Chris Hughes

Meta lets Code Llama run riot under almost-open terms

Was this source-generating model used to bang out Threads in a week or something?

AI + ML25 Aug 2023 | 4

Cool, more promises of a Universal Translator from Big Tech. This time, Meta – again

SeamlessM4T seems less open source than some might wish

AI + ML23 Aug 2023 | 4

Google 'wiretapped' tax websites with visitor traffic trackers, lawsuit claims

And this wiretap, is it in the room with us right now?

Personal Tech18 Aug 2023 | 54

Meta to use work badge and Status Tool to snoop on staff

Not in office three days a week? Repeated 'violations' could lead to termination

On-Prem18 Aug 2023 | 42

Norway to hit Meta with fines over Facebook user privacy from next week

Book to hit face, but Zuckerberg & co tell El Reg it will challenge the ban

Personal Tech08 Aug 2023 | 19

We'd pay good money to see... oh dear, Elon Musk 'needs an MRI scan'

Opinion What does this mean for his cage fight against Zuck? YOU DECIDE

Offbeat07 Aug 2023 | 62

Playing instruments, musical talent? Psh, this is the 2020s – Meta has models for that now

AudioCraft is for musicians what ChatGPT is for content writers, maybe

AI + ML02 Aug 2023 | 43

Meta says it'll ask Euro peeps nicely before hitting them with personalized ads

UK mulls an 'appropriate response'

Personal Tech02 Aug 2023 | 27

Google wants to 'supercharge Assistant' with AI as Meta gives bots a personality

Does that include Zuck or?

AI + ML01 Aug 2023 | 5

Do Facebook's algorithms drive political polarization? Meta says no, but researchers say it's complicated

AI in brief Plus: Google DeepMind's latest visual-language model robot, and more

AI + ML31 Jul 2023 | 4

Tokkers can Tok like Tweeters can Tweet – for now

Scavenging for disgruntled former Twitter users? Fellow vulture, we honor thee.

Applications25 Jul 2023 | 14

Meta can call Llama 2 open source as much as it likes, but that doesn't mean it is

Opinion For Zuck, it's just another marketing phrase. For developers, it's the rules of the road

AI + ML21 Jul 2023 | 37

Norway bans Meta's behavioral advertising with threats of wrist-slap fines

Won't someone think of Zuck's pocket change?

Legal19 Jul 2023 | 17

Meta trots out Llama 2 AI models, invites devs to hop on

As Microsoft warns it'll charge $30 per user per month for Copilot for Business

AI + ML19 Jul 2023 | 6

Funnily enough, AI models must follow privacy law – including right to be forgotten

Updated We'll just take a look at the training data, oh... wait

AI + ML13 Jul 2023 | 64

Tax prep firms 'recklessly shared' your data with Google and Meta – senators

Lawmakers, yet to pass a national privacy law, demand action on money

Personal Tech12 Jul 2023 | 20

After Meta hands over DMs, mom pleads guilty to giving daughter abortion pills

Facebook messages, obtained via valid warrant, help make case against women

Personal Tech11 Jul 2023 | 62

Microsoft to hike prices in Australia and New Zealand

Asia In Brief ALSO: Google Cloud extends support in Korean and Mandarin; Cambodia lashes Meta; MSFT India boss bails; and more

Systems10 Jul 2023 | 3

Threads versus Twitter: Shouldn't we be happy the wheels are falling off antisocial social media?

Register Kettle Our vultures ponder decentralization over convenience

Personal Tech07 Jul 2023 | 101

From cage fight to page fight: Twitter threatens to sue Meta after Threads app launch

Meta rolls eyes at claim it used former Twits to create rival

Personal Tech06 Jul 2023 | 87

China to Meta: Flattery needed to get you into our VR market

Beijing likes Zuck's old stuff better than his new stuff

Personal Tech06 Jul 2023 | 10

Meta's data-hungry Threads skips over EU but lands in Britain

Plus: Facebook corp loses appeal on crossing data streams in Germany

Personal Tech05 Jul 2023 | 78

Prepare for a meme massacre: Snap snuffs out Gfycat in September

Hey, Zuck – still want your own meme factory?

Personal Tech03 Jul 2023 | 10

Meta's Oversight Board wants a prime minister banned from Facebook and Instagram

Overrules decision that Cambodian leader Hun Sen's threats of political violence were newsworthy

Software30 Jun 2023 | 12

Mummy and Daddy Musk think Elon's cage fight against Zuck is a terrible idea

Bizarrely, there's been no suggestion that the bout won't happen

Offbeat29 Jun 2023 | 48

Mark Zuckerberg would kick Elon Musk's ass, experts say

Comment The two claim to be headed for a smackdown over copycat services

Bootnotes22 Jun 2023 | 70

Recipient of Europe's largest ever seed round doesn't even have a product

Can you guess what it is yet? Here's a clue: It starts with 'A' and ends with 'I'

AI + ML15 Jun 2023 | 36

Meta teaches AI image model to stop generating human fingers like a drunk Picasso

Less GPU time, better generated images

AI + ML14 Jun 2023 | 5

WFH mandates bad for staff morale and stunt innovation

Opportunistic Atlassian highlights problems in wake of move by Meta, Dell, Google and others

Off-Prem12 Jun 2023 | 64

US Senators take Meta to task for releasing LLaMA AI model after token safety checks

Suggest that Zuck has yet again unleashed stuff without a thought for the downsides

AI + ML07 Jun 2023 | 14

Meta tells staff to return to office three days a week

'Engineers perform better in person' says Zuckerberg. Hang on, aren't you the defender of the Metaverse?

On-Prem02 Jun 2023 | 61

Meta threatens to pull all news from California rather than pay El Reg a penny

And, ahem, other publishers

Personal Tech01 Jun 2023 | 55

Meta promises UK it won't pilfer rivals' ad data to build Facebook Marketplace

Once it knows how to stop, anyway

Personal Tech26 May 2023 | 15

Social media may harm kids. US Surgeon General says so

That's a warning and not permission, in case you were wondering

Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 19

Meta forced to sell Giphy, takes 87% loss in Shutterstock deal

Zuck and Co face Brexit bonus

Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 8

That Meta GDPR fine is €1.2B. Plus biz must stop sending EU data to US

Zuckercorp says the EU-US Data Privacy Framework will pass before its penalties enacted, so why worry?

Personal Tech22 May 2023 | 70

Meta facing third fine of 2023 for mishandling EU user data under GDPR

This one could set a new record for penalties against US companies doing business on the continent

Networks18 May 2023 | 19

Tech companies cut jobs to chase growth, but watch out for those shareholder returns

Beancounters underestimate financial and cultural cost of mega redundancy programs

On-Prem15 May 2023 | 10

India to send official whassup to WhatsApp after massive spamstorm

In a weird way, we can blame this on AI being a better bet than blockchain

Security12 May 2023 | 5

Meta wheels out Deloitte to plug the metaverse. Is anyone actually convinced?

Comment All these analysts know is that their gut says... maybe

Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 37

Meta CEO doesn't Zuck at Brazilian jiu-jitsu, apparently

'Silent killer' Mark bags himself top medals in tournament

Offbeat09 May 2023 | 22

Strike three: FTC says Meta still failing to protect user privacy

Deals between Zuckercorp + FTC in 2012 and 2020 are being ignored, so time to get stricter, says commish

Security04 May 2023 | 21

Meta does the 'We found baddies and crushed them' thing again – this time for AI

Who would have thought crims would try using Facebook to fool people?

Security03 May 2023 | 1

International cops urge Meta not to implement secure encryption for all

Why? Well, think of the children, of course

Security21 Apr 2023 | 40

Facebook puts a price on privacy for US users and it's not enough to buy a cup of coffee

Coughs up $725 million to settle class action that covers 244 million users

Personal Tech19 Apr 2023 | 16

Meta virtual reality interrupted by financial reality as thousands lose their jobs

Zuck's 'Year of Efficiency' starts with saving time not learning coworkers' names in case they're booted

Personal Tech19 Apr 2023 | 22

Meta's Zuckerberg paid $27M in 'other' compensation for 2022

The average pay of how many human employees = one humanoid CEO? 91

Offbeat18 Apr 2023 | 27

Of course Facebook will monetize an ad-generating AI

Metaverse was plan A, is this plan B or C, or what?

AI + ML05 Apr 2023 | 9

Ex-politico turned Meta hype man brands Metaverse 'new heart of computing'

Stop sniggering at the back. 'We're going to stick with it', says Nick Clegg. Unlike Disney

Offbeat31 Mar 2023 | 42

EU mandated messaging platform love-in is easier said than done: Cambridge boffins

Digital Market Act interoperability requirement a social challenge as well as a technical one

Security29 Mar 2023 | 56

Ex-Meta security staffer accuses Greece of spying on her phone

Beware of Greeks bearing GIFs

Security21 Mar 2023 | 26

Meta chops another 10,000 employees, closes 5,000 vacancies

The Year of Efficiency may also include sending engineers back into the office

Personal Tech14 Mar 2023 | 60

Meta winds down NFTs but will continue token efforts

'We're looking closely at what we prioritize to increase our focus' – which increasingly means staving off TikTok

Software14 Mar 2023 | 14

GPT-4 to launch this week, Microsoft Germany's CTO lets slip

In-brief Plus: DuckDuckGo launches its own AI web search chatbot, and more

AI + ML13 Mar 2023 | 17

Meta confirms decentralized Twitter rival in the works

Where there's disaffected twits there's potential revenue, and Facebook parent smells blood – er, profit

Personal Tech11 Mar 2023 | 28

Once AI can create endless viral videos, good luck switching off social media

Column Imagine humans … watching humans …watching TikTok … forever

AI + ML08 Mar 2023 | 57