Uber, DoorDash, and Airbnb say almost nobody is using AI agents
Uber recorded just four AI-booked rides and 500 food orders in a week that saw 320 million transactions
Google, Meta, and TikTok sue California over law banning addictive social media features for children
Apparently, endless scrolling and addictive feeds are a matter of free speech
Instagram Edits arrives on desktop with multi-track editing, AI tools, 4K exports
Meta has brought its free Instagram Edits video editor to desktop, starting with macOS. The app features multi-track editing, color grading, customizable keyboard shortcuts, and AI-assisted workflows. Users can export videos in up to 4K without watermarks.
Meta gets $3 billion from Nvidia, team up to make Muse AI faster and cheaper to run
Nvidia is investing in a major customer that plans to buy more of its hardware, adding to concerns about circular AI financing
Meta plans $95 billion stock offering to fuel AI spending despite growing bubble fears
Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom are among the companies interested in buying billions of dollars' worth of shares
Cambridge Analytica's fallout is still costing Meta, this time $25 billion in New Mexico
Well below the $219 billion maximum the judge said was possible, Meta says it will appeal
Meta suspends Muse sharing after sensitive documents turn up in shared chats
Researchers found loan paperwork, revenue figures, and confidential meeting notes
Meta's smart glasses were recording conversations without the wake phrase, company admits
Meta says the issue has been fixed, but hasn't explained what caused the unwanted recordings
A hot potato: If there's one product that really doesn't need any more negative stories, it's Meta's smart glasses, but here we are. Some users discovered that the wearables were recording their voices without the wake phrase, an issue the company says has now been resolved.
Sony's VR patents are reportedly going to Meta, which isn't a good sign for PSVR 3
Enthusiasts still have something to celebrate with the release of a free VR mod for Titanfall 2
A jury found Facebook guilty of 43 million privacy violations, and Meta could owe billions
Cambridge Analytica is long gone but the consequences are still landing on Meta
Meta's new AI tools turn prompts into games you can then play inside Facebook and Instagram feeds
The new AI tools are a direct shot at Roblox's 123 million daily users
Amazon is blocking Meta's shopping AI agent, and plans to block Google and OpenAI's too
Amazon's $68 billion ad business may be part of why it's guarding against AI shopping agents
Meta's new smart glasses skip the cameras, and the privacy backlash that came with them
Audio-only AI glasses arrive next month starting at $349, Meta VR glasses packing 5K micro-OLEDs launch next spring at $1,299
In a nutshell: Meta's Connect 2026 event aimed to address two of the biggest obstacles facing wearable smart devices: privacy for smart glasses and the size of VR and AR devices. The company's upcoming audio-only AI glasses look to put a digital assistant on the wearer's face while avoiding the surveillance concerns that have dogged previous models. Meanwhile, the company's latest VR device directly calls out Apple's failed Vision Pro.
Meta's Muse AI calls businesses for you, sometimes with a human doing the talking
Meta admitted it was a mistake after a contractor made a racist remark during one call
Zuckerberg's bold plan to replace Meta employees with AI has imploded
Meta explored 60% team cuts in two waves before staff revolt forced a retreat
A hot potato: Meta set out to reorganize much of its workforce around AI at the beginning of this year, betting that agents could help the company move faster while reducing the need for larger teams. The company went ahead with 10% workforce cuts in May but ultimately dropped plans for a broader round of layoffs after its AI workplace "overhaul" ran into employee resistance and technical problems.
Meta agrees to pay up to $18 billion to end trial over Instagram, Facebook child addiction claims
Two-hour daily caps, forced "pauses," and a midnight lockout are coming to teen accounts. Skeptics say it doesn't go far enough
Winners & losers: Meta has agreed to pay as much as $18 billion and overhaul how minors use Instagram and Facebook, settling a lawsuit that accused the company of designing its platforms to addict children. Court filings and a Meta blog post confirmed the deal this morning. The agreement ends a trial that began August 18 in Oakland, and was expected to run through early October. It also means Mark Zuckerberg won't have to take the stand as planned. Instagram head Adam Mosseri had already testified before the settlement landed.
Meta goes to trial over Facebook and Instagram's impact on young users
The company could face $193 billion in penalties as states put its social media design on trial
Workers at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta say AI is making their jobs harder, not easier
Current and former employees report 90-hour weeks during AI sprints
Bernie Sanders tells OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta to pause AI development or face Senate action
The senator says recent