Ozempic isn’t ‘magic pill’ for weight loss, users say
Given the immense demand for Ozempic, the blockbuster drug that treats diabetes and is also prescribed for weight loss, it’s not unusual to know someone who is starting or already …
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Meta Horizon Worlds metaverse is getting update with more games
Meta Quest 3 VR headset. Meta Meta is overhauling its Horizon Worlds virtual reality app to include more video games as the social platform struggles to find a big audience. …
Facebook algorithms not driving political polarization: studies
A slate of research papers published Thursday suggest that the algorithms that drive Facebook and Instagram are not entirely to blame for those platform’s political polarization, as some previously believed. …
How to get your payment from Facebook’s $725 million settlement
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 23, 2019. Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images …
Tweaking Facebook, Instagram algorithms won’t address polarization: studies – National
The powerful algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram to deliver content to users have increasingly been blamed for amplifying misinformation and political polarization. But a series of groundbreaking studies published …
Science and Nature studies on Facebook show algorithm not only problem
For all the blame Facebook has received for fostering extreme political polarization on its ubiquitous apps, new research suggests the problem may not strictly be a function of the algorithm. …
Meta Just Proved People Hate Chronological Feeds
For three months in late 2020, nearly 7,200 US adults on Facebook and 8,800 on Instagram received a radically different experience than the services’ billions of other users. When they …
House Republicans put contempt vote targeting Zuckerberg on hold
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) put the panel’s scheduled vote on whether to hold Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress on hold Thursday after he said the …
Assessing the ‘complete turnaround’ for this Big Tech stock
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. Stocks rise on growth Stick …
Sinéad O’Connor’s Final Tweets Were About Her Late Son Shane
Sinéad O’Connor mourned the death of her son Shane Lunny in her final posts on social media. O’Connor wrote about Lunny in a series of heart-wrenching tweets on July 17, …