While it's still too early to say exactly how AI is affecting employment overall, some businesses, especially in the tech industry, have said it's part of the reason they're cutting staff. In April, Meta Platforms said it would lay off 10% of its staff, or roughly 8,000 people, as it seeks to streamline operations and pay for its own massive investments in AI

"Meta's embrace of AI is making its employees miserable," reports the New York Times

All 20 of America's state-run healthcare marketplace sites "include advertising trackers that share information with Big Tech companies," reports Gizmodo, citing a report from Bloomberg: Per the report, seven million Americans bought their health insurance through state exchanges in 2026, and many of them may have had personal information shared with companies, including Meta, TikTok, Snap, Google, Nextdoor, and LinkedIn, among others

Complicating the issue is research that shows students do not see any academic gains when provided with laptops. A meta-analysis of studies on reading comprehension suggests paper-based texts are better than digital-based reading..

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Parent company Meta announced the feature would be retired in March.

Meta is reportedly pivoting from passive AI that just talks to agentic AI that executes tasks.

After years of insisting end-to-end encryption was the future of online comms, Zuckcorp has handed itself full visibility into user chats once again

The viral personal assistant OpenClaw has triggered a rush among Big Tech to build agentic tools.

Social media biz says watchdog's fine formula is 'disproportionate' and should stop counting global revenue

Ciri E2EE ini dibuang kerana tidak ramai yang menggunakannya ketika menghantar mesej dalam perkhidmatan Instagram. Pengumuman asal penarikan ciri ini dilakukan oleh Meta pada Mac lalu

As it argued with the FBI after the San Bernardino shooting, there is no such thing as a backdoor "just for the good guys." Canadian legislators believe that lawful access to encrypted data should be required, which is why Bill C-22 exists. According to a report from Reuters , Apple and Meta are pushing back

The platform said it would remove end-to-end encrypted messages, a major Uturn by parent company Meta.

Ura-ura Apple membangunkan AirPods dengan kamera sudah didengari sejak penghujung tahun lalu. Pelbagai spekulasi mengenai bagaimana kamera ini akan digunakan mula muncul termasuk dakwaan ia boleh menangkap gambar serta rakaman video seperti Ray-Ban Meta

Mark Zuckerberg has said he wants to make AI agents more accessible.

Meta is enhancing its technology for detecting users under 13 who shouldn't be on Facebook or Instagram

Meta said Ofcom's calculations were "disproportionate"; the regulator said it would defend its position.

Meta is continuing to refine its social media platforms to provide young users with age-appropriate experiences

Someone other than Meta is buying $1bn of its new AGI chips

Meta kini hadir dengan sistem pengesahan umur dikuasakan AI bagi memastikan pengguna remaja hanya mendapat pengalaman digital yang sesuai dengan umur mereka sekali gus mengurangkan risiko akaun bawah umur

To stop children from bypassing its age checks, Meta is revamping its age-verification tools with an AI system that analyzes images and videos for visual cues, such as height and bone structure.

Five major publishers and author Scott Turow have sued Meta and Mark Zuckerberg, alleging that Zuckerberg "personally authorized and actively encouraged" massive copyright infringement by using pirated books, journal articles, and web-scraped material to train Meta's Llama AI systems

Lima penerbit buku besar iaitu Elsevier, Cengage, Hachette, Macmillan dan McGraw Hill memfailkan saman ke atas Meta di mahkamah persekutuan Manhattan kerana mendakwa Meta menggunakan buku dan artikel jurnal mereka tanpa kebenaran untuk melatih model kecerdasan buatan (AI) Llama

European law requires large platforms to offer alternative feeds.

The class action suit concerns unauthorized scraping by Llama AI.

Asha Sharma, the former Instacart and Meta executive who took over Xbox at Microsoft, said the unit doesn't spend enough time with developers and players.

Threads, the Meta social media app, appeared to experience some problems on the morning of Tuesday, May 5.

Meta wants to reach parents on Instagram and Facebook with this message.

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Meta is back in a Santa Fe courthouse in a child safety case that could determine whether the company is a public nuisance

A new meta-analysis found nutrients in food decreased over the last 40 years, reports the Washington Post

"Running a Big Tech company during Silicon Valley's AI mania may not necessarily require fewer workers or cost less," writes the Washington Post: Amazon, Google and Meta together have roughly the same number of employees now as they did during an industry-wide hiring binge in 2022, company disclosures show

Meta is investing in space solar and long-duration storage to enable a continuous clean energy supply for data centers despite major uncertainties

The company has purchased Assured Robot Intelligence, whose staff is joining Meta's Superintelligence Labs.

