […]
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SoFi’s stock drops on $1.5 billion share sale announcement
Key Points SoFi announced the public offering of $1.5 billion in stock. The share sale comes after the fintech company’s market cap almost doubled so far in 2025. Stock prices often fall when companies announce offerings because the share sale dilutes the value of existing holders’ stakes. Source
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