Theodore Farnsworth, the former CEO of MoviePass' parent company, pleaded guilty Tuesday to securities fraud after federal prosecutors said he misled investors about the company's… Read More »Former MoviePass executive pleads guilty to fraud over 'Unlimited' scheme
DALLAS (AP) — Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick said members of his family were among those in Southern California who had to evacuate their… Read More »Lakers coach JJ Redick says his family has been evacuated and people are 'panicking' because of the LA wildfires
Taiwan is investigating whether a ship linked to China is responsible for damaging one of the undersea cables connecting Taiwan to the internet. This is… Read More »Taiwan suspects that a ship linked to China damaged an internet cable
Meta's fact-checking partners claim they were “blindsided” by the company's decision to ditch third-party fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram and Threads in favor of a Community… Read More »Meta's fact-checking partners say they were “blindsided” by the decision to assist them
Firefighters struggle to contain a fast-moving wildfire in the Los Angeles hills as winds gather speed in Southern California and fan the blaze. According to… Read More »Many buildings have already been destroyed by the wildfires in the Pacific Palisades, California's governor says
The H5N1 bird flu situation in the US appears more fraught than ever this week, as the virus continues to spread rapidly among dairy cattle… Read More »As US marks first death from H5N1 bird flu, WHO and CDC say risk remains low
In November 2016, when Facebook was blamed for a flood of fake news and conspiracy theories surrounding the first election of Donald J. Trump, Mark… Read More »Mark Zuckerberg's political evolution, from excuses to no more excuses
NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for two former Georgia election workers owed $148 million in damages after suing Rudy Giuliani for defamation said Tuesday that… Read More »Lawyers who sued Rudy Giuliani for $148 million say World Series rings should be given up
Meta today announced a series of major updates to its content moderation policy, including ending its fact-checking partnerships and “eliminating” restrictions on speech on “topics… Read More »Meta now lets users say gay and transgender people have 'mental illness'
Meta said Tuesday it was ending its long-standing fact-checking program, a policy put in place to curb the spread of misinformation through its social media… Read More »Meta ends fact-checking program ahead of Trump term
Private artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is in advanced talks to raise $2 billion in funding at a valuation of $60 billion, according to the Wall… Read More »AI startup Anthropic in talks to raise $2 billion at $60 billion valuation: WSJ
It was only a little over a decade ago that Mark Zuckerberg had little trouble expressing his politics. Serious and optimistic – perhaps naively –… Read More »Meta ends fact-checking program ahead of Trump term: live updates
President-elect Donald Trump railed against President Joe Biden on Tuesday and mused about renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” among a range… Read More »Trump doesn't rule out military force to retake Panama Canal, threatens 'all hell will break loose' over Israeli hostages
Meta announced today that it is ending the third-party fact-checking program it introduced in 2016, and will instead rely on a Community Notes approach similar… Read More »Meta scraps third-party fact-checkers in time for Trump's second term
Facebook has already contributed to the demise of journalism and this will be the final nail in the coffin,” Nina Jankowicz, the Biden administration's former… Read More »Meta is eliminating fact-checkers in the run-up to Trump's second term
