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Meta is a technology company that operates social platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Horizon.

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Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing’s demand · 5h ago

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Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing’s demand

Meta is a technology company that operates social platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Horizon.

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TechCrunch · 5h ago

Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing’s demand

Wired · 1d ago

Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon

Kotaku · 13h ago

Firefighters Investigating Explosion Caused By Meta Quest 3 In Maine Home

TechCrunch · 1d ago

Meta’s months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it

Wired · 1d ago

‘Tell Him He’s a Piece of Shit’: Meta’s New AI Unit Is a Total Mess

Tweakers · 2d ago

Meta zegt storing te hebben opgelost - update

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Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing’s demand TechCrunch
Firefighters Investigating Explosion Caused By Meta Quest 3 In Maine Home Kotaku
Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon Wired
Meta’s months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it TechCrunch

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Firefighters Investigating Explosion Caused By Meta Quest 3 In Maine Home

Tweakers · 1 article

Meta zegt storing te hebben opgelost - update

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Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing's demand | TechCrunch

Meta starts dismantling its $2 billion Manus acquisition after Beijing ordered the deal reversed.

5h ago Kate Park

Firefighters Investigating Explosion Caused By Meta Quest 3

The Frankfort fire department is warning owners of the ‘VR Goggles’ after footage shows debris flying and dogs in a panic

13h ago Zack Kotzer

Meta's months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it | TechCrunch

A new report suggests the unit, which employs 6,500 people, is on the verge of revolt.

1d ago Connie Loizos

Meta ecosystem · 2 Coverage of Meta's products, sub-brands, and platforms.

Facebook and Instagram appear to be down - Engadget

Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram appear to be down for many users this morning.

2d ago Matt Tate

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Facebook and Instagram are experiencing a service interruption (Update: Coming back)

Meta properties like Facebook and Instagram are experiencing widespread service interruptions this morning.

2d ago Stephen Schenck

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TechCrunch 2 articles

Tracking: Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing’s demand / Meta’s months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it

Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing’s demand Meta’s months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it

Wired 2 articles

Tracking: Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon / ‘Tell Him He’s a Piece of Shit’: Meta’s New AI Unit Is a Total Mess

Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon ‘Tell Him He’s a Piece of Shit’: Meta’s New AI Unit Is a Total Mess

Kotaku 1 article

Tracking: Firefighters Investigating Explosion Caused By Meta Quest 3 In Maine Home

Firefighters Investigating Explosion Caused By Meta Quest 3 In Maine Home

Tweakers 1 article

Tracking: Meta zegt storing te hebben opgelost - update

Meta zegt storing te hebben opgelost - update

Tom's Hardware 1 article

Tracking: After spat with Chinese gov't, Meta cuts AI Manus off from its internal systems and is 'sunsetting' platform, report claims — Beijing-ordered breakup of $2 billion AI deal begins

After spat with Chinese gov't, Meta cuts AI Manus off from its internal systems and is 'sunsetting' platform, report claims — Beijing-ordered breakup of $2 billion AI deal begins

9to5Google 1 article

Tracking: Meta Ray-Ban glasses may soon identify faces using AI

Meta Ray-Ban glasses may soon identify faces using AI

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Hacker News · u/onemoresoop · 4d ago

Meta ordered by EU to allow rival AI chatbots back on WhatsApp for free

Meta ordered by EU to allow rival AI chatbots back on WhatsApp for free

Hacker News · u/thm · 4d ago

Meta ordered by EU to allow rival AI chatbots back on WhatsApp for free

Meta ordered by EU to allow rival AI chatbots back on WhatsApp for free

Hacker News · u/LordAtlas · 6d ago

Hackers likely hijacked over 20k Instagram accounts with Meta's AI chatbot

Hackers likely hijacked over 20k Instagram accounts with Meta's AI chatbot

Hacker News · u/ramon156 · 6d ago

Ask HN: What is happening with the Meta Ads dashboard?

I had to set up an account today to look around, potentially setting up Meta Ads for a customer.Through-out the onboarding, almost every step I was met with some kind of generic error or loading page that was stuck. I ha…

Hacker News · u/speckx · 7d ago

Meta confirms 1000s of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot

Meta confirms 1000s of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot

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How did the hack happen?

The problem is almost entirely due to Meta's customer support now being run by AI. The tech giant made the switch back in March, saying it would enable "24/7 help for account issues like updating your password and settings for your profile." But with the AI chatbot handling the whole process, humans couldn't step in when suspicious activity began. That allowed hackers to carry out the social engineering-style attack and pull it off multiple times before anyone noticed. Per Cybersecurity News, security researchers ZachXBT and Dark Web Informer were the first to publicly expose the exploit, but

Instagram's AI Chatbot Gave Away a Bunch of Accounts to Hackers

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