Day after nuclear power vow, Meta announces largest-ever datacenter powered by fossil fuels
Louisiana facility's three natural gas turbine plants to churn out 2,262 MW
On-Prem05 Dec 2024 | 39
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Fission impossible? Meta wants up to 4GW of American atomic power for AI
Facebook titan targets early 2030s for reactor deployment
Off-Prem04 Dec 2024 | 25
EU stings Meta for nearly a billion bucks over competition-trampling Facebook Marketplace
Mark Z does not like this
Personal Tech15 Nov 2024 | 27
NatWest blocks bevy of apps in clampdown on unmonitorable comms
From guidance to firm action... no more WhatsApp, Meta's Messenger, Signal, Telegram and more
Security14 Nov 2024 | 25
Continuity of CHIPS and Science Act questioned in a Trump presidency
Asia In Brief Plus: A premium minimum wage for Malaysian datacenter workers; N Koreans maybe discover spicy content; S Korea fines Meta for data misuse, and more
Systems11 Nov 2024 | 34
Meta gives nod to weaponizing Llama – but only for the good guys
Change of mind follows discovery China was playing with it uninvited?
AI + ML06 Nov 2024 | 9
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Former Facebook lobbyist joins UK comms regulator as non-exec director
Updated Who better to watch the watchmen?
Networks05 Nov 2024 | 16
Meta's plan for nuclear datacenter reportedly undone by bees
Environmental and regulatory obstacles led to the cancellation of an AI bit farm, report claims
On-Prem04 Nov 2024 | 20
Meta spruiks benefits of open sourcing Llama models – to its own bottom line
It's not like Zuck needs the coin despite increased infrastructure spend, headcount, losses on VR
Off-Prem31 Oct 2024 | 10
US lawmakers push DoJ to prosecute tax prep firms for leaking taxpayer data to big tech
TaxSlayer, H&R Block, TaxAct, and Ramsey Solutions accused of sharing info with Meta and Google
Security22 Oct 2024 | 6
Meta gives Llama 3 vision, now if only it had a brain
Hands on El Reg gets its claws in multimodal models - and shows you how to use them and what they can do
AI + ML06 Oct 2024 | 37
Harvard duo hacks Meta Ray-Bans to dox strangers on sight in seconds
'You can build this in a few days – even as a very naïve developer'
Cybersecurity Month04 Oct 2024 | 115
Hyperscalers are carving up the ocean floor into private internet highways
Think tank warns of sovereignty risks from subsea cable consolidation
Networks25 Sep 2024 | 6
Amazon, Tesla, Meta considered harmful to democracy
Exploiting workers, undermining public services, exacerbating climate crisis, ITUC says
Bootnotes23 Sep 2024 | 41
WhatsApp still working on making View Once chats actually disappear for all
Updated So far it's more like View Forever
Patches18 Sep 2024 | 16
Meta back at it, harvesting Britons' public Facebook, Insta feeds for AI training
I wanna know 🎵 What you're feeling 🎵 Tell me what's on your mind
Personal Tech14 Sep 2024 | 33
Australia’s government spent the week boxing Big Tech
With social media age limits, anti-scam laws, privacy tweaks, and misinformation rules Elon Musk labelled 'fascist'
Public Sector13 Sep 2024 | 41
Big Tech: Malaysia won't let us set our own rules and that's not fair and makes us grumpy
Asia Internet Coalition asks for rethink of social media licensing law with the old 'You'll scare away investors' line – a week after AWS opened a region
Public Sector28 Aug 2024 | 22
Meta digs deep to strike geothermal power deal for its US datacenters
Teaming up with Sage Geosystems, house of Facbook plans to tap into Earth's fiery underbelly
On-Prem27 Aug 2024 | 9
Meta to boost training infra for Llama 4 tenfold, maybe deliver it next year
Sweet sweet GenAI money not yet flowing, Zuck reckons other ML efforts are paying off
AI + ML01 Aug 2024 | 4
Meta to cough up $1.4B to end fight over 'unlawful' facial recognition of friends
Everything's bigger in Texas – even the settlement deals
AI + ML30 Jul 2024 | 16
Meta's AI safety system defeated by the space bar
'Ignore previous instructions' thwarts Prompt-Guard model if you just add some good ol' ASCII code 32
AI + ML29 Jul 2024 | 57
Mistral Large 2 leaps out as a leaner, meaner rival to GPT-4-class AI models
It's not the size that matters, it's how you use it
AI + ML25 Jul 2024 | 2
Meta claims ‘world’s largest' open AI model with Llama 3.1 405B debut
Zuck says he wants to mimic Linux and go open source, kind of
AI + ML23 Jul 2024 | 11
Meta's mass layoff severance agreements illegal, says judge
You can't offer a better deal in exchange for silence, argues NLRB
Networks22 Jul 2024 | 30
Privacy warriors gripe to UK watchdog about Meta harvesting user data to train AI
Move follows Instagram and Facebook giant's decision to reverse direction in EU after protests
Security16 Jul 2024 | 10
Meta training AI models on citizen data gets a hard não from Brazil
Updated Zuckerborg's justification isn't good enough, says watchdog
AI + ML03 Jul 2024 | 4
Antitrust cops cry foul over Meta's pay-or-consent ultimatum to Europeans
Facebook, Instagram gobble up same data whether you hand over cash or not
Personal Tech01 Jul 2024 | 40
Appeals court reanimates lawsuit accusing Meta of hiring bias against US citizens
Software techie claims he was snubbed because he wasn't on an H-1B
Software27 Jun 2024 | 18
Meta, Microsoft SQL Server make strange bedfellows on a couch of cyber-pain
Opinion Yanks get food poisoning far more often than Brits. Is American IT just as sickening?
