That's because these firms have something in common with the hottest investment theme on the planet: the massive, electricity-hungry data centers expected to power the artificial-intelligence boom. Some companies are figuring out how to remake themselves as vital suppliers to Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and other "hyperscalers" bent on AI dominance

Except, nothing about this video is authentic: it was created with AI. After discovering the video, Macron asked Pharos -- France's official portal for signaling online illicit content -- to call Facebook's parent company Meta, to get the fake video removed

Italy's antitrust regulator Italian Competition Authority ordered Meta to suspend a policy that blocks rival AI chatbots from using WhatsApp's business APIs, citing potential abuse of market dominance

MILAN, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust authority (AGCM) on Wednesday ordered Meta Platforms to suspend contractual terms that could shut rival AI chatbots out of WhatsApp, as it investigates the U.S

A group of authors led by John Carreyrou has filed a new lawsuit against Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity, accusing the AI firms of training models on pirated copies of their books

Phoronix's Michael Larabel writes: An interesting anecdote from this month's Linux Plumbers Conference in Tokyo is that Meta (Facebook) is using the Linux scheduler originally designed for the needs of Valve's Steam Deck..

Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

In a recent talk, Meta engineers detailed how they've been deploying a low-latency Linux scheduler originally developed by Valve for the Steam Deck across production servers

Meta kini dilihat ingin mengintegrasikan ciri memfokuskan podsiar pada Threads

Meta Platforms Inc's Threadswill launch podcast previews, or the ability to upload snippets of shows that play directly in user feeds, as part of a broader effort to encouragepodcasters and their fans to spend more time on thesocial network, according to a person familiar with the plans

Dec 22 (Reuters) - An investigative reporter best known for exposing fraud at Silicon Valley blood-testing startup Theranos suedElon Musk's xAI,Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta Platforms and Perplexity on Monday for using copyrighted books without permission to train their artificial intelligence systems

"That's pretty grim." Technology companies have announced more than 141,000 job cuts so far this year, representing a 17 percent increase from the same period last year, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. At the same time Big Tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon have announced plans to invest up to $375 billion in AI infrastructure this year

So the attack ad charges that Bores "wants Albany bureaucrats regulating AI," excoriating him for sponsoring a bill that "hands AI to state regulators and creates a chaotic patchwork of state rules that would crush innovation, cost New York jobs, and fail to keep people safe! And he's backed by groups funded by convicted felon Sam Bankman-Fried. Is that really who should be shaping AI safety for our kids? America needs one smart national policy that sets clear stands for safe AI not Albany politicians like Alex Bores." The Post calls it "the opening skirmish in a battle set to play out across the country" as tech moguls (and an independent effort receiving "tens of millions" from Meta) "try to use the 2026 midterms to reengineer Congress and state legislatures in favor of their ambitions for artificial intelligence" and "to wrest control of the narrative around AI, just as politicians in both parties have started warning that the industry is moving too fast." By knocking down candidates such as Bores, who favor regulations, and boosting industry sympathizers, the tech-backed groups could signal to incumbents and candidates nationwide that opposing the tech industry can jeopardize their electoral chances

Meta sedia dilaporkan sedang bangunkan sebuah model kecerdasan buatan janaan baharu dengan nama kod Avocado, yang bakal menggantikan model Llama sedia ada

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Dina Powell McCormick has resigned from Meta Platforms board of directors effective immediately, just eight months after joining, the company said on Friday

Dina Powell McCormick, who was a member of President Donald Trump's first administration, has resigned from Meta's board of directors.

Behold Mark Zuckerberg: man of principle. Witness the Meta CEO's dedication to the most high-minded of causes: "currying favor with whoever's in charge." In 2013, when Barack Obama was president, Zuckerberg co-founded FWD.us , a pro-immigration advocacy group

There's "a structural advantage by being inside a big company," he said. When asked whether startups could compete with Big Tech, Suleyman said "it's hard to say," adding that "the ambiguity is what's driving the frothiness of the valuations." Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in September he'd rather risk "misspending a couple of hundred billion" than fall behind in superintelligence

A software update lets glasses wearers amplify the voice of someone they're trying to hear.

