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Filipinos shared an online post claiming that Meta, the American multinational company operating Facebook (FB), launched a new ad campaign optimization tool powered by artificial intelligence (AI) called MetaAI. This is fake.

The Aug. 24 post by FB page Meta.Ai carries a link to a website where users are baited into downloading and installing a Windows program infected with a computer virus called Trojan. 

VERA Files has reached out to Meta but the company has yet to issue a statement about this.

This bogus post used the name of Meta AI, an academic research laboratory under Meta which has produced AI-based projects such as videos generated from text and speech recognition.

Meta offers application programming interfaces (APIs) as well as a set of AI-based tools…

Despite being notified twice by Snopes via emails, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is continuing to host files associated with a fake celebrity endorsement scam involving CBD gummies and country music star Reba McEntire. McEntire has nothing to do with the scam, as her image and likeness are being used without her authorization. We previously filed two reports on the subject.

CBD and Keto Gummies Scams

For years, online scams involving CBD and keto oil and gummies have plagued the internet. Such scams have led customers to order the products with the false belief that they work magic as a cure for dementia and diseases, and that one or more prominent celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and the cast of the “Shark Tank” TV show had endorsed them.

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Datto intends to acquire Infocyte, a threat detection and response company, for an undisclosed amount. Datto will thus add endpoint detection and response (EDR) technologies and managed detection and response (MDR) services into its security portfolio. The acquisition is intended to help its MSPs better address their customers’ security needs.

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Cloud-scale security analytics platform supplier Panther Labs announced a new offering: Panther for Snowflake, developed in partnership with Snowflake to provide purpose-built security monitoring and threat detection. It is available immediately and contains out-of-the-box detections to help security teams monitor activity and validate security configurations in their Snowflake Data Cloud. Security teams can…

Roblox Corp., Palantir Technologies Inc. and Asana Inc. have gone public through direct listings in the past year, after earlier listings by Spotify Technology SA and Slack Technologies Inc.

Squarespace is planning to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, following in the footsteps of every major direct listing except Coinbase. While investment banks don’t underwrite offerings as they do in IPOs, they advise the company on the listing. Squarespace is working with with banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., according to its filing.

Led by founder and Chief Executive Officer Anthony Casalena, Squarespace competes against publicly traded rivals Wix.com Ltd. and GoDaddy Inc., among others. It’s backed by investors including General Atlantic,…