The X-ification of Meta

By abandoning fact-checkers and loosening its Hateful Conduct policy, Meta has made clear the future it wants for its platforms.

After Settling Their Divorce, Jennifer Lopez Allegedly Believes Her Marriage To Ben Affleck Was A "Nightmare"

All's well that ends, I suppose.

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How to get free Peacock, Paramount+, and Max streaming through services you might already have

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Dont be surprised when eBay listings pop up on Facebook Marketplace

Meta might start letting users browse listings from eBay on Facebook Marketplace soon.

The company said on Wednesday that it's launching a test in Germany, France, and the U.S. that, according to Bloomberg, will let users find eBay posts on Marketplace. When they decide to place a bid, it will open in another tab on eBay's website.

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Amazon deal of the day: The USB-C Apple Pencil is back down to just $69

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NFL teams asking if Bill Belichick would leave UNC already

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Would Bill Belichick leave UNC for the NFL?

Over 20 years ago Bill Belichick walked to a podium, announced his resignation as the head coach of the New York Jets hours after taking the job — an announcement he scribbled on a napkin ahead of the conference — and left to take the same position with the New England Patriots.

Could something like that happen again with the legendary head coach?

Belichick was recently introduced as the next head coach at the...

No Fact-Checking and More Hate Speech: Meta Goes MAGA

Mark Zuckerberg has fully adopted the language of his former right-wing critics about what constitutes censorship.

AI Social Media Users Are Not Always a Totally Dumb Idea

Meta’s AI characters users might seem useless, but fake social media users can sometimes offer valuable insights into real human behavior.

Donald Trump Shared Two Maps Of Canada As Part Of The United States That Are Going Viral

2025 is definitely off to a weird start.

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The fallout of Meta’s content moderation overhaul

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Meta is ending its third-party fact checks and making sweeping changes to its content moderation policies.

Meta is making sweeping changes to its content moderation policies, including abandoning third-party fact checks in favor of crowd-sourced “Community Notes” and loosening restrictions on topics like immigration and gender identity. Under the updated Hateful Conduct policy, for example, calling gay and trans people “mentally...

Here’s how small Nvidia’s $3,000 Digits supercomputer looks in person

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One of the biggest announcements in Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s CES keynote was the small “Project Digits” AI supercomputer, and if you want to get an idea of just how tiny the $3,000 machine is in real life, we snapped a couple photos of the device under glass today at the show.

Take a look: we’ve captured the front of a Digits computer in the photo at the top of this post, and below this paragraph is a photo of the back featuring the...

Predicting the NFL Wild Card round based on which mascot would win in a fight

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The real battles start now.

There are plenty of perfectly reasonable, considered, and analytic ways of evaluating the matchups that will eventually lead to the Super Bowl. Not this time. Not on this URL located on the World Wide Web.

We need to evaluate these NFL Playoffs only using the sweet science of combat. Who would reign supreme if we removed the 53 players from each team and left each game up to one-on-one gladiatorial combat between...

Franklin jabs at ND, says CFP needs uniformity

Penn State coach James Franklin stressed the need for uniformity around college football, especially as it relates to the College Football Playoff, and said every team should be in a conference.

Former O's pitcher, No. 4 pick Matusz dies at 37

Left-hander Brian Matusz, a 2008 first-round draft pick who spent most of his eight-year career with the Orioles, died Tuesday at 37.

Mythic Quest is working through its AI woes in new season 4 trailer

Mythic Quest’s third season ended on a hopeful note as the Playpen team hunkered down to start developing an all-new expansion, but all that hard work looks like it’s just going to lead to more headaches judging from the show’s latest season 4 trailer.

While Mythic Quest’s new season will find Dana (Imani Hakim), Jo (Jessie Ennis), and Brad (Dani Pudi) basking in the success of their Cozy Galaxy project, things are going to be a bit tougher for Ian (Rob McElhenney) and Poppy...

You can get a $50 credit when you preorder the next Samsung Galaxy devices

Samsung announced its first Galaxy Unpacked event of 2025, which it’s historically used to introduce the latest flagship Galaxy smartphones. That would be the Galaxy S25 family if our count is right, including the base model, the expected Galaxy S25 Ultra, and whatever else falls between. We’ll know for sure before too long with an unveiling scheduled for January 22nd.

But before the company even confirms what we’re getting, you can already place a reservation to preorder the...

Omi is another AI companion wearable — but this one’s trying to read your mind

Seriously: would you wear something like this on your face if it could really read your mind? | Image: Omi

Nik Shevchenko closes his eyes and starts to focus intently. He’s spent the last half hour or so telling me about his new product, an $89 wearable called Omi that can listen to, summarize, and get information out of your conversations. Now he wants to show me the future. So his eyes are closed, and he’s focusing all his attention on the round white puck stuck to his left...

Can Nvidia’s RTX 5070 really deliver RTX 4090 performance for $549?

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a bold claim onstage at CES earlier this week when he was introducing the next-generation RTX 50-series GPUs. “The RTX 5070, 4090 performance at $549,” said Huang. It’s a claim that’s been echoed on YouTube, TikTok, and social media networks and has generated a debate over the RTX 50 series and DLSS 4’s Multi Frame Generation.

So, can a $549 RTX 5070 really deliver the same level of performance...

“Food Often Plays An Emotional Role In The Last Stages Of Life”: Medical Workers Detail The Types Of Food That Make Hospice Patients The Happiest

Plus, they reveal how families can support their loved ones with scents, small bites and shared memories.

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