Save 60 on the price of the Meta Quest S3 VR headset, back down to its lowest ever price, with delivery still possible before Christmas

Want to share links on Facebook? It may soon come with a monthly cost.

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Meta is encouraging users to verify themselves to unlock more features or engagement with their posts.

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According toEngadget, Facebook is limiting the number of links you can post to just two per month unless you subscribe to Meta Verified

Hampir dua dekad lalu Facebook membuka keahlian laman kepada semua dan dengan segera akaun syarikat ternama dan badan kerajaan mula muncul bagi memudahkan penyebaran maklumat. Tetapi kini beberapa pengguna mula menerima notifkasi jumlah pautan yang boleh dimuat naik di Facebook dihadkan kepada 2 sahaja sebulan melainkan mereka melanggan kepada Meta Verified

Meta has paused its third-party Horizon OS headset program, effectively canceling planned VR headsets from Asus and Lenovo as it refocuses on "building the world-class first-party hardware and software needed to advance the VR market." Road to VR reports: A little over a year and a half ago, Meta made an "industry-altering announcement," as I called the move in my reporting: the company was rebranding the Quest operating system to 'Horizon OS' and announced it was working with select partners to launch third-party VR headsets powered by the operating system

Adakah keranda sudah diusung dan air mata mula bercucuran untuk dunia metamesta di bawah Meta? Hari ini Meta membekukan program pembangunan set kepala VR menggunakan Horizon OS oleh pihak ketiga

Creators and publishers have long worried about Meta's ability to throttle links to outside content

Last year, Meta announced that it was opening up its VR operating system to other headset makers, starting with ASUS and Lenovo

Meta hits "pause" on XR headsets from ASUS and Lenovo.

Meta is informing some users that they will soon be restricted in how many link posts they can share each month, unless they pay for its Meta Verified subscription service

Dec 17 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google is working on a new initiative to make its artificial intelligence chips better at running PyTorch, the world's most widely used AI software framework, in a move aimed at weakening Nvidia's longstanding dominance of the AI computing market, according to people familiar with the matter

The company is also chipping in for Trumps $300 million White House ballroom. Meta Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wasted no time trying to get into Trumps good graces, perhaps to erase his previous statement that the President should be held responsible for his words for inciting the January 6 Capitol riot

Latest Ray-Ban Meta update brings Conversation Focus and Spotify soundtracking to you smart specs

Follows Nick Clegg at Meta and Rishi Sunak at Anthropic in snuggling up to US tech OpenAI has hired former UK finance minister George Osborne, continuing a trend of British politicians whose careers have peaked cozying up to US tech giants.

No mention of protections to stop it being used to snoop on people Want to hear just the guitar riff from a song? How about cutting out the train noise from a voice recording? Meta says its new SAM Audio model can separate and edit sounds using simple prompts, cutting down on the manual work typical of audio-editing tools.

Back in September during Meta Connect, the company previewed a new ability for its smart glasses lineup called Conversation Focus

But U.S. officials have complained that the European Union has not walked back broader regulation of company business practices while also proceeding with investigations of major American tech firms like Google, X, Amazon and Meta

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Meta said Tuesday that it will begin testing its Instagram for TV app in the U.S

The glasses-shaped face computers that tech companies have been building for years now face an identity crisis, and their makers can't agree on what to call them. Meta has asked a journalist to refer to its Ray-Ban glasses as "AI glasses" to distinguish them from Google Glass

Have you ever just wished you could watch Instagram Reels right on a TV? Maybe? Well, if so, you're in luck. Meta has launched an Instagram app exclusively on Fire TV

Three Democratic Senators are investigating the impact of the massive AI data center build out on the electricity bill of the average American

NEW YORK, Dec 16 Three years after ChatGPT made OpenAI the leader in artificial intelligence and a household nam...

