A researcher says a flaw in Meta's Muse app for Mac lets any app or terminal command gain access to the token that authenticates users to their Muse account (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has gone to great lengths to hype the security of its new AI assistant Muse, claiming it is …
On September 20, Meta's social networking platforms, Facebook and Instagram, experienced outages affecting thousands of users across the United States, according to Downdetector.com. As of 9:11 PM ET, there were over 17,000 reports of issues with Facebook and more than 5,000 outages on Instagram. Downdetector.com tracks outages by compiling status reports from various sources.
Meta has not yet commented on the reported outages. It's important to note that the numbers on Downdetector are based on user-submitted reports, so the actual count of affected users could differ. For the latest updates and top stories, users are encouraged to follow the provided channel through their preferred chat application.
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