I’m absolutely through placating to others that are enabling and tolerating Nazis.

The paradox of tolerance is real and giving these racists another inch will only degrade society and endanger the most vulnerable.

Fuck your apathy, fuck your social media fomo, fuck tolerating people that would rather you be dead.

If not tolerating Nazis is the line you won’t cross then get the fuck out of my timeline.

#capitalism #nazis #intolerance #resist #musk #trump #meta #google #transrights #BLM #USA

Not a new story, but it bares repeating. Friendly advice? Don't use "smart glasses."

Digital Trends: Meta’s creepiest lawsuit in recent years will make you rethink its AI smart glasses https://www.digitaltrends.com/wearables/metas-creepiest-lawsuit-in-recent-years-will-make-you-rethink-its-ai-smart-glasses/ @DigitalTrends #Meta #privacy #surveillance

English – The Conversation | Making tech giants pay for news was a success the first time around. It can be done again by Rod Sims, Enterprise Professor, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne

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The article reviews Australia’s pioneering News Media Bargaining Code, which forced Google and Meta to negotiate payments with news organisations after a market‑failure analysis showed that platforms profit from news content without compensating its producers. Introduced following the ACCC’s Digital Platform Inquiry, the code required designated platforms to negotiate with all eligible public‑interest media or face arbitration, leading to over AU$1 billion in deals—about AU$250 million per year—within the first five years, with smaller outlets often receiving higher per‑journalist payments. When Meta’s three‑year contracts expired it withdrew news, highlighting a weakness of the original scheme that only applied to platforms actually carrying news. To address this, the government is now proposing a News Bargaining Incentive that would apply to platforms regardless of news carriage, setting payment benchmarks and imposing a higher “charge” if deals are not made, though it removes the arbitration fallback and allows platforms to negotiate with as few as four outlets. The author argues that while the incentive introduces new complexities, it continues Australia’s leadership in protecting journalism and could be legislated by mid‑year, provided refinements are made.

Read more: https://theconversation.com/making-tech-giants-pay-for-news-was-a-success-the-first-time-around-it-can-be-done-again-281865

#Google #Meta #ACCC #Australianmedia #NewsBargaining

RT @TheGeorgePu: Zuckerberg hat sich Peking unterworfen. Meta kaufte ein chinesisches KI-Startup namens Manus. 2,5 Milliarden Dollar. Der Deal wurde vor Wochen abgeschlossen. Es ist vollzogen. Dann rief Peking die Gründer zu einem Treffen nach Hause. Sie gingen. Sie sind immer noch dort. Gestern ordnete Peking an, den Deal mit Meta aufzulösen. Ich postete, dass sie es nicht ernst meinten. Dass man einen abgeschlossenen Erwerb nicht rückgängig machen kann. Dass dies Theater war. Ich lag falsch. Heute sagte Meta: Wir werden es auflösen. Investoren erhalten ihr Geld zurück. Gründer werden aus ihrem eigenen Land entlassen. Technologie wird aus Metas Systemen entfernt. Peking war ernst. Sehr, sehr ernst. Aber warum hört Meta auf Peking? Ein öffentliches amerikanisches Unternehmen. Ohne Geschäftstätigkeit in China. Fügt sich ein. Ein Wort. Temu. Temu gab in einem Jahr fast 2 Milliarden Dollar für Meta-Werbung aus. Gesamte chinesische Werbeeinnahmen bei Meta im Jahr 2023: 13,7 Milliarden Dollar. Facebook ist in China verboten. Aber das chinesische Geld, das Meta bezahlt, ist es nicht. Das ist die Leine. Peking hat Meta nicht bedroht. Sie haben es nur daran erinnert, wer die Rechnungen bezahlt. Die Gründer dachten, Meta habe 2,5 Milliarden Dollar für sie bezahlt. Das tat es nicht. Meta zahlte 2,5 Milliarden Dollar. Peking holte die Erbauer zurück. Zwei Menschen gegen 13 Milliarden Dollar in Werbung. Es war kein Nahkampf.

mehr auf Arint.info

#China #Geopolitik #KI #Meta #Temu #Werbung #arint_info

https://x.com/TheGeorgePu/status/2049160734794248546#m

Business Latest | Musk v. Altman Kicks Off, DOJ Guts Voting Rights Unit, and Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped? by Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger

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The Uncanny Valley episode examines three major stories: the high‑stakes Musk‑vs‑Altman trial, which centres on Elon Musk’s claims that OpenAI abandoned its nonprofit mission and misled him into funding a for‑profit venture, raising questions about OpenAI’s corporate structure and the broader AI industry; the wave of recent layoffs at Meta (and voluntary buyouts at Microsoft) that highlight how AI‑driven efficiencies are reshaping tech employment, especially for junior engineers and contractors who train AI models; and a WIRED investigation revealing that the Department of Justice’s Voting Rights Section has been virtually gutted, with longtime experts replaced by politically aligned hires, threatening the enforcement of voting‑rights protections ahead of upcoming elections.

Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-musk-v-altman-doj-guts-voting-rights-unit-is-ai-job-apocalypse-overhyped/

#ElonMusk #OpenAI #SamAltman #xAI #DOJ #HarmeetDhillon #Meta #Microsoft #Wired #Covalen #business #business_artificialintelligence #uncannyvalley

US Top News and Analysis | Meta tanks 10%, Alphabet climbs 5% as each company raises capex spend

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Alphabet’s shares jumped more than 5% while Meta’s fell about 10% after both companies reported first‑quarter results that featured larger‑than‑expected AI‑related capital‑expenditure plans. Alphabet beat revenue and earnings estimates, driven by a 63% year‑over‑year surge in Google Cloud and a revised cap‑ex outlook of $180‑$190 billion for the year, as CEO Sundar Pichai highlighted strong demand for enterprise AI tools and custom chips. Meta, meanwhile, defended its own AI spending as essential for infrastructure and future ad‑growth, but investors were wary because the firm lacks a cloud business to monetize the investments; analysts at JPMorgan cut Meta to neutral, citing an uncertain path to returns. By contrast, Microsoft and Amazon, both with massive cloud operations, lifted or maintained their own multi‑hundred‑billion‑dollar cap‑ex budgets, underscoring how Wall Street differentiates AI spend among tech giants.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/30/alphabet-meta-stock-ai-capex-spend.html

#Meta #Alphabet #GoogleCloud #SundarPichai

Sweden Herald - Latest Sweden News | Meta falls like a stone as stock market rises by Sweden Herald

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Meta’s shares slumped 9.2% on Thursday after the company’s quarterly report showed strong metrics but an upward revision of its investment forecast, a move the market penalized despite a broadly rising Wall Street, where the Dow was up 0.7% and the S&P 500 up 0.2% while the Nasdaq was flat. In contrast, Alphabet, the parent of Google, jumped 5.8% after posting earnings per share and revenue—especially from its cloud services—that beat expectations. The mixed reactions left the overall market modestly higher, and investors now await Apple’s earnings report later in the day.

Read more: https://swedenherald.com/article/meta-falls-like-a-stone-as-stock-market-rises

#Meta #WallStreet #Nasdaq #Alphabet #Apple

Sweden Herald - Latest Sweden News | Meta does not live up to expectations, stock falls in after-hours trading by Sweden Herald

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Meta’s latest quarterly report disappointed analysts, as its shares plunged nearly 7 % in after‑hours trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The company posted earnings of $7.32 per share on revenue of $56.3 billion, slightly above the $55.45 billion analysts had forecast, but investment costs came in far lower at $19.84 billion versus the expected $27.57 billion. Daily active users rose 4 % to 3.56 billion, still falling short of the 3.62 billion expected. The combination of mixed financial results and weaker‑than‑anticipated user growth led to a sharp drop in Meta’s stock price.

Read more: https://swedenherald.com/article/meta-does-not-live-up-to-expectations-stock-falls-in-afterhours-trading

#Meta #LSEG #NewYork #businessnews

#Meta accused of violating #DSA by failing to safeguard minors
https://securityaffairs.com/191511/laws-and-regulations/meta-accused-of-violating-dsa-by-failing-to-safeguard-minors.html
#securityaffairs #hacking #EU

US Top News and Analysis | Meta looks to report fastest revenue growth since 2021

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Meta reported Q1 revenue of $56.31 billion, beating estimates, and adjusted earnings of $7.31 per share versus the $6.79 forecast, while daily active people rose 4% year‑over‑year to 3.56 billion but fell more than 5% from the previous quarter, a miss attributed to internet disruptions in Iran and a WhatsApp restriction in Russia. Capital expenditures came in at $19.84 billion, well below the $27.57 billion expected, yet the company raised its full‑year capex outlook to $125‑$145 billion. Net income surged to $26.8 billion, bolstered by an $8.03 billion tax benefit, and headcount grew 1% to 77,986 despite an announced 10% workforce reduction. Meta highlighted its AI push, debuting the Muse Spark foundation model, and projected Q2 revenue of $58‑$61 billion, roughly in line with expectations.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/meta-q1-earnings-report-2026.html

