PCMag

EU: Facebook and Instagram Are 'Addictive' and Need Changes

The European Commission claims the infinite scroll and personalized content on Meta's apps can lead to 'unhealthy habits and compulsive use.' ...

Facebook and Instagram’s ‘addictive design’ may violate European law, EU Commission finds

The European Commission says Meta must make significant changes to Facebook and Instagram to address the “addictive design” ...

Meta Told to Make Changes to Instagram and Facebook in Europe

Meta was told by European Union regulators on Friday to make major design changes to Instagram and Facebook to make the ...
TechRepublic

Meta’s New Facebook ‘AI Mode’ Pulls From Groups, Reels, and Posts

Meta AI Mode brings AI-generated answers to Facebook search using public posts, raising questions about reliability and source visibility. Facebook users will soon be able to search with AI-generated ...
WFLA News Channel 8

Is Facebook down? Users report problems with Meta platforms

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Thousands of users reported problems with Meta platforms on Friday. Users took to non-Meta platforms like X and BlueSky to report that Facebook, Instagram and Threads were ...
The Hill

Facebook privacy settlement checks start going out (again). How to know if you’ll get a bonus payment

(NEXSTAR) – Check your bank account, Venmo, PayPal and email: A surprise second round of payments is starting in the $725 million class action settlement over Facebook users’ privacy issues. A judge ...
CBS News

Second Facebook privacy settlement payment is coming soon. Here's what to know.

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...
Bleeping Computer

Critical flaw in Protobuf library enables JavaScript code execution

Proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for a critical remote code execution flaw in protobuf.js, a widely used JavaScript implementation of Google's Protocol Buffers. The tool is highly ...
InfoQ

Anthropic Accidentally Exposes Claude Code Source via npm Source Map File

Security researcher Chaofan Shou discovered on March 31 that Anthropic's Claude Code CLI tool had its full TypeScript source code sitting in plain sight on the public ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Anthropic Rushes to Limit Leak of Claude Code Source Code

Anthropic PBC is rushing to address the inadvertent release of internal source code behind Claude Code, an AI-powered assistant that has become a key moneymaker for the company. Thousands of copies of ...
Wall Street Journal

Anthropic Races to Contain Leak of Code Behind Claude AI Agent

WSJ’s Kate Clark demonstrates how Anthropic’s new Cowork tool can help non-coders automate their lives–or at least attempt to. Photo: Claire Hogan/WSJ Anthropic is racing to contain the fallout after ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Anthropic Accidentally Exposes System Behind Claude Code

Anthropic PBC inadvertently released internal source code behind its popular artificial intelligence-powered Claude coding assistant, raising questions about the security of an AI model developer that ...