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FTC Says Meta is a Monopoly. But in Which Markets, Exactly?

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Central to the trial is one question: Just who, exactly, are Meta’s competitors? The FTC’s answer may be narrower than you’d expect.

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Meta Neural Network Patent Showcases AI’s Place in Artificial Reality Bet

The company’s access to data gives the power to create AR features that are “pretty sophisticated,” one expert said.

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Snap Patent Adds to AR Ad Bet as Meta Shuts Down Spark AR Studio

Snap may want to use AR to help you redeem your next free coffee.

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X Hit with AI Privacy Lawsuits in the EU

Nine privacy complaints have been filed against X in the European Union, alleging that Grok illegally hoovers up citizens’ user data.

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TikTok Still Doesn’t Have a Buyer

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We’re now less than one month away from the April 5 sale-or-ban deadline the Trump administration gave TikTok.

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Banks Ready to Offload $3 Billion in Previously Unmoveable X Debt

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Banks expect to get 90 to 95 cents on the dollar. It’s actually not a bad deal, considering where things were just months ago.

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TikTok Restored Services in the US. Now What?

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After a brief blackout period from late Saturday, TikTok began restoring services to US users on Sunday morning.

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Snap’s Generative AR Patent May Target Developers, Brands

But Meta’s AI may have Snap’s beat “just in sheer volume” of data, one expert said.

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Meta Patent Could Make AI Both Personalized and Private

Tech like this could keep Meta’s models from prompt attack data slips — or at least give it some “thought leadership brownie points.”

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Snap Patent Could Use Your Phone to Make AR Glasses Lighter

For any company developing AR, a sleeker, longer-last form factor is the “end goal,” one expert said.

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