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Meta introduced a policy on January 15 allowing only its Meta AI assistant on WhatsApp, before subsequently amending it in ​March, saying rivals could ...

AFP - news@thelocal.at Published: 5 May, 2026 CET. Updated: Tue 5 May 2026 14:08 CET An 'open to work' banner on a mocked-up LinkedIn account. Photo: picture alliance/dpa/dpa-tmn | Laura Ludwig A data protection group on Tuesday filed a complaint in Austria against LinkedIn, accusing it of charging users to see who has viewed their profiles. Please sign up or log in to continue reading More Comments Join the conversation in our comments section below. Share your own views and experience and if you have a question or suggestion for our journalists then email us at news@thelocal.at. Please keep comments civil, constructive and on topic – and make sure to read our terms of use before getting involved. Please log in here to leave a comment. See Also

Last week, I had the distinct privilege of hosting a fireside with Nintendo’s former president and COO for the United States, Reggie Fils-Aimé. As the grand finale of my Spring semester at Stern, I co-hosted this event with Naomi Clark from the NYU Game Center and Mitu Khandaker from the Game Design Future Lab. It was a blast. You can watch our conversation in its entirety on Twitch, or read about some of the highlights here , here , and here . One of my favorite parts was Reggie’s account of how Nintendo sees the world. As a firm founded in 1889, it has seen more than its fair share of societal shifts, to say the least. During a period as we experience now, with lots of layoffs and abundant uncertainty, Reggie reminded everyone of a quote from Hiroshi Yamauchi, Nintendo’s third president, who served from 1949 to 2002: “No matter how good the business is, remember it’s not that good—and no matter how bad the business is, remember it’s not that bad.” The hallmark of any chief operating officer is their steady hands and ability to navigate a company through economic turmoil. Given that Nintendo added 500 people in

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Under a proposed order filed by the SEC yesterday, the Elon Musk Revocable Trust would be “permanently restrained and enjoined from violating” Section 13(d), and the trust would be ordered to pay the fine to the SEC. The trust did not admit or deny the SEC’s allegations, court filings said. Musk lawyer Alex Spiro “said in a written statement that regulators had only fined the trust while dismissing the claims against Musk personally,” according to The Wall Street Journal. “Mr. Musk has now been cleared of all issues related to the late filing of forms in the Twitter acquisition, as we said from the outset he would be,” Spiro said. “A trust vehicle has agreed to a small fine for being late on one filing.” Jury found Musk liable for false statements US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan rejected Musk’s motion to dismiss the case in February 2026. “In his motion, Mr. Musk does not dispute that the Complaint adequately alleges that he disregarded the disclosure requirements of Section 13(d),” Sooknanan wrote. “Rather, he attacks the constitutionality of those requirements. He argues that Section 13(d) cannot be enforced against him because it burdens his constitutional rights under the First Amendment by

Meta is firing back at a January lawsuit that alleged WhatsApp never supported end-to-end encryption, arguing the plaintiff’s claims are unraveling. In a Monday court filing, Meta says it has spent months "proactively engaged" with the plaintiffs on why the allegations are baseless. The lawsuit comes from a group of users based in countries such as Australia, Mexico, and South Africa, who cite “courageous whistleblowers” who allege Meta has “unlimited access” to WhatsApp’s encrypted messages.  With end-to-end encryption, Meta itself can’t view any user messages. So, if true, the sensational claims would undermine a core privacy feature of WhatsApp. The problem is that the lawsuit never offered any technical details to back up its allegations; instead, it merely claimed Meta had an internal system to easily view users' WhatsApp messages. When the lawsuit was first filed, Meta was quick to dismiss the allegations as “categorically false and absurd.” In the Monday filing, the company revealed it’s been pushing the plaintiffs and their lawyers to withdraw the case, arguing the “so-called ‘whistleblowers’ behind the complaint are confused, deeply misinformed, or acting in bad faith.” Meta went so far as to offer “sworn declarations from two WhatsApp employees,” confirming under penalty of perjury

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Published: May 5, 2026 Photo from Rod Long via Unsplash By Kayla DeKraker Popular Christian Twitch streamer Isaiah Thomas, aka Minister Zay, was hit by a car while walking from Pennsylvania to California. The 27-year-old embarked on a 3,000-mile faith walk from Philadelphia to California in March 2026 to raise $200,000 to fund initiatives like HMBL University and a summer camp aimed at helping underprivileged youth. On the 34th day of his journey, Thomas was struck by a vehicle during a live broadcast while traveling through Indiana. Authorities reported that he was walking along a highway while a supporter followed him in a Mazda. Another driver rear-ended that vehicle, causing it to hit Thomas, sending him airborne. The 82-year-old driver who rear-ended the Mazda and their minor passenger were both hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries, The Christian Post reported. Related: Popular Twitch Streamer Opens Up About How Faith Is Changing Him Thomas also ended up in the hospital, suffering a sprained ankle, bruising and a concussion. “From the video that happened, they’re trying to figure out how I’m still alive,” Thomas explained on Instagram. “The cop said, ‘I’m so happy that I’m looking at you like this and I’m not looking

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We conduct a field experiment on Twitter where we promote candidates' job market papers through quote-tweets (retweets with comments) from established ...