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Every Mapletechie story tagged "meta" — tech news, reviews, and analysis.
- Meta Blocked TikTok Ads in Canada. What Counts?
Matthew Leo · October 9, 2026Meta’s Canadian ban reaches beyond ByteDance’s own ads to third-party campaigns that link to TikTok. Here is what advertisers should check.
- Alberta’s Data-Centre Boom Needs Clear Power Rules
Matthew Leo · September 22, 2026Alberta is attracting major AI data centres. The province still needs clear rules on who pays for power connections, grid upgrades and water use.
- Meta Muse Can Act for You. Its Permissions Need Limits
Matthew Leo · September 13, 2026Meta's Muse agent can use email, payments and other connected apps. The useful question is not what it can do, but how much authority it should receive.
- Meta’s Smart Glasses Now Stop Recording if You Cover the Light
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026Meta is rolling out a fix that stops its smart glasses from recording if the capture LED is covered mid-video, closing a simple workaround that raised bystander…
- Meta’s Youth-Safety Trial Is a Test Canada Needs
Matthew Leo · August 18, 2026A U.S. trial is testing whether Meta’s product design harmed young users. Canada should watch the evidence, not wait for an American remedy to travel north.
- Australia’s Teen Ban Has a Measurement Problem
Matthew Leo · August 13, 2026Meta removed 756,000 suspected under-16 accounts in Australia, yet most teens were still active. Canada should measure outcomes before copying the ban.
- Meta’s One-GPU AI Could Matter More Than Benchmarks
Matthew Leo · August 11, 2026Meta’s Muse Glimmer runs local AI agents on one capable computer. For Canadian organizations, privacy, hardware and security matter more than another benchmark …
- Meta’s Child-Safety Judgment Is a Warning for Canada
Matthew Leo · August 9, 2026A US$567-million judgment found Meta liable under New Mexico law. Its findings show Canada where child-safety legislation needs precision rather than slogans.
- Meta’s Cheap Coding AI Comes With a Data Trade
Matthew Leo · August 6, 2026Meta’s contributor pricing makes its new coding model dramatically cheaper when activity can improve its products. Confidential repositories need a different ca…
- Meta’s Teen-Harm Research Is Now on Trial
Matthew Leo · July 27, 2026Tennessee says Meta ignored internal warnings about Instagram’s effects on teenagers. Meta says the documents show it was finding and fixing problems.