Social Media / Websites
Microsoft Blogs – 12.29.23
As 2023 comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment and reflect on what a remarkable period it has been. We’ve had a year of innovation, creativity, growth, and ushering in the era of AI – all with the goal of helping you achieve more than you ever imagined. Now, we’re thrilled to share the incredible momentum and progress we’ve achieved, together, during the last year.
Source: Microsoft Edge: Looking back at an unforgettable 2023
Cybersafety / Cybersecurity / Privacy, Social Media / Websites
Meta Newsroom – 12.28.23
Last month, Meta brought together parents and safety experts to our first Screen Smart event in Brussels. The event was designed to help parents better understand the tools available to support them and their teens across Meta apps, and to hear directly from them about the challenges of parenting teens online, and what they’d like to see more of from companies like Meta.
Source: Screen Smart Brussels: Bringing Together Parents & Experts to Improve Online Experiences for Young People | Meta
Cybersafety / Cybersecurity / Privacy, Social Media / Websites
Google Blog – 12.21.23
Safety Check for Chrome on desktop will now run automatically in the background. You’ll get proactively alerted if passwords saved in Chrome have been compromised, any of your extensions are potentially harmful, you’re not using the latest version of Chrome, or site permissions need your attention. These alerts will appear in the three-dot menu in Chrome so you can take action.
Source: New performance and safety features are coming to Chrome
AI, Social Media / Websites
Meta Blog – 12.10.23 (12.9.23)
It’s been an incredible year for AI at Meta. We introduced you to new AI experiences across our apps and devices, opened access to our Llama family of large language models, and published research breakthroughs like Emu Video and Emu Edit that will unlock new capabilities in our products next year. We can’t wait for what’s to come next year with AI advancements in content generation, voice and multimodality that will enable us to deliver new creative and immersive applications. Today, we’re sharing updates to some of our core AI experiences and new capabilities you can discover across our family of apps.
Source: What’s New Across Our AI Experiences | Meta
Cybersafety / Cybersecurity / Privacy, Social Media / Websites
NordVPN Blog – 12.4.23
Deleting your Facebook search history may reduce your digital footprint on the internet. This action may enhance your Facebook account security and limit what this social media giant knows about you. It takes only a few clicks.
Source: How to delete Facebook search history
Social Media / Websites
Meta Blog – 12.3.23
Next year, more than two billion people will head to the polls in elections across some of the world’s biggest democracies, including the United States, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the European Union. Over many years, Meta has developed a comprehensive approach for elections on our platforms. With so many important elections approaching, we are setting out how the policies and safeguards we have established over time will apply in 2024.
Source: How Meta Is Planning for Elections in 2024 | Meta