Facebook, Instagram outages affecting users worldwide

Social media platforms owned by Meta experienced outage issues Tuesday morning, affecting users around the world.  Both Facebook and Instagram, Meta-owned platforms, were reported down according to DownDetector.  Meta spokesperson Andy Stone acknowledged the situation, saying that Meta is working on solving them. “We’re aware people are having trouble accessing our services,” Stone wrote Tuesday … Read more

Meta set to delete all Oculus account data by end of March

In an email sent to users, Meta announced that it will be deleting all Oculus accounts and the data associated with them by the end of the month. Users are instructed to migrate their Oculus account to a Meta one account by March 29, or else they won’t be able to reactivate or retrieve apps, … Read more

Here Are Some Brutal Stories From People Swindled By Elon Musk Impersonation Scams

The internet is filled with scam artists who try to swindle unsuspecting people out of their money. But impersonation scams that use Elon Musk and his bevy of tech companies—including Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and X—have exploded in popularity in recent years. And Gizmodo obtained reports about many of these scams filed with the federal government … Read more

At $9,800, Is This 78 Olds Toronado XS An Excessively Big Deal?

The defining aspect of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Toronado is the wrap-around rear window, a feature limited to the seemingly rare XS package. Let’s decide if this literal barn find can find a new owner at its asking price. My (Mom’s) First Car: W. Kamau Bell and the Giant Thunderbird With its short-bed, … Read more

Texas, Florida social media laws to come under microscope at Supreme Court

A new front in America’s culture wars will reach the Supreme Court on Monday as the justices hear two cases stemming from controversial laws in Texas and Florida regulating social media bans.   The laws aim to block social media companies from banning users based on their political views — even if users violate platform policies. … Read more

Florida lawmakers approve ban on social media accounts for children under 16

Florida lawmakers have fast-tracked legislation that forces social media companies to keep most minors off their platforms. The legislation, which passed the state House Thursday after earlier being approved by the Senate, now heads to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) desk, though he says he’s not quite ready to sign on. DeSantis told reporters Friday that … Read more

Uber Eats delivery driver fined $1500 in Sydney over little known e-bike rule

A Sydney man has been fined a total of $1544 for two e-bike offences late last year. The fines issued earlier this month were posted to social media on Saturday to query whether the penalties should be disputed. The Uber Eats employee was making deliveries when he was pulled over by police on Bondi Rd … Read more

Meta urged to reconsider media manipulation policy ahead of elections

The Meta Oversight Board urged the social media company on Monday to reconsider its current policy on manipulated media ahead of the various elections set to be held in 2024.  The board, which is run independently of Meta and funded through a grant by the company, described the policy as “incoherent, lacking in persuasive justification … Read more

Meta: Meta’s $197 billion surge is biggest in stock-market history

Meta Platforms Inc. just become Wall Street’s top comeback kid. It was only a couple of years back the Facebook owner suffered the single biggest market value destruction in stock-market history. But the company has come a long way since then, on Thursday it dazzled shareholders with yet another impressive quarterly earnings report as the … Read more