It’s no surprise by now that scam ads are very profitable on Meta platforms, namely Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp

According toReuters, Meta is aware that they are generating high revenue through fraudulent ads but is not serious about cracking down on them

Setiap pemilik platform kerap mengatakan mereka menggandakan usaha menyekat secara aktif. Tetapi menurut laporan Reuters pagi ini, Meta menyedari mereka menjana pendapatan tinggi menerusi iklan penipuan tetapi tidak serius untuk membanterasnya

A Louisiana law that would have required social media platforms to verify the ages of their users has been blocked by a judge. The law, known as the Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation, was passed in 2023 and required Meta, Reddit, Snap, YouTube Discord and others to implement age verification and parental control features

Meta revealed that Disney+ was coming to its Quest headsets earlier this year during its Connect event

The program will primarily recruit early-career software engineers and data scientists, paying between $150,000 and $200,000 annually. About 20 companies have signed on to participate, including Palantir, Meta, Oracle and Elon Musk's xAI

Meanwhile, even with huge technological advancements over the last decade, VR headsets remain relatively niche due to factors like high prices and a lack of compelling content. And although big names like Google, Microsoft, Meta and others continue to dump billions into AI development, the first wave of dedicated AI devices was an abject failure

The Meta Quest 3S is back on sale at its all-time low price of $250

Now its your turn to rediscover the best gadgets of 2025, including explanations from our editors as to why these products were rated so highly. Best overall phone: Google Pixel 10 Pro Best iPhone: iPhone 17 Pro Best foldable: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 Best laptop: MacBook Air M4 Best Windows laptop: Dell 14 Premium Best gaming laptop: Acer Predator Triton 14 AI Best smartwatch: Apple Watch Series 11 Best tablet: Apple iPad Air (M3, 13-inch) Best desktop: Apple Mac Studio M4 Max Best gaming handheld: Nintendo Switch 2 Best headphones: Sony WH-1000XM6 Best earbuds: Apple AirPods Pro 3 Best CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Best GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Best drone: DJI Neo 2 Best camera: Sony A1 II Best smart glasses: Ray-Ban Meta (2nd gen) Best home theater: Anker Nebula X1 Best kitchen appliance: Ninja Swirl by Creami Best kitchen accessory: Thermoworks RFX Best EV: 2026 Nissan Leaf Best VPN: Proton VPN Best wireless mouse: Logitch MX Master 4 Best charging accessory: Anker Laptop Power Bank This article originally appeared on Engadget at ...

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is, for the first time, set to limit the amount of personal information it forces users to share for ad tracking purposes, according to an announcement from European Union authorities

We break down Googles Android XR glasses, Apple and Googles new data transfer partnership, and Androids NameDrop clone.

As the driving force behind the AI push, big tech has made some high profile moves to buy up extra generation capacity. Meta signed a 20-year deal with Constellation to own the output of the Clinton Power Station , preserving the 1.1GW facility once its state tax credit expires next year

Subscribe! iTunes Spotify Pocket Casts Stitcher Google Podcasts Topics What the Netflix bid for Warner Bros. means for at-home streamers and moviegoers 1:55 Disney characters are coming to Sora after OpenAI struck a deal 32:59 Meta may be giving up on open source for Llama 43:53 Google CEO says were just going to have to grin and bear societal disruption via AI 46:46 Around Engadget: The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is good, but is it $630 good? 49:06 The best trailers and announcements from The Game Awards Day of the Devs stream 51:28 Heres why projectors won in 2025 54:31 Working on 56:15 Pop culture picks 57:33 Credits Host: Devindra Hardawar Guest: Nathan Ingraham Producer: Ben Ellman Music: Dale North and Terrence O'Brien This article originally appeared on Engadget at ...ner-bros-132156232.html?src=rss

WhatsApp has announced a new wave of updates coming to its messaging app just before the holidays. These features include missed call messages, status stickers, and improved Meta AI image generation

