The return of ‘OG Facebook’ is a big Meta priority this year

Yesterday Meta reported its quarterly earnings, and amid sharing updates on Threads, Instagram, and yes, the metaverse, CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined an interesting new priority for this year: getting back to ‘OG Facebook.’

Facebook is, by any reasonable measure, a massive success for Meta. It has billions of active users—billions.

Yet in the current fragmented social media ecosystem, Facebook is an afterthought for many.

But it sounds like Zuckerberg aims to change that this year.

During Meta’s , the CEO


Super Bowl Sundays are really noisy everywhere in the US – Apple Watch study

You don’t have to be in the Super Bowl stadium to be exposed to a lot of noise during the game. A new Apple Watch study found that noise levels across America are significantly higher than normal for about nine hours on Super Bowl Sundays.

On average, across the US, you’re likely to be exposed to noise levels between 1.5 and 3 decibels higher than usual – which is a lot worse than it sounds when it comes to potential hearing damage

You’d expect things to be


Apple adding another console-caliber game to Apple Arcade

Apple is set to add PGA TOUR Pro Golf to on February 6th. As someone who was obsessed with console games while I was growing up, I can’t help but get excited about this release. This is just another console-level game being added to the already growing portfolio of high-level games. Here’s what you should expect.

As I said above, some of my best memories growing up were being at a friend’s house and comparing just how good our created golfers were.

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Netflix just revealed its big 2025 TV lineup, here’s what’s coming

Netflix is by far the most dominant player in streaming, and today the its content release plans for 2025 with lots of big new shows and movies debuting. Here are the highlights.

Netflix just hosted its big annual showcase outlining much of what’s coming to the service in the year ahead.

Bela Bajaria, Netflix Chief Content Officer, brought the hype as she the 2025 lineup:

“With more than 700 million people watching, we can’t just be one thing.


DeepSeek exposed chat history and other sensitive data, show security researchers

In a major security failing, Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek exposed chat history and other sensitive data in a database accessible without any authentication.

The security researchers who discovered the issue say that the exposure included more than a million lines of log entries, which included chat history and secret keys …

Earlier today we noted that DeepSeek is under investigation in both Europe and the US over privacy and national security concerns . The app – which still sits at the top of Apple’s App Store – has been removed in Italy after the country


Satellite video calls coming to Europe and US, starting this year

Satellite video calls will be coming to Europe from later this year, following a successful demo of the tech by Vodafone in partnership with AST SpaceMobile. Rollout in the US through AT&T will follow some time later.

As with existing satellite text and voice calls , the service will operate in remote areas where no cellular coverage is available …

Apple led the way with satellite texts

While satellite communication via dedicated hardware devices has been available for decades, it’s only in recent years that we’ve seen the capability extended


Apple named Fortune’s Most Admired Company for 18th year running

For the 18th year running, Apple has been named Fortune’s Most Admired Company. The rankings are based of a survey of more than 3,000 company execs across 30 countries.

While Apple’s number one position was unchanged, a new company made the top five for the first time this year …

that Apple reliably delivered results in a rapidly changing world.

Leaders in all industries rely more than ever on Big Tech. And as we’ve learned from the 27th edition


DeepSeek privacy under investigation in US and Europe; removed from App Store in Italy

DeepSeek privacy concerns have led to investigations being opened in both the US and Europe, and seen the app removed from the App Store in Italy. It seems likely the same will happen in other countries.

Italian’s privacy regulator questioned whether the app complied with GDPR , a tough privacy law that applies across 30 different countries …

DeepSeek is an AI chatbot developed in China, and which posted benchmarks indicating that its performance was comparable to the world’s best existing models. Experts quickly verified the claims, expressing shock


iPhone SE 4 release date: When to expect Apple’s powerful upgrade

Apple’s flagship iPhone 16 line launched last fall with a heavy focus on Apple Intelligence. But another new iPhone is coming soon, offering some of the same modern tech but at a much lower cost. Here’s when to expect the iPhone SE 4.

According to numerous reports, Apple has set the iPhone SE 4 release date for early this year.

More specifically, March 2025 is a safe bet for the launch month.

It’s rare for Apple to ship big new products in

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Apple’s Studio Display: Is it still worth buying?

Last year , Samsung’s 5K monitor that competes directly with . In my own words, “the ViewFinity S9’s big selling point is price.” But what about the Studio Display? Is it still a good monitor two years after its launch? Is it worth the price? That’s what I’ve been trying to find out for the last few months.

Well, as I’ve just said, Studio Display is not a new product. Apple introduced it in March 20

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