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OpenAI’s Altman Hits Out At Meta’s ‘Crazy’ Sign-On Bonuses

Demand for AI skills continues to grow, as Meta allegedly seeks to poach OpenAI staff with signing bonuses of $100m…

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Meta Brings Ads To WhatsApp After Long Delay

Meta to bring ads to Updates tab of WhatsApp 11 years after purchasing platform, will allow channels to offer paid…

3 days ago

Meta Invests $14.3bn In AI Firm Scale, Poaches CEO

Meta makes huge investment in AI startup Scale AI, whose founder and CEO Alexandr Wang is to join Meta's team…

1 week ago

Meta ‘In Talks’ For $10bn Scale AI Investment

Meta reportedly in talks to potentially invest more than $10bn in start-up Scale AI as artificial intelligence competition heats up

1 week ago

Meta ‘Covertly Tracking’ Android Users Via Instagram, Facebook

Privacy concern. Radboud University and IMDEA Networks allege Meta and Yandex were tracking Android users' browser activity

2 weeks ago

Meta To Work With Anduril On US Military Tech

Meta to work with military contractor Anduril to develop AI-powered augmented-reality tech for use on the battlefield

3 weeks ago

Apple ‘Plans AI Smart Glasses’ For Next Year

Apple reportedly ramping up work on AI-powered smart glasses for 2026 deadline as it seeks to avoid missing out on…

4 weeks ago

Meta Asks Judge To Dismiss FTC Antitrust Case

Meta tells judge FTC failed to prove its case to court, asks for speedy end to trial that questions its…

1 month ago

Meta Benefits From Strong Ad Sales, Despite Tariff Concerns

Meta pleases Wall Street as financial results reveal advertising resilience, despite disruption concerns from Trump's tariffs

2 months ago

Meta Cuts Staff In Oculus Studios Division

Facebook parent Meta cuts staff in Oculus Studios division, including Supernatural game it acquired for $400m two years ago

2 months ago

Meta Begins Advertising On Threads Globally

Mark Zuckerberg firm Meta Platforms makes adverts on Threads app available to all eligible advertisers worldwide

2 months ago

Meta Oversight Board Rebukes Zuck’s Firm For Axing Fact-Checkers

Zuckerberg rebuked. Facebook’s Supreme Court seeks review of Meta's Community Notes tool that replaced fact-checkers

2 months ago

Italy, White House Condemn ‘Discriminatory’ Tech Taxes

Italy, White House issue joint statement condemning 'discriminatory' tech taxes as US seeks to end levy on multinational digital giants

2 months ago

Meta Begins Using EU Users’ Data To Train AI

Meta to use public posts from EU users on Facebook, Instagram to train AI models after delayed rollout in bloc…

2 months ago

FTC Argues Meta Must Sell Instagram, WhatsApp

FTC tells court Meta created barriers to entry with its purchases of WhatsApp, Instagram to create illegal monopoly

2 months ago

Meta Terminates Contract With Barcelona-Based Moderators

Facebook parent Meta abruptly terminates contract with Barcelona-based content moderators amidst policy shift

2 months ago

Kenya Court Approves $2.4bn Meta Hate Speech Lawsuit

High Court in Kenya says $2.4bn case against Facebook parent Meta can go ahead, over allegations of hate speech during…

2 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg Lobbies Trump To Avoid Antitrust Trial – Report

Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly lobbying President Donald Trump for a settlement to avoid antitrust trial later this month

3 months ago

Meta AI Head Announces Departure

Head of artificial intelligence research at Meta Platforms has announced she is leaving the social networking giant

3 months ago

WhatsApp Appeal Against EU Fine Backed By Court Advisor

Notable development for Meta, after appeal against 2021 WhatsApp privacy fine is backed by advisor to EU's Court of Justice

3 months ago

Meta Agrees To Halt Personalised Ads For UK Woman

Meta says it will stop targeting personalised Facebook ads at UK woman after legal battle, considers paid ad-free subscriptions in…

3 months ago

Meta’s Community Notes To Use X’s Algorithm

Community Notes testing across Facebook, Instagram and Threads to begin next week in US, using algorithm from Elon Musk's X

3 months ago

Amazon, Google, Meta Pledge Support To Triple Nuclear Capacity

Big name tech firms have backed a pledge to support a goal of at least tripling world's nuclear capacity by…

3 months ago

Meta Tests First In-house Chip To Train AI Systems

Bad news for Nvidia? Facebook owner Meta has reportedly begun testing its first in-house chip for training AI systems

3 months ago

Utah Passes App Store Age Verification Bill

Protecting children or privacy invasion? Utah becomes first US state to pass legislation requiring app stores to verify their age

4 months ago

Meta Fixes Fault After Violent Videos Hits Instagram Reels

Fix and apology from Meta Platforms, after users report violent, graphic videos in their Instagram Reels feed

4 months ago

ARM Shares Rise Amid Report Meta Will Purchase Its First Chip

British chip designer ARM Holdings is reportedly developing its own chip, and Meta is one of its first customers

4 months ago

Meta To Show Marketplace Ads From Rival Ad Providers

After huge fine, Meta launches 'Facebook Marketplace Partner Program' so rival service providers can list ads on Facebook Marketplace in…

4 months ago

Meta Tests Advertising On Threads In US, Japan

Meta begins testing advertising on Twitter-like Threads as social media advertisers seek alternatives to troubled TikTok

5 months ago

Indian Tribunal Suspends Meta’s Data Sharing Ban

After Meta had warned that India's data sharing ban could collapse WhatsApp's business model, tribunal suspends ban

5 months ago