As the trailer ends, Bradley briefly crosses into the real world and comes face to face with an actual game developer. This looks like it will be a funny and very meta game

Oracle flagged new business from Meta and Nvidia in reporting a 438% increase in remaining performance obligations

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Microsoft, Meta, Google and Apple were among the 13 companies that received a warning from a bipartisan group of state attorneys general, according to a letter from the state leaders, who said their chatbots' "delusional outputs" could be violating state laws

Mark Zuckerberg has for months publicly hinted that he is backing away from open-source AI models. Now, Meta's latest AI pivot is starting to come into focus

Spotify isn't the first company to offer users more direct control over how content is recommended to them. Meta has recently started experimenting with algorithm-tuning options in Threads and Instagram , and TikTok lets users completely reset their For You page to start fresh

Meta's newly recruited AI "superstars" have developed an us-versus-them mentality against the company's longtime executive leadership, creating internal friction over whether the team should focus on catching up to rivals like OpenAI and Google or improving Meta's core advertising and social media businesses

The new feature is starting with the Reels tab but will eventually come to Explore and other areas of the app. Like much of what Meta is doing right now (for better or worse), the "Your Algorithm" feature will be powered by AI

Meta kini dilaporkan sedang bangunkan versi baharu model bahasa mereka yang bakal menjadi pengganti generasi baharu untuk Llama

It looks like Meta has decided to turn Instagram users into unwitting SEO spam pawns

"We're on a path to put AI tools into the hands of millions of workers, across every industry," Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of Products said in the announcement. "Denise has led that kind of shift before, and her experience will help us make AI useful, reliable, and accessible for businesses everywhere." Simo joined OpenAI in May of this year, after serving as CEO of Instacart, and before that, the head of Facebook at Meta

Through the first six months of 2025, Apple was the second-worst performer among the Magnificent Seven tech giants, as its shares tumbled 18% through the end of June. That has reversed since then, with the stock soaring 35%, while AI darlings like Meta Platforms and Microsoft slid into the red and even Nvidia underperformed

The report also offers some insight into which AI companies' chatbots are most used among teens. OpenAI's ChatGPT came out ahead by far, with 59 percent of teens saying they had used the service, followed by Google's Gemini at 23 percent and Meta AI at 20 percent

Somewhere along its never-ending quest to increase engagement, Meta realized that giving Facebook users more of what they want would make it more likely that they'll stick around

Metas push to develop its next frontier model, codenamed Avocado, under new AI leadership is creating internal friction as it races rivals OpenAI and Google.

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After being hit with a 200 million DMA fine in the EU, Meta has agreed to change its ads policy

Elon Musk reportedly donated nearly $300 million to Trump and Republican allies, and several tech companies have pitched in to build the presidents White House ballroom. ALLISON ROBBERT via Getty Images Thanks to updates from Meta, Google, OpenAI and others, AI video is more realistic and easier to make than ever

"The rapid, largely unregulated rise of datacenters to fuel the AI and crypto frenzy is disrupting communities across the country and threatening Americans' economic, environmental, climate and water security," the letter states, adding that approval of new data centers should be paused until new regulations are put in place. The push comes amid a growing revolt against moves by companies such as Meta, Google and Open AI to plow hundreds of billions of dollars into new datacenters, primarily to meet the huge computing demands of AI

"Many people online are already asking 'How to climb over the firewall to access Xiaohongshu,'" Cheng posted on social media. Meta was facing fines earlier this year for failing to disclose information on individuals who funded advertisements on its social media platforms, marking the second such penalty in Taiwan for violating the anti-fraud act

Chinese companies moved quickly into smartglasses after Meta's release, with Inmo and Rokid sold worldwide.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Meta's proposal to use less personal data for targeted advertising in its pay-or-consent model that will be rolled out next month won the approval of EU antitrust regulators on Monday, signaling the company will not face daily fines after all