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Telcos, Media & Tech

Meta buried ‘causal’ evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege

Australia will from Dec 10 force social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok to remove users under the age of 16 or face hefty fines.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Meta to remove under-16 Australians from Facebook, Instagram on Dec 4

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk pointed out seven or eight big tech companies now boast more wealth than the entire economies of even industrialised nations.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Concentration of corporate power a ‘huge’ concern: UN rights chief

Young users claim excessive screen time has led them to suffer depression, anxiety, insomnia and eating disorders, while others have engaged in self-harm and even died by suicide.
Telcos, Media & Tech

Social media giants must stand trial on addiction claims

This comes as an uptick in incidences of scammers exploiting Facebook to perpetuate scams that impersonate government officials has been observed between June 2024 and June 2025, the MHA said in a Thursday statement.
Singapore

Meta to install measures to fight scams impersonating government officials by Sep 30 or face fine: MHA

Oracle would provide Meta with computing capacity for training and deploying AI models, in addition to Meta’s existing cloud computing providers, the person says.
Technology

Oracle eyes US$20 billion AI cloud computing deal with Meta: source

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos embraces the brutal math of innovation. Given a 10% chance of a pay-off of 100 times, you should take that bet every time, he argues, even though you’ll be wrong nine times out of 10.
Wealth & Investing
A SMART LOOK AT INVESTING

From flops to fortune: How tech’s biggest failures create tomorrow’s winners

(From left) Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Gates Foundation Chair Bill Gates during a dinner with tech leaders at the White House in Washington, DC, Sep 4, 2025.
International

US tech titans pay homage to Trump at White House dinner

(FILES) A logo of US company's Meta is displayed during the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on May 22, 2024. Meta is considering whether to move its incorporation to Texas, a US state seen as amenable to companies run by big shareholders like Mark Zuckerberg, the Wall Street Journal reported January 31, 2025. The social media giant has been incorporated in Delaware since 2004, when the company was known as Facebook. A shift to Texas by Meta would follow in the footsteps of Elon Musk, who switched incorporation of Tesla and some other companies he runs to the state after a Delaware judge voided his huge compensation package. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
Telcos, Media & Tech

Singapore orders Meta to implement anti-scam measures or face possible fine of up to S$1 million

As Silicon Valley’s AI contest intensifies, chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg is going all-in to fast-track work on artificial general intelligence.
Technology

Meta plans fourth restructuring of AI efforts in six months: report

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