Facebook Is Giving Up on News—Again
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill currently working its way through the UK Parliament could see Meta (as well as Alphabet) labeled as holding Strategic Market Status (SMS) and …
Historic Bay Area restaurant once frequented by John Wayne closed
The Milias Restaurant, located at 7397 Monterey Hwy, Gilroy, Calif., has closed. Google Street View The Milias, a historic restaurant in Gilroy that dates back to 1922, has closed its …
Google and YouTube allow political ads to use AI to show fake events
Visitors are seen at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., on May 15, 2023. Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Google is allowing the use of artificial intelligence in political …
Bay Area’s Roku lays off hundreds of workers for third time in year
A sign is posted in front of Roku’s headquarters on February 18, 2022 in San Jose, California. The firm is cutting office space and laying off more workers. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images …
Decades old Pleasanton diner Stable Cafe closes for good
A #5 at Stable Cafe in Pleasanton Calif., Oct. 5, 2019 Dan C. via Yelp Stable Cafe, a 32-year-old Pleasanton diner operating at the horse racetrack of the Alameda County Fairgrounds, …
Meta Isn’t Enforcing Its Own Political Ads Policy, While the 2024 US Election Looms
“America’s education system has been hijacked by one side,” Marissa Streit, PragerU’s CEO, told Time earlier this month. Some of the ads found by MMFA on Facebook and Instagram encourage …
The UK Is Poised to Force a Bad Law on the Internet
Plenty of other ideas have also been tacked onto the bill. The current text includes age checks for porn sites and measures against scam ads and nonconsensual sharing of nude …
Judge Blocks Biden Officials From Speaking With Social Media Companies
A federal judge barred the Biden administration and top government officials from speaking with social media companies about a broad host of topics on Tuesday, issuing a preliminary injunction that …
EU targets six major tech firms in latest crackdown phase
The European Union has announced new digital rules targeting global tech giants Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google parent company Alphabet, Facebook parent company Meta and TikTok parent company ByteDance. The tech …