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• Home Depot shared customer data with Meta without consent: Canada’s privacy czar

  The investigation only focused on the Canadian arm of the North American big box renovation chain, which operates over 180 stores in Canada.

  Consumer

  Jan 26
  
• Trump’s Facebook, Instagram accounts to be reinstated ‘in coming weeks,’ Meta says

  Meta had imposed a two-year suspension on Trump's accounts on Jan. 7, 2021, following an attack on the capitol building in Washington by the former presidents' supporters.

  U.S. News

  Jan 25
  
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• AI and privacy: Experts worry users may have already ‘traded a lot’ for services

  With individual data being largely unregulated, AI companies are walking a fine line with the privacy of consumers, according to one expert.

  Tech

  Jan 15
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• Facebook parent Meta agrees to pay US$725M over Cambridge Analytica scandal

  Facebook owner Meta has agreed to pay US$725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing it of allowing third parties to access users' personal information.

  Money

  Dec 23, 2022
• Twitter prohibits users from promoting Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon accounts

  Twitter on Sunday said that it will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames.

  Tech

  Dec 18, 2022
• ‘Canadians don’t like being intimidated’: Ottawa slams Facebook over threats to pull news

  Meta has been accused of trying to intimidate Canadians with threats of pulling news content from its Facebook platform, after the adoption of Bill C-18 in the House of Commons.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2022
• ChatGPT: Everything to know about the viral, ‘groundbreaking’ AI bot

  Users can ask the AI to write essays, poems or scripts, or even translate or summarize text. ChatGPT can also answer questions on a wide variety of topics or solve coding problems.

  Tech

  Dec 10, 2022
• Mass layoffs driving tech workers to startup companies

  Several job boards show hundreds of tech openings at startups, big-name software companies and even banks, retailers and health care organizations even as Amazon.

  Tech

  Nov 17, 2022
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• When big tech reports job losses, what happens to the people?

  Shopify is one of many companies announcing mass layoffs in recent months; at the beginning of November Meta announced it would be cutting 11,000 jobs.

  Tech

  Nov 14, 2022
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• Meta layoffs: Why tech companies are cutting staff — and why you should care

  Meta is cutting thousands of jobs from its global workforce, joining other tech giants in recent waves of layoffs. Experts say it could be a sign of a wider economic slowdown.

  Tech

  Nov 9, 2022