2025-01-07

Meta is ditching third-party fact checkers on Facebook, Instagram

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a big shift in the company's approach to moderation and speech. Meta will be suspending its fact-checking program and will move to an X-style Community Notes mo [...]

2025-01-07

Meta is ditching third-party fact checkers

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a major shift in the company's approach to moderation and speech. Meta is ditching its fact-checking program and moving to an X-style Community Notes model [...]

2025-01-06

Meta adds UFC CEO and Trump booster Dana White to its board

UFC CEO Dana White is joining Meta's board, the company announced today. The addition of the mixed-martial arts impresario jives with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's well-documented UFC fandom, b [...]

2024-12-31

Bluesky and Threads showed us very different visions for a post-X future

There’s no longer any question that Threads and Bluesky have created the most viable alternatives to the platform once known as Twitter. But while the two services may share some of the same goals, [...]

2025-01-01

The best VR accessories for 2025

VR headsets have jumped into a whole lot of homes these past few years, primarily due to Meta’s regular releases, Sony’s PSVR 2 and PC-adjacent products from HTC, HP, Vive and others. Many of thes [...]

2025-01-07

Linda Yaccarino on Meta ending fact-checking: ‘Welcome to the party’

You probably didn’t have X CEO Linda Yaccarino praising Meta and Mark Zuckerberg on your CES 2025 bingo card, yet here we are. Speaking during a keynote address in Las Vegas, Yaccarino described Met [...]

2025-01-10

Meta's right-wing reinvention also includes an end to DEI programs and trans Messenger themes

Meta isn't stopping at moderation changes. According to both Axios and The New York Times, the company is also pulling the plug on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. That include [...]

2025-01-03

Meta sends its AI-generated profiles to hell where they belong

Meta has nuked a bunch of its AI-generated profiles from Facebook Instagram, the company confirmed, after the AI characters prompted widespread outrage and ridicule from users on social media.<br / [...]

2025-01-10

Nintendo Switch 2: Everything we know about the upcoming console

As the world turns, so do the console generations. The Nintendo Switch is over seven years old, so it’s due for a refresh. Nintendo Switch 2 rumors have been swirling for years, but now they are rea [...]