Meta expands its AWS partnership by renting tens of millions of Graviton cores, signaling a shift toward infrastructure over direct hardware ownership

Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta plan to spend a combined $725 billion on capital expenditure in 2026, a 77% increase over last year's record $410 billion

Meta's capex rises as the company spends big on AI data centers, and it's having to reduce headcount to become more agile

Meta spent $72.2 billion on capex in all of 2025

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Both Alphabet and Meta said they expect their capital expenditures to keep growing this year, but investors sent Alphabet's shares up, while Meta's stock slid.

Meta said the Kenyan workers didn't "meet our standards."

Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta collectively plan to spend $725 billion on capex in 2026, up 77% from last year's record $410 billion

Meta and its subcontractor disagree over why over 1000 Kenya-based workers were made redundant.

Alphabet and Meta both boosted their capex guidance in their first-quarter earnings reports, but Wall Street viewed one much more favorably than the other.

In Meta's first-quarter earnings report, the company said Reality Labs recorded an operating loss of over $4 billion while bringing in $402 million in sales

The CEO wants to make an agent so easy even his mom can use it.

Meta beat on revenue, but showed disappointing user numbers and its capital expenditures were below estimates

Apple has not discontinued the Vision Pro and is continuing to sell the M5 model. Instead of continuing to experiment with virtual reality, Apple is working on smart glasses that will eventually incorporate augmented reality capabilities, but the first version will be similar to the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses with AI and no integrated display

A preliminary investigation found the company isn't adequately keeping minors off of Instagram and Facebook.

The European Commission has preliminarily found that Meta failed to prevent minors under 13 from using Instagram and Facebook.

Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft report quarterly results after the bell, and OpenAI is likely to be a big topic across the board

The market lately hasn't known quite how to digest Meta's ambitious plans.

Children can create Instagram and Facebook accounts simply by inputting a false birth date, a preliminary EU investigation found

Meta has announced plans to help power its AI data centers using sunlight beamed from space through a partnership with Overview Energy, alongside a 100 GWh long-duration storage deal with Noon Energy, as the AI industrys energy demands continue to surge

Last time an idea like this came up, Meta packed up its toys and went home Australia has come up with a new way to ensure social media and search companies pay to support journalism: a 2.25 percent tax on revenue thats avoidable if companies instead do deals with local media.

Meta introduced its new AI model at the beginning of the second quarter, so Mark Zuckerberg's commentary about the future will be key during earnings

More than 700 people working for a Meta contractor in Ireland are at risk of losing their jobs, documents show.

Most of these scams started on Facebook, with WhatsApp and Instagram in "a distant second and third," the FTC noted. A lawsuit filed against Meta, which owns all three platforms, last week claimed that it misled users about scam ads

Namun, perkara berkenaan dijangka berubah tidak lama lagi. Melalui kod pembangunan yang dilihat WABetaInfo pada aplikasi WhatsApp, Meta ingin memperkenalkan perkhidmatan storan mereka tersendiri tidak lama lagi

Entry level jobs are being done by AI, and that has left Gen Z up a river without a paddle

Former employees at AI giants are raising hundreds of millions of dollars from investors months on from launching

Back to the drawing board for Meta's AI ambitions China has blocked Metas acquisition of AI upstart Manus

Rekaan cermin mata pintar Samsung Galaxy Glasses akhirnya tertiris menerusi laman Android Headlines pagi ini. Yang tertiris ialah cermin mata yang menggunakan kod pembangunan Jinju yang akan dilancarkan tahun ini dengan ia mempunyai banyak persamaan dengan Ray-Ban Meta

These are expected to land in 2027 for a price of between $600 and $900. Going back to the first Galaxy Glasses, these will compete head-on with the Meta...

China has blocked Meta's planned $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, ordering the deal withdrawn after months of scrutiny from both Beijing and Washington

The glasses are reportedly being developed under the codename "Jinju" and could cost anywhere from $380 to $500. These are the first smart glasses from Samsung and look to offer a similar feature set to stuff like Meta Ray-Bans and the forthcoming Google Gemini glasses

Facebook provider also working with energy storage firm to keep 100 hours of juice on hand With AI demand growing, Facebook parent Meta is looking for new ways to power its datacenters, with one ambitious project pledging to send solar power down from orbit

The Samsung Galaxy Glasses are looking good in leaked renders, and they're likely to be powered by better AI than their main rival

China said Monday it has decided to block Meta's $2 billion acquisition of Manus, a Singaporean AI startup with Chinese roots.

Renders of the "Jinju" model suggest a display-less design very similar to the popular Meta Ray-Ban glasses.

This burgeoning wearable tech category lets you talk to an AI assistant, listen to music, or check out a display screen right from the comfort of your very own face.

It comes after months of scrutiny by Chinese regulators over deal struck with Facebook owner.

A new lawsuit accuses Meta of making billions off of scam and 'high-risk' advertisers.