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BIZARRE: 101 - What They Never Told You

Meta acquires a social network for AI agents

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The Independent UK

“Not Normal Behavior”: Prince Harry’s Hand Movements Spark Concern After Emotional Meeting

The meeting comes as a major lawsuit against Meta and YouTube over social media dangers heads to trial.

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Meta buys AI social network Moltbook for unknown fee

The platform gained notoriety after AI bots shared posts about work, philosophy and ‘overthrowing’ humanity

The Independent UK

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French start-up raises $1 billion to shift AI research into 'high gear'

French artificial intelligence start-up AMI said on Tuesday it had raised $1 billion (€890 billion) to develop AI systems designed to understand the physical world “in the way animals and humans do”, rather than relying on language-based models such as ChatGPT. The company expects to produce “fairly universal intelligent systems”…

Radio France Internationale

Oracle under pressure from more than $100 billion in debt and massive layoffs

The Larry Ellison–led software giant is remaking its cloud infrastructure to rival Amazon and Microsoft.

Fortune

Is someone watching you? Facial recognition tech is here and Canada offers little privacy protection

Amid the recent, dizzying advances in generative AI, it’s been easy to miss the slow but steady progress in facial recognition over the last decade. In the past few months, it has broken containment.

The Conversation

Meta's latest legal wheeze is to insist that pirating books is fair use, actually

Rather than, y'know, outright theft.

PC Gamer

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As Oracle Plans Thousands of Layoffs in Favor of AI Data Centers, How Should You Play ORCL Stock?

Down over 50% from all-time highs, Oracle stock offers significant upside potential in 2026, given consensus price targets.

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We are in a digital version of the enclosures – like the landowners, big tech has power without responsibility

Between the middle of the 18th and 19th centuries, the English parliament passed more than 4,000 Enclosure Acts. These laws allowed the fencing of common lands where villagers had grazed livestock and planted for generations, transferring them largely into private ownership of the aristocracy or the church. Similar dramatic changes…

The Conversation

The 'Singapore-washing' strategy starts to unwind as both China and the U.S. closely scrutinize corporate roots

“Singapore-washing is only credible and effective for companies which fully cut off their operational ties to China," one expert said.

Fortune

British AI datacentre firm Nscale raises $2bn as Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg join board

London-based startup, which is vital to the government’s AI ambitions, is now valued at $14.6bn

The Guardian - UK

Winning an Exit: What Business Owners Can Learn from Meta's Billion-Dollar Manus Deal

How can business owners exit their company with a proper valuation and no regrets? Meta's billion-dollar acquisition of a small AI firm provides a clue.

Kiplinger

OpenAI's massive Stargate data center canceled as firm can't reach terms with Oracle, operator struggles with reliability issues — Meta said to be interested in snatching excess capacity

Financing terms and swinging OpenAI capacity forecast collapse a major expansion of a Stargate data center. Yet, Meta could take the yet-to-be-expanded space.

Tom’s Hardware

Immigration agents are using Meta’s AI glasses — and critics are alarmed

ICE and Border Patrol are increasingly using government body cameras and facial recognition scanners in deployments across U.S. cities. But some agents are taking matters into their own hands with Meta AI smart glasses, Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

AI chatbots point vulnerable social media users to illegal online casinos, analysis shows

Tech firms condemned for lack of controls with Meta AI and Gemini even offering advice on how to bypass UK gambling and addiction checks

The Times of India

Top 10 richest people in the world 2026: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and other tech titans leading global wealth

Global wealth has reached a new milestone. The Hurun Global Rich List 2026 reports that the number of billionaires worldwide has crossed 4,000 for the first time. A total of 4,020 individuals now hold billionaire status, which means 578 more people joined the ranks in just one year. It sounds…

Fortune

OpenAI robotics leader resigns over concerns about surveillance and autonomous weapons amid Pentagon contract

A senior OpenAI robotics leader says she left over concerns about surveillance and autonomous weapons as the company expands its work with the Pentagon.

Fortune

Google, Meta, and Oracle are on a $1 trillion borrowing spree and there will be 'winners and losers in this environment,' bond fund manager says

Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle are spending billions to fund the AI buildout—but overinvestment risk means there will be “winners and losers,” said Pimco’s chief investment officer.

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The $200 Billion Question: Is Amazon Finally Ready to Pay a Dividend?

Will Amazon pay a dividend? I'll explain AMZN’s $200B AI spend, the peer pressure within the MAG7 lineup, and whether the company can actually pay a dividend at this point.

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Meta Workers Reveal Some Of The Disturbing Things They’ve Seen Through Users’ Smart Glasses

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta was sued by two U.S. citizens as a recent investigation into their AI smart glasses revealed alarming privacy violations.

PC Gamer

'We see everything': Report says Meta's AI smart glasses footage is reviewed by human contractors who see far more than they bargained for, which has led to a new lawsuit against the company

'People can record themselves in the wrong way and not even know what they are recording. They are real people like you and me.'

International Business Times UK

Meta's AI Smart Glasses' Intimate Footages Reviewed by Actual Humans in Kenya, Privacy Lawsuit Reveals

Meta faces US class action after Swedish probe found Kenya-based contractors reviewed intimate footage from Ray-Ban AI smart glasses.

Euronews

Meta faces privacy lawsuit over AI smart glasses

Sensitive videos and pictures containing nudity and bank data information, among other things, captured by Meta’s AI smart glasses, have allegedly been reviewed by human workers.

The Conversation

How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liability

A Los Angeles courtroom is hosting what may become the most consequential legal challenge Big Tech has ever faced.

International Business Times

Zuckerberg Defends Platform Limits as Meta Trial Reveals Child Safety Risks on Facebook, Instagram

Meta faces scrutiny in a New Mexico trial as Mark Zuckerberg acknowledges child safety risks on FB and Instagram while defending privacy features and platform limits.

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