Meta’s book censorship efforts backfire
Published in News


Mr Zuckerburg met Barbra Streisand

Meta has proven that nothing sells a book faster than a censorship attempt.

Meta training its own AI chips
Published in AI
Wednesday, 12 March 2025 11:42

Meta training its own AI chips


RISC-V business

Meta is quietly testing RISC–V–based AI training chips to kick Nvidia out of its wallet.

Meta wanted to hand censorship keys to Chinese 
Published in News


You know censorship better than us

Meta was so desperate to get into China’s massive market that it was willing to hand over the censorship reins to the Chinese Communist Party and muzzle political dissenters, according to new whistleblower complaint. 

Arm launches its own chip
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 14 February 2025 11:21

Arm launches its own chip


Meta signs on as an early customer

Arm will unveil its first in-house chip later this year, marking a significant shift in its business model and potentially reshaping the semiconductor industry's competitive landscape.

The first part of EU’s new AI law running
Published in News
Monday, 03 February 2025 12:11

The first part of EU’s new AI law running


Apple and Meta already unhappy about where this is going

The first requirements of the European Union’s AI Act have now come into force, effectively banning artificial intelligence systems deemed "unacceptably risky."

Apple cancels advanced AR Glasses project
Published in IoT
Monday, 03 February 2025 11:37

Apple cancels advanced AR Glasses project


Company “lacks vision.”

Fruity cargo cult Apple has given up on a project to develop advanced augmented reality (AR) glasses because users are not interested, and its development team “lacks vision.”

“Everything I say is leaked”
Published in News
Friday, 31 January 2025 11:16

“Everything I say is leaked”


Zuckerberg moans at leaked meeting

At an all-hands meeting inside Meta on Thursday, the company's co-founder and chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said he was increasingly careful about what he said internally because there were more leaks than in in a Welsh soup.

Meta surrenders and gives Trump $25 million
Published in News
Thursday, 30 January 2025 11:34

Meta surrenders and gives Trump $25 million


Wrong to suspend his account over that little insurrection business

Social notworking outfit Meta has written a $25 million cheque to Donald Trump to apologise for freezing his account over the 6 January insurrection at the US Capitol.

Meta and Alibaba have developed self-replicating Large Language Models
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AI can now breed

Boffins at Fudan University has created large language models (LLMs) which can replicate themselves autonomously during trials.

VD Vance says Big Tech has too much power
Published in News
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 11:34

VD Vance says Big Tech has too much power


Things might not be so sweet for Tech oligarchs under Trump

Despite much brownnosing and cash handed over to Donald Trump, it seems that things might not go so well for the Big Tech oligarchs during this third term.