Teens settle with Snapchat parent, ending trial against Big Tech over social media addiction claims

Teens settle with Snapchat parent, ending trial against Big Tech over social media addiction claims

“Teens settle with Snapchat parent, ending trial against Big Tech over social media addiction claims” Snapchat parent Snap has reached a settlement during a trial over claims brought by two teenagers who say the company designed the platform to be addictive, causing their depression, anxiety and eating disorders, attorneys for the plaintiffs said on Monday….

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Meta wants your next gadget to be Muse-infused

Meta’s Muse, a personal AI agent that books travel, fills out forms, and shops on a user’s behalf, has already proven popular with the masses, but a new side project could be particularly alluring to tinkerers and hackers. On Friday, the company introduced Muse Gadgets, an open-source project that lets developers build their own hardware…

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Can Muse overcome Meta’s trust issues?

Meta’s new AI agent Muse took the spotlight at the company’s annual Connect event, where CEO Mark Zuckerberg made it clear that Facebook’s parent company plans to push AI features everywhere. On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed Meta’s AI announcements seemed to steal the spotlight during…

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