The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues like its deceptive blue checkmarks, after a two-year probe
‘Impose Sanctions...’ The Verge : EU fines X $140 million over ‘deceptive’ blue checkmarks Inc : Why Elon Musk's X Was Slapped With a $140 Million Fine Eva Terry / Deseret News : European Union fines ...
Analysis: Meta's Hypernova AR glasses will enter mass production in Q3 2025 to beat Apple to market, but have a modest sales target of 150K-200K over two years
But Analyst Warns Uptake May Be Muted For Now Trevor Mogg / Digital Trends : Meta's ‘Hypernova’ AI smart specs will be an ‘experimental’ device Nickolas Diaz / Android Central : Meta reportedly has lo...
Experts say CrowdStrike's fix requires deleting a specific file and that cannot be automated at scale, meaning outages could persist for longer than expected
and what the chaos serves to remind us about Katie Collins / CNET : Microsoft Outage: CrowdStrike Update Affects Flights, Hospitals and Businesses Globally Robert Greenall / BBC : Global services slow...
Samsung unveils the Galaxy Ring at MWC 2024; the device will be centered around health and wellness, come in three colors, and be available later in 2024
battery life, features and more Mihai Matei / SamMobile : Samsung to forge half a million Galaxy Rings initially. Will it be enough? Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Samsung Galaxy Ring to have up to nine da...
Apple announces support for alternative app stores in the EU, charging no commission but instead an annual €0.50 Core Technology Fee per install per account
including sideloading John Voorhees / MacStories : Apple Details How It Plans to Comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act Siôn Geschwindt / TNW : Apple begrudgingly allows EU customers to use rival ap...
Amazon plans to acquire Roomba maker iRobot in a $1.7B all-cash deal; Colin Angle will remain as iRobot's CEO
Everyone's Favorite Robot Cleaning Company Financial Times : Amazon acquires Roomba maker iRobot for $1.7bn Jon Fingas / Engadget : Amazon is buying iRobot, the creator of the Roomba robot vacuum Chan...
The EU says TikTok agreed to curb undisclosed ads by altering its branded content policy and ad reporting options and to ban promoting “inappropriate products”
Katie Collins / CNET : Source: European Commission .
The EU toughens its disinformation Code of Practice, covering deepfakes, bots, fake accounts, and more; Meta, Google, TikTok, Twitter, and others have signed up
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[Thread] Twitter CEO gives context on how Twitter counts spam, saying “multiple human reviews” of thousands of accounts seen as mDAUs have found <5% are spam
Exit Content Preview — On the off chance you weren't on Twitter … Jody Serrano / Gizmodo : Elon Tells Twitter: Prove That Bots Aren't a Big Deal, or I Sink This Buyout Scott Bicheno / Telecoms.com :...
France's data regulator, the CNIL, fines Google €150M and Meta €60M for failing to let French users easily reject cookie trackers
says France, Waving $240M Fines CNIL : Cookies: FACEBOOK IRELAND LIMITED fined 60 million euros Ravie Lakshmanan / The Hacker News : France Fines Google, Facebook €210 Million Over Privacy Violating T...