Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has long been vehemently opposed to the idea of traditional advertising. His anti-advertising stance has saved the company billions of dollars and for much of the last decade, it has been viewed as a masterstroke by many. Rather than paying for advertising, Tesla relies on the cult following of Musk, his supporters, and Tesla owners to promote their vehicles to their social circles. However, there are indications of a shift in this approach. The company returned...
It might be too late for Valentine's Day but Australians are falling in love with an apple that not only has red insides but a love heart as well.
Broadsheet: “Meta has already done this in other countries, and could do
Meta is failing to enforce its own rules against anti-trans hate speech on its platform, a new report from GLAAD warns. The LGBTQ advocacy group found that “extreme anti-trans hate content remains widespread across Instagram, Facebook, and Threads.” The report documents dozens of examples of hate speech from Meta’s apps, which GLAAD says were reported to the company between June 2023 and March 2024. But though the posts appeared to be clear violations of the company’s policies, “Meta either...
Food Standards Australia and New Zealand recalls Bibigo dumplings and Cau Tre spring rolls
Meta should be legally forced to host news on Facebook and Instagram, a
Having lost a win in Saturday’s opener to a post-race penalty, Campos driver Hadjar got redemption in the 33-lap contest on Sunday as he took the chequered flag by 4.4s from Paul Aron. Hadjar had made little progress in the first-thirds of the race after starting from eighth on the grid, but a crash from polesitter Hauger on lap 11 went in his favour, allowing him to leapfrog a number of cars in pits and take an unlikely win. At the start of the race, Hauger got a brilliant getaway from pole to...
Meta may soon cut subscription fees by half to comply to the DMA's rules.
Researchers at the University of South Australia have issued a health alert after pentylone, a potentially dangerous synthetic stimulant, was identified at every single wastewater testing site in Australia. With the serious health effects pentylone can cause, such a discovery is not good news. The synthetic cathinone, commonly known as bath salts, is known to […]
For the past two weeks, unexpected outages have affected Meta's Facebook and Instagram. This week, another downtime has affected users in some parts of the world.
Meta could cut down its ad-free subscription fee in the EU by 40%. The social media giant has offered to reduce its subscription price amid rising criticism from consumer groups and regulators.
Meta Platforms has offered to almost halve its monthly subscription fee for Facebook and Instagram to 5.99 euros from 9.99 euros following discussions with privacy regulators, a senior Meta executive said on Tuesday.The move came amid mounting criticism from users about Meta's no-ads subscription service launched in Europe in November which critics say requires users to pay a fee to ensure their privacy.Meta launched the service to comply with the Digital Markets Act which curbs its ability to...