#Meta #MarkZuckerberg #WhatsApp #RealityLabs #US

News Headlines | Fears for 150 Irish-based jobs at Oracle

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The Irish Department of Enterprise has received a collective redundancy notification from Oracle indicating that roughly 150 Irish‑based roles are at risk, though the exact figure was not confirmed. The planned cuts are part of a broader global downsizing as Oracle ramps up spending on artificial‑intelligence to compete with rivals such as Alphabet and Amazon, and the company has not responded to requests for comment. The article also mentions similar redundancy notifications for other tech firms—outsourcing company Covalen and Meta—but the immediate focus is the potential loss of about 150 jobs at Oracle’s Irish operation.

Read more: https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0429/1570890-fears-for-150-irish-based-jobs-at-oracle/

#Oracle #Alphabet #Amazon #Meta #IrishGovernment

US Top News and Analysis | Traders brace for $800 billion in earnings-related stock movement

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Traders are bracing for a dramatic earnings night as four members of the “Magnificent Seven”—Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Meta and Microsoft—prepare to report results, prompting options markets to price in more than $800 billion of potential market‑cap movement. Implied moves for three of the four stocks exceed their four‑quarter averages, with bullish call buying outpacing puts across all names. Notably, huge call orders have been placed on Amazon and Microsoft, including multi‑hundred‑thousand‑dollar purchases of in‑the‑money strikes, suggesting investors expect upside surprises despite mixed historical performance relative to options pricing. The overall sentiment remains bullish, with demand for upside exposure outstripping expectations of sell‑offs.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/traders-brace-for-800-billion-in-earnings-related-stock-movement.html

#Alphabet #Amazon #Meta #Microsoft

Say hello to AI surveillance! 🫣 #Meta will start tracking its employees for AI training.

In the US, the Tech Giant will track employees' clicks, typing, & navigation with the aims to build #AI that can do routine tasks autonomously.

For us, this sounds like a dystopian workplace!

What do you think about this announcement & the future of AI in the workplace?

Find out more here 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/meta-tracks-employees

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US Top News and Analysis | Is Meta's AI spending blitz working? The stock's next move depends on the answer

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Meta Platforms is riding a volatile rebound as investors scrutinize its massive AI spending, which could exceed $169 billion this year. After an early‑year surge, the stock fell 29 % before climbing 28 % again, buoyed by new AI‑related investments—including multibillion‑dollar deals with AWS, CoreWeave and Nebius, and the launch of the multimodal Muse Spark model designed to boost engagement and ad performance across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads and business tools. Analysts such as Morgan Stanley and Cantor Fitzgerald argue the market has over‑focused on cost rather than the emerging returns from LLM‑driven ad targeting, while Jim Cramer remains bullish on CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s talent and AI strategy. The upcoming earnings report will be pivotal in showing whether AI‑driven tools like Advantage+ and AI‑generated ads are translating into higher advertising revenue, especially as Meta trims roughly 10 % of its workforce to offset rising infrastructure expenses.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/is-metas-ai-spending-working-the-stocks-next-move-depends-on-answer.html

#Meta #Amazon #CoreWeave #Nebius #CantorFitzgerald #MorganStanley #MetaLabs #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp #

EU sieht Kinder bei Instagram und Co. nicht ausreichend geschützt

Facebook und Instagram schützen Kinder nach vorläufigen Ermittlungen der EU-Kommission nicht genug vor den Gefahren ihrer Angebote. Der Mutterkonzern Meta müsse bei der Alterskontrolle nachbessern, sonst droht ein Bußgeld.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/eu-facebook-instagram-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#EU #DSA #Meta #Instagram #Facebook

Crikey | Is the new plan to force big tech to pay for Australian news any good? We ask the experts by Daanyal Saeed

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The Albanese government’s “news bargaining incentive” obliges major tech platforms such as Google and Meta to pay Australian publishers for news content that appears on their services, a move hailed by the country’s largest media companies but sparking worries that small‑ and medium‑sized publishers could be left out; the scheme revives and refines the short‑lived Morrison‑era news media bargaining code, aiming to secure funding for independent journalism while the effectiveness and design of the policy remain hotly debated.

