Irish regulator fines Facebook for privacy law violations
Ireland's privacy watchdog has fined Facebook's parent company, Meta, 17 million euros, or about $19 million, for violating Europe's privacy law.
Mar 15, 2022
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Volkswagen eyes separate stock market listing for Porsche
German auto giant Volkswagen said Tuesday it is drawing up plans to list its luxury brand Porsche as it looks to raise the funds for its move to electric vehicles.
Feb 22, 2022
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Facebook slump reignites debate over attracting younger audiences
Facebook announced on Thursday that its daily user numbers had fallen for the first time in its history, reopening the debate around its problem with attracting new, younger subscribers.
Feb 3, 2022
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Chrysler aims to be all electric by 2028
Chrysler plans go all electric by 2028, the latest automaker to announce a shift away from gasoline-powered engines under rising pressure to act on climate change.
Jan 5, 2022
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Facebook opens virtual world app to public, inching toward metaverse
Facebook's parent firm opened its Horizon Worlds virtual reality platform on Thursday to the public in North America, in a step toward building its metaverse vision for the future.
Dec 9, 2021
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Virtual visas: Barbados says to open first 'metaverse' embassy
Tiny Caribbean nation Barbados has laid claim to establishing what it says will be the first diplomatic embassy in the metaverse—a virtual reality version of the internet.
Nov 17, 2021
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Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp again hit with outages for some users
Yes, Facebook, Instagram and Meta's other platforms had some issues Wednesday.
Nov 4, 2021
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Facebook Inc. rebrands as Meta to stress 'metaverse' plan
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future—what Zuckerberg calls the " metaverse."
Oct 28, 2021
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Chinese central bank boss vows to further fintech crackdown
China will strengthen supervision of the online payments industry and continue its anti-monopoly crackdown, the governor of the central bank said, indicating Beijing will press ahead with a regulatory crackdown on the country's ...
Oct 8, 2021
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Instagram and teens: How to keep your kids safe
For many parents, revelations this week from whistleblower Frances Haugen showing internal Facebook studies of the harms of Instagram for teenagers only intensified concerns about the popular photo sharing app.
Oct 6, 2021
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