Security24 Jun 2024 | 41
Meta warns bit flips, other hardware faults cause AI errors
It's no hallucination: '4 in 1,000 inferences inaccurate' due to this alone, depending on the setup
AI + ML21 Jun 2024 | 39
Australian billionaire wins right to sue Facebook in the US over scam ads
Andrew Forrest has spent five years railing against promos that falsely claim he's found the route to crypto riches
Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 78
Researchers find Meta's withdrawal of misinformation tool hard to swallow
Feature If the new system is so good, why not onboard everyone who accessed the old system?
Networks18 Jun 2024 | 41
Meta accused of trying to discredit ad researchers
As more than 70 civil society groups sign open letter slamming 'intimidation'
Personal Tech16 Jun 2024 | 35
Meta won't train AI on Euro posts after all, as watchdogs put their paws down
Facebook parent calls step forward for privacy a 'step backwards'
AI + ML14 Jun 2024 | 41
Meta will use your social media posts to train its AI. Europe gets an opt out
What's German for 'thank goodness for actually useful privacy regulations'?
AI + ML10 Jun 2024 | 22
Meta faces multiple complaints in Europe over plans to train AI on user data
Opt out, if you can, or prepare for your posts to be ingested
AI + ML06 Jun 2024 | 57
Meta algorithms push Black people more toward expensive universities, study finds
Special report Just as we saw with housing, Facebook giant's advertising system seems to treat Whites and POC differently
AI + ML04 Jun 2024 | 44
Big Tech is not much help when fighting a junta, and FOSS doesn't ride to the rescue
Opponents of Myanmar’s internet-nobbling military government don't like when Facebook asks for their real names
Security21 May 2024 | 25
Graph database shows Biden outspends Trump in social media ad war
But incumbent is mentioned a lot more in attack material
Databases17 May 2024 | 31
EU probes Meta over its provisions for protecting children
Has social media biz done enough to comply with Digital Services Act? Maybe not
Security16 May 2024 | 3
Prof asks court to protect his Unfollow Everything 2.0 extension from Facebook's ire
You've got to fight for your right to personalize
Personal Tech02 May 2024 | 47
European Commission starts formal probe of Meta over election misinformation
Europe takes action after Facebook parent withdraws monitoring tool
Security30 Apr 2024 | 15
Meta's value plummets as Zuckerberg admits AI needs more time and money
Revenues up, but is the AI hype bubble is threatening to burst?
AI + ML25 Apr 2024 | 41
Meta comms chief handed six-year Russian prison sentence for 'justifying terrorism'
Memo to Andy Stone: Don't go to Moscow for your holidays
Public Sector23 Apr 2024 | 27
Europol now latest cops to beg Big Tech to ditch E2EE
Don't bore us, get to the chorus: You need less privacy so we can protect the children
Security22 Apr 2024 | 25
Watchdog tells Dutch govt: 'Do not use Facebook if there is uncertainty about privacy'
Meta insists it's just misunderstood and it's safe to talk to citizens over FB
Security22 Apr 2024 | 9
Meta lets Llama 3 LLM out to graze, claims it can give Google and Anthropic a kicking
Plans multilingual 400 billion parameter version, but starts with more modest fare
AI + ML19 Apr 2024 | 8
EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy
Platforms should not confront users with 'binary choice' over personal data use
Security18 Apr 2024 | 73
Next-gen Meta AI chip serves up ads while sipping power
Fresh silicon won't curb Zuck's appetite for GPUs just yet
On-Prem10 Apr 2024 | 6
Lawsuit claims Meta hobbled Facebook Watch to help Netflix
Advertiser antitrust lawsuit says claimed deal with Netflix is anticompetitive
Personal Tech02 Apr 2024 | 2
No joke: FTC boss goes on the Daily Show and is told Apple tried to block her
Comment Land of the Free has lost its way in quest for profits
Offbeat02 Apr 2024 | 77
Meta accused of snarfing people's Snapchat data via traffic decryption
I ain't afraid of no ghosts, but in this case...
Personal Tech27 Mar 2024 | 20
In-app browsers are still a privacy, security, and choice problem
Regulators reminded that longstanding concerns haven't been addressed
Applications27 Mar 2024 | 26
Meta connects Threads to the Fediverse
Doing things outside the walled garden is kinda hard, devs admit
Personal Tech22 Mar 2024 | 18
Meta, Microsoft, X, Match pledge selves to Epic battle against Apple App Store
You have my sword ... and my bow ... and my axe!
Applications21 Mar 2024 | 14
Judge demands social media sites prove they didn't help radicalize mass shooter
Section 230 on trial: Plaintiffs contend social media platforms are defective products, not protected message boards
Personal Tech19 Mar 2024 | 95
Ten nations tell social media, banks, and telcos to get better at stopping scams
Australian minister singles out Meta – where Zuck has 600,000 Nvidia GPUs ready to roll
Public Sector14 Mar 2024 | 26
Meta sues ex infra VP for allegedly stealing top-secret datacenter blueprints
Exec accused of using own work PC to swipe confidential AI and staffing docs for stealth cloud startup
PaaS + IaaS12 Mar 2024 | 4
We're not Meta support: State AGs tell Zuck to fix rampant account takeover problem
'We refuse to operate as customer service representatives'
Security07 Mar 2024 | 17
Meta kills Facebook News in the US and Australia
So much for the 'commitment to support news organizations' made in just 2020
Personal Tech01 Mar 2024 | 87
Meta's pay-or-consent model hides 'massive illegal data processing ops': lawsuit
GDPR claim alleges Facebook parent's 'commercial surveillance practices are fundamentally illegal'
Security29 Feb 2024 | 38
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