Read more: https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/04/29/news-media-bargaining-incentive-big-tech-australian-news/

#Google #Meta #Australianpublishers #Albanesegovernment #newsmediabargainingcode

I definitely appreciate folks who take a moral stand and avoid using Meta products.

I also bet you live in North America or Europe.

In Mexico WhatsApp is the way you talk to delivery people, customer support (small companies or large), make reservations, order takeout, and check if a place is open. Other parts of the world use a different mix of apps (in Burma it used to be Instagram and FourSquare). But for most people in the world a small set of closed systems are the internet. (And frankly, “AI” slop is driving the rest of us in that direction as well.)

I think it's largely because Meta and the cell companies susbsidize Meta apps. You can have zero minutes and zero bandwidth left...but you can still use WhatsApp Messenger, and probably Facebook and Instagram.

Similarly, restaurants and stores and services seldom have websites, if they have anything they have a Facebook page or Instagram site. But more likely, they just keep their Google Maps entry up to date.

If you want to see if a restaurant still exists, or what its hours are, or the menu. Check Google Maps. It's a bit slow to notice if things have closed, but it's the best option.

I'd love to use something other than Google for that, but nobody updates Apple Maps here (not enough iPhone users), plus Apple hasn't figured out how to navigate the callejones, where walking is the only option.

Then again, Google isn't much better with driving due to the tunnels in Guanajuato. It once told me to go to someone's driveway to get in the tunnel. I mean, the tunnel was under the driveway, so I kind of understand. But we do live in a three dimensional world.

-- written while waiting for a WhatsApp audio message from the person delivering our Mini Split.

#Mexico #Meta #GlobalNorthPrivilege

US Top News and Analysis | Meta shares look 'iffy' into earnings. How to trade it

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Meta is approaching its earnings report with solid fundamentals—ad‑pricing improvements and sharper targeting are driving about 30% year‑over‑year top‑line growth—yet its technical picture looks shaky, as the stock sits near its 150‑day moving average and other indicators suggest a precarious position. The options market is pricing a roughly 7.5% move by week‑end, and recent heavy buying of short‑dated calls (e.g., June 620 strikes and May 675 strikes) reflects traders’ appetite for upside while limiting downside. Rather than buying the stock or outright calls, the analyst recommends a call‑spread risk reversal: sell 625‑strike puts and 750‑strike calls to fund the purchase of 680‑strike at‑the‑money calls. This structure lowers the breakeven point, caps upside at about 8%, and improves the win rate versus pure stock or call purchases; historically such a spread would have yielded around 1.6% over the two‑week earnings window (about 29% annualized), offering a better risk‑reward balance.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/28/meta-shares-look-iffy-into-earnings-how-to-trade-it.html

#Meta

qwant news | Mark Zuckerberg's Meta to power AI data centres from space in 'transformative' move

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Meta is partnering with Overview Energy to launch 1,000 solar‑panel‑equipped satellites that will collect sunlight in space and beam the converted energy back to Earth as low‑intensity infrared, providing up to one gigawatt—enough to power roughly 750,000 homes—for its AI data centres. The plan, announced by Meta’s Vice President of Energy Nat Sahlstrom, aims to supply clean, reliable power without stressing U.S. electricity grids, with a demonstration satellite slated for launch in 2028 and commercial power generation beginning around 2030. Similar space‑solar initiatives are also being pursued by SpaceX, Blue Origin and Google.

Read more: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-power-ai-37081736

#MarkZuckerberg #Meta #OverviewEnergy #MarcBerte #NatSahlstrom #SpaceX #BlueOrigin #Google

News Headlines | Covalen informs Government of threatened job cuts

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Outsourcing firm Covalen, which supplies content‑moderation and AI‑training services to Meta, has alerted the Department of Enterprise that up to 720 jobs in its Dublin operation could be lost, prompting a formal collective redundancy consultation. The company says it is supporting affected teams and following legal obligations, while the Communications Workers’ Union says staff are shocked and angry. This follows a previous redundancy round in late 2025 that saw about 300 positions eliminated after 400 were threatened, and a January strike by CWU‑member employees over pay and union recognition. The potential cuts come as Meta itself announced a global reduction of roughly 8,000 jobs and plans to use advanced AI that may lessen reliance on third‑party moderators, raising uncertainty for Covalen’s roughly 1,800‑person Irish workforce.

