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
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 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
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
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 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
Several of the major technology companies with CEOs slated to appear before Congress on Wednesday have announced new initiatives or positions on efforts to protect children’s safety online ahead of this week’s hearing. The heads of Discord, Meta, Snap, TikTok, and X, formerly known as Twitter, are set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee … Read more
Meta Platforms Inc. shares closed at their first record high in more than two years on Friday, as the Facebook parent fully recovers from a selloff that at one point had erased more than three-fourths of its value. The stock rose about 2% to $383.45, surpassing an all-time high that has stood since September 2021. … Read more
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that the company is training its next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) models and hopes to make it accessible to everyone through products such as AI smart glasses. “Today I’m bringing Meta’s two AI research efforts closer together to support our long-term goals, building general intelligence, open sourcing it … Read more
Former Meta Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg announced Wednesday that she will step down from the company’s board of directors this year, shifting roles to an internal adviser. Sandberg, who served as the company’s COO from 2008 to 2022, is leaving to focus on philanthropic work but will remain on the board to “help ensure … Read more
