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How to Download Videos From YouTube, TikTok and Instagram

FEATURE By Amir Shoam, October 19, 2023, 9:11 AM TechSpot The Web

Downloading a video you've watched online can be more difficult than expected. Most sites prefer you to revisit them and view their ads every time, but this may not be ideal for several reasons.

The Web

Meta thinks it can charge up to $17 per month to eliminate ads on Facebook and Instagram

The move could appease European regulators concerned with data collection practices

By Shawn Knight, October 3, 2023, 3:13 PM 33 comments

The Web AI

Meta trained its AI assistant using your public Facebook and Instagram posts

Private posts and conversations were excluded

By Rob Thubron, October 3, 2023, 5:18 AM

The Web Industry

Meta unveils subtle Facebook logo redesign that you probably didn't notice

"Bolder, electric, and everlasting"

By Rob Thubron, September 22, 2023, 5:18 AM

The Web

Meta might roll out ad-free Instagram and Facebook subscriptions in the EU

The social media giant is trying to skirt recent EU privacy regulations by offering an alternative

By Cal Jeffrey, September 1, 2023, 3:46 PM

The Web Tech Culture

Meta says Chinese law enforcement linked to world's largest covert influence operation

Some of the pro-Chinese, anti-US headlines included claims about Covid-19's origins

By Rob Thubron, August 29, 2023, 8:59 AM

Mobile Industry

Open RAN means to enable next-gen mobile infrastructure, but what's been going on?

Rumble on the Open RAN Boulevard

By Jonathan Goldberg, August 14, 2023, 6:13 AM

The Web AI

Meta wants to increase engagement using AI chatbots with personas, including Abraham Lincoln and a surfer

Not sure Lincoln would have approved

By Rob Thubron, August 1, 2023, 8:38 AM

Tech Culture The Web

There's just one month left to claim your share of Meta's $725 million settlement, here's how

Cambridge Analytica is still haunting Meta

By Rob Thubron, July 30, 2023, 11:13 AM 8 comments

Industry The Web

Meta's Reality Labs has now lost $40 billion, yet the company just had its best quarter since 2021

"I do think that this is the direction that the world is going in," said Zuckerberg

By Rob Thubron, July 27, 2023, 8:41 AM 8 comments

Google The Web

Tax prep companies including H&R Block and TaxSlayer found to be tracking users, share sensitive data with Google, Facebook

Death, taxes and tracking come for everyone

By Alfonso Maruccia, July 14, 2023, 8:10 AM 10 comments

AI Google

The EU tells social media companies that AI-generated content should be labeled

To stop the spread of disinformation

By Rob Thubron, June 6, 2023, 8:53 AM

Industry Security

Meta hit with record $1.3 billion EU fine for sending Facebook users' data to the US

Meta plans to appeal

By Rob Thubron, May 22, 2023, 8:08 AM

The Web Tech Culture

Facebook is trying to shake off its 'old person's platform' image

Is Facebook the web equivalent of an adult diaper?

By Rob Thubron, May 9, 2023, 5:19 AM 10 comments

Security AI

Fake ChatGPT services are being used as lures to spread malware on Facebook

ChatGPT: a creator of malware and a lure

By Rob Thubron, May 4, 2023, 9:50 AM

Tech Culture The Web

Here's how to claim your share of Meta's $725 million privacy lawsuit settlement

What just happened? Did you use Facebook between May 24, 2007, and Dec 22, 2022? Most people will probably answer yes, which means they're owed some money from parent company Meta following a $725 million privacy lawsuit settlement. But don't start planning on buying a Ferrari just yet.

Full story By Rob Thubron, April 19, 2023, 8:42 AM

Hardware Industry

How to sell a CPU

Editor's take: Much of the focus in semiconductors is on chip performance, and so for many outside the process it can be mystifying why sometimes a "better" chip loses out to a "weaker" chip. To name just one example, Intel still sells a lot of server CPUs despite their poor comparison with the latest AMD or Arm offerings.

Full story By Jonathan Goldberg, April 15, 2023, 11:19 AM 8 comments

Industry The Web

Meta lays off another 13 percent of its workforce in second round of 'restructuring' cuts

Company has trimmed nearly a quarter of its staff since November

By Cal Jeffrey, March 14, 2023, 3:16 PM 18 comments

Mobile Software

Meta is bringing Messenger back to the Facebook mobile app

Almost nine years after Messenger became a separate app

By Rob Thubron, March 9, 2023, 8:48 AM 10 comments

Software The Web

NCMEC unveils tool to help minors fight online spread of explicit images

Service lets minors assign hashes to automatically and proactively take down images on participating platforms

By Daniel Sims, February 28, 2023, 9:16 AM

Industry

Meta increases personal security spending for Mark Zuckerberg to $14 million amid layoffs and efficiency calls

The final figure could be double that amount

A hot potato: Meta says it is increasing the amount of money it spends on Mark Zuckerberg's personal security by $4 million, taking the total to $14 million. It comes as the company eliminates thousands of jobs and its CEO talks about 2023 being the "year of efficiency."

Full story By Rob Thubron, February 17, 2023, 6:58 AM 7 comments

Industry Software

Meta's Reality Labs lost $14 billion last year

Metaverse division lost over $4 billion in Q4 2022, Meta undeterred

By Daniel Sims, February 2, 2023, 6:43 PM 23 comments

Industry Tech Culture

These are the severance packages tech giants like Google, Meta and Amazon are offering to fired employees

Over 100,000 tech workers have lost their jobs since the year began

By Tudor Cibean, January 21, 2023, 2:23 PM 17 comments

Industry Hardware

Declining VR headset sales could spell bad news for the metaverse

Should Meta be concerned?

By Rob Thubron, December 29, 2022, 5:17 AM 13 comments

Industry

Meta agrees to $725 million settlement in Cambridge Analytica class-action lawsuit

The largest settlement ever achieved in a data privacy class action

By Rob Thubron, December 23, 2022, 6:18 AM