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  Instagram Down: New Outage Causes Widespread Disruption in Posting and DM Functionality

  A service disruption has hit Meta’s Instagram platform today, leaving thousands of users globally unable to access their accounts.

  Posted by Ronald Clanton 6 hours ago
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  Meta just bought the social network for AI bots everyone’s been talking about | CNN Business

  Meta, the company behind some of the world’s most popular social media platforms, just scooped up a new site – for bots.

  Posted by Ronald Clanton 7 hours ago
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  Ericsson US discloses data breach after service provider hack

  Ericsson Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Swedish networking and telecommunications giant Ericsson, says attackers have stolen data belonging to over 15,000 employees and customers after hacking one of its service providers.

  Posted by US Computer Support Tue at 2:58 PM
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  Samsung TVs stop spying on viewers in Texas. Here's how to disable ACR anywhere | Malwarebytes

  As Samsung settles a lawsuit over how its smart TVs collect and monetize viewing data using ACR, here's how the rest of us can limit the data we're sharing.

  Posted by Ronald Clanton Tue at 7:15 AM
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  AI network startup Eridu emerges from stealth with hefty $200M Series A | TechCrunch

  Unlike a vibe-coded product built by a college dropout, Eridu's co-founder, Drew Perkins, has been inventing networking tech since the dawn of the internet.

  Posted by Ronald Clanton Tue at 7:14 AM
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  Trump, Bondi face lawsuit over approval of ByteDance TikTok US asset sale - The Hindu

  US President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi were sued Thursday ‌over the U.S. government’s approval of a deal by TikTok’s ​Chinese owner ByteDance

  Posted by Ronald Clanton Tue at 7:13 AM
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  Oracle plans thousands of job cuts as data centre costs rise: Report - The Hindu

  Oracle is planning thousands of ​job cuts as it faces a cash crunch ‌from a massive AI data centre ​expansion effort, Bloomberg News reported

  Posted by Ronald Clanton Tue at 7:12 AM
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  Netflix strikes deal with Ben Affleck’s InterPositive AI company : NPR

  Affleck's company helps filmmakers build their own AI models that take care of time-intensive details.

  Posted by Ronald Clanton Mar 7