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Meta lashed out at its home state on Wednesday, threatening to shut off access to news links on Facebook and Instagram in California if the legislature passed a bill forcing it to pay news publishers for their journalism.Meta's Apparent Firing GoofThe proposed bill, dubbed the California Journalism Preservation Act, would force social networks like Facebook and Instagram or search engines like Google to pay news publishers a “journalism usage fee” when users access articles and when they sell advertising against news…

Photo: Buda Mendes (Getty Images)Lawyers for Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, are accusing the Federal Trade Commission of attempting to exert more power than the agency is granted by law. The agency is planning to revise its 2020 settlement with Facebook over the company’s privacy violations, which fined the company $5 billion, a move Meta says is illegal. The social networking company is seeking to block the agency’s proceeding that would determine the settlement revisions.Making the Facebook Papers…

There is nothing more frustrating than your internet moving along at a snail’s pace. Webpages take forever to load, and games and streaming services experience lag. With Zoom meetings becoming a more regular occurrence, any significant slowdown in your internet makes working at home much more difficult, too. Fortunately, you don’t have to suffer through a slow internet speed anymore, especially with so many tips and tricks available to help improve your Wi-Fi speed. Before you reach for your phone to upgrade…

Meta is continuing with cuts this week, lopping off approximately 6,000 more of its workers in yet another round of mass layoffs. Most of these newest job losses are expected to impact people on the business side of Meta’s operations—including staff in ad sales, marketing, and partnerships—according to multiple reports and an earlier company statement outlining plans.Making the Facebook Papers PublicNewly axed employees began posting about their layoffs on LinkedIn and Twitter on Wednesday. The company sent out an…

Transform any TV into a video game device with this Fire TV gaming bundle from Amazon, which is currently on sale with a 32% discount that lowers its price to $85 from $125. You won’t always get this chance at $40 in savings when buying the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max and the Luna Controller that you can spend on your Amazon Luna subscription, but you need to hurry because we’re not sure if this offer will still be available tomorrow. Why you should buy the Amazon Fire TV gaming bundle The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K…

Tim Cook is hoping Apple’s rumored but officially unannounced mixed reality headset featuring VR and AR capabilities will be the next step into a glowing future. Unfortunately, the device’s development and its current reality are reportedly just as mixed as its feature suite, full of compromises and constraints that may end up just as confused as other major virtual reality initiatives.How To Prep Your iPhone or iPad Before SellingA new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman sheds a greater light on the “Reality” MR headset,…

Google is putting inactive users on notice. The tech giant says it will soon start deleting accounts that have gone two years or longer without a login or other demonstration of engagement. Stored content on Gmail, Workspace, YouTube, and Photos will all be on the chopping block—along with the associated Google accounts themselves—under the new policy, as outlined in a company blog posted Tuesday.How to Hide Your Sensitive Images in Google PhotosThough it can be easy to feel that the internet is forever, especially when…

The arrival of music streaming services has given us access to tens of millions of songs at the click of a button or the tap of a finger—almost all the tunes in history ready and waiting to be streamed on demand. There’s more choice than ever before, and all for around $10 or so a month, depending on the service you choose.Video Chat - From Sci-Fi to Sci-FactYou don’t have to pay, though: There’s also more music available for free than ever before. In fact, you could easily fill the rest of your days listening to music…

Image Source : DELL Dell Alienware x14 gaming laptops Dell Technologies have recently added two new gaming laptop- Alienware m16 and x14 R2 in India. The Alienware m16 is priced at Rs 1,84,990 and x14 R2 is priced at Rs 2,06,990. Both laptops are available for purchase from the company's official website, as well as from the online and offline stores, from May 12…

No more talking to a stranger on a forum for help debugging your computer science homework—just use an AI chatbot. Stack Overflow, the go-to Q&A forum for programmers, has reportedly seen significant drops in traffic over the last few months, and the ever-popular ChatGPT might be to blame.Top Takeaways from the Apple EventWeb analytics firm SimilarWeb reported last month that Stack Overflow has seen a drop in traffic every month since the beginning of 2022, with the average drop being 6%. In March, Stack Overflow saw…