Read more: https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0428/1570654-covalen-job-cuts/

#Covalen #Meta #CWU

US Top News and Analysis | Meta's new AI model shows early promise, but investors want to see Zuckerberg's strategy

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Meta unveiled its new AI model, Muse Spark, in early April, marking a shift from the company’s previous open‑source Llama models to a closed‑source approach aimed at generating revenue from developers, similar to OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. Analysts see Muse Spark as a “complementary good” that could boost Meta’s dominant advertising business, noting the model’s strength in text and vision tasks—though it still trails Anthropic’s Claude and Google’s Gemini in overall performance. The rollout comes as Meta prepares for its first‑quarter earnings, with expectations of 31% year‑over‑year revenue growth to $55.6 billion, the fastest since 2021. To support its AI ambitions, Meta has hired industry leaders, invested heavily in AI infrastructure (projected $115‑$135 billion in 2026 capex), and announced a 10% workforce reduction to improve efficiency. While the model currently lags behind the most advanced competitors, analysts view its introduction as bringing Meta back into the AI conversation and see future AI‑powered products as key to driving user engagement, creator tools, and ad monetization.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/28/meta-muse-spark-has-promise-wall-street-wants-zuckerberg-ai-strategy.html

#Meta #MuseSpark #AlexandrWang #OpenAI #Anthropic #NatFriedman #DanielGross

China Halts Meta's $2 Billion Acquisition of AI Startup Manus Due to Regulatory Concerns

📰 Original title: China Blocks Meta's $2 Billion Takeover of AI Startup Manus

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/china-halts-metas-2-billion-acquisition-of-ai-startup-manus-due-to-regulatory-concerns/?redirpost=86d619b6-4b9f-49ae-9230-ce24691ff902

#artificialintelligence #china #meta #ai

🫣🫣🫣 #meta #humor #gear

Preparing for Pikkujuttuja3d's departure from #instagram. I try to find homepages, linkrees, patreon or anything of the artists I like.

Not all of them have anything besides Meta's services 😮‍💨 It seems Zuckerbot has done great job in imprinting everyone to Meta's crappy services.

I'll add what I can to my bookmarks but some great content will be lost to me. Oh well. Choices have been made.

#metasucks #meta #bigtech

China blocks Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus

📰 Original title: China vetoes Meta’s $2B Manus deal after months-long probe

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/china-blocks-metas-2-billion-acquisition-of-ai-startup-manus/?redirpost=81ec882e-cdc6-4515-9f81-20290130bbb6

#artificialintelligence #meta #manus #china

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/1jVqhVcfjQjRy968ysMzKm
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://adalta.info/articles/prstn_meta_116475439931384128_de)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://georg-rosenbaum.de/warum-whatsapp-kein-sicherer-und-privater-messenger-dienst-ist/")

Die Verbreitung von Desinformation als inhärente Schwäche

#privacy #war #meta #whatsapp #messenger

«Warum Google, Meta und Microsoft Ihren Datenschutz-Wunsch ignorieren:
Marktführende Online-Werbedienste ignorieren rechtlich bindende Opt-out-Signale fast flächendeckend. Trotz klarer gesetzlicher Vorgaben […] Tracking-Cookies gegen den expliziten Willen der Nutzer. Die geschätzte Haftungssumme für die Branche beläuft sich auf 5,8 Milliarden US-Dollar»

Die User sind ihr Produkt nicht das Web.

🤷 https://www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/datenschutz-grc/google-meta-microsoft-datenschutz

#google #meta #microsoft #optout #web #online #tracking #tracking #cookies

Meta and Microsoft have joined the tech layoff tsunami – but is AI really to blame?
#AI #TechLayoffs #BigTech #Microsoft #Meta #Automation #Economy #Jobs #FutureOfWork #Tech #CorporatePower #SiliconValley #Innovation #Business #Layoff #Politics #World
https://the-14.com/meta-and-microsoft-have-joined-the-tech-layoff-tsunami-but-is-ai-really-to-blame/

I am so F***ING DONE with the US government!!! | ft Naomi Brockwell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pI22QjVwxs

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#surveillance #usa #eu #epstein #Google #meta #bigtech #technology

Meta Expands AI Infrastructure with AWS Graviton Chips to Support Agentic Systems

📰 Original title: Meta Partners With AWS on Graviton Chips to Power Agentic AI

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/meta-expands-ai-infrastructure-with-aws-graviton-chips-to-support-agentic-systems/?redirpost=a1624223-4707-4d01-90f9-494f6902d671

#artificialintelligence #aiinfrastructure #cloudcomputing #meta