Barbara Ortutay

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Brian Witte |Barbara Ortutay

5 hours agoAs the 10th anniversary of Alex Garland’s Oscar-winning techno-thriller approaches, here’s a look back at how prescient the film ‘Ex Machina’ ended up being. (So far.) Before media outlets began comparing OpenAI’s Sam Altman with the father of the atomic bomb, and before Amazon’s Jeff Bezos got …

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Brian Witte |Barbara Ortutay

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg took to the stand to give evidence in a historic antitrust trial to defend his empire against allegations it illegally monopolised the social media market. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) called Mr Zuckerberg as its first witness on Monday as it seeks to prove that Meta acquired Instagram and WhatsApp – start-ups it bought more than a decade ago – to preserve its monopoly in the social networking space.

1 week ago | msn.com | Brian Witte |Barbara Ortutay

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1 week ago | decaturdaily.com | Brian Witte |Barbara Ortutay

WASHINGTON — A historic antitrust trial began Monday for Meta Platforms Inc. in a case that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into social media powerhouses. The trial is bringing Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg into federal court in Washington to testify.

1 week ago | inquirer.com | Brian Witte |Barbara Ortutay

WASHINGTON — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand on Monday in a historic antitrust trial that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, start-ups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into social media powerhouses. The Federal Trade Commission called Zuckerberg as its first witness, as it seeks to prove that Meta acquired Instagram and WhatsApp to preserve its monopoly in the social networking space.