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Meta mocked for making legs a "feature"
Published in News
Thursday, 13 October 2022 10:36

Meta mocked for making legs a "feature"


Legs are not something to be taken in your stride.

Apparently, the most requested feature for Meta's VR is "legs" and apparently the company is on it.

Meta unveils the Quest Pro "VR device"
Published in News
Wednesday, 12 October 2022 11:55

Meta unveils the Quest Pro "VR device"


High-end VR/MR headset priced at $1,499.99

At its Meta Connect event, the company unveiled its latest VR device, the Quest Pro VR headset, a high-end VR device aimed at enterprise market.

Facebook warns of dodgy applications
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 10 October 2022 12:33

Facebook warns of dodgy applications


Available through Apple and Android  

More than a million Facebook users might have given their usernames and passwords to harmful apps designed to help scammers take over their accounts.

Google and Meta turn to quiet lay-offs
Published in News
Thursday, 22 September 2022 11:02

Google and Meta turn to quiet lay-offs


Don't try this in Europe

Meta and Google appear to have turned to the "quiet layoff" to get rid of staff.  Apparently they are giving staff time to pick new roles after reorganising or disbanding teams and then giving them the boot when time runs out. 

Meta in trouble over campaign adverts
Published in News
Wednesday, 07 September 2022 11:22

Meta in trouble over campaign adverts


Found guilty of campaign finance transparency laws

Facebook has been found guilty in Washington of breaking the state's strict campaign finance transparency laws. 

Facebook and Twitter about to kill themselves off
Published in News


Apparently, they are thinking of charging for them 

Executives at Facebook and Instagram are seriously considering killing off their companies by setting up some "premium features" which users will be expected to pay for.

Facebook Gaming meta accident
Published in Gaming
Wednesday, 31 August 2022 10:44

Facebook Gaming meta accident


Closed down without any reason

Facebook's video game livestreaming app, Facebook Gaming, is being shut down after just two years and will no longer work after 28 October.

Twitter and Facebook take down pro-Western propaganda
Published in News


Sorry Joe but few people believe nationalist propaganda these days

Twitter and Meta are reporting that they've taken down nearly 200 accounts that, for the past five years been pushing pro-Western messages in the Middle East and Central Asia.

Facebook offers to pay users 54 cents in movement tracking case
Published in News


$37.5 million does not look so big now 

Meta has offered to pay $37.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit, which claimed Facebook illegally harvested location data even when users denied consent.

Meta's AI starts spewing fake news
Published in AI
Monday, 15 August 2022 11:11

Meta's AI starts spewing fake news


Blenderbot 3 insists that Donald Trump is president and will remain so after 2024

Last week we reported how Facebook's new Blenderbot 3 AI was sexist and racist, but now it has turned into a pro-Trump conspiracy theorist with the intelligence of plankton.