AI
Firms lose Meta Business Suite access on Oct 30 if they refuse AI web-crawling consent
Organisations using Meta Business Suite must accept automated web-crawling for AI training or lose access to their accounts.
Meta
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Tech News
Apple taps Scott Tucker for global litigation, reunites with Meta alum Jennifer Newstead in key legal hire
Scott Tucker joins Apple as vice president of global litigation, overseeing commercial disputes and financial services legal matters.
Privacy & Policy
Apple, Meta, Signal Face Exit Threat From Canada Over Encryption Backdoor Laws
Major tech firms threaten to withdraw from Canada if proposed laws mandate encryption backdoors and expanded data retention.
AI
Comedians Face IP Theft as AI Influencers Repurpose Routines for Adult Site Traffic
Stand-up comics are finding their original jokes repurposed by synthetic personas to promote paid sexual content, creating a new vector for intellectual property theft.
AI
Meta’s open AI model brings agentic tools to dual Mac Studio setups
Meta releases Muse Spark Open, an 816B-parameter model with a million-token context that runs on Apple Silicon for desktop use.
Tech News
Fake Meta interview pages bypass two-factor authentication to steal accounts
Malwarebytes Labs found deceptive sites mimicking Calendly that capture Facebook and Google credentials, even when users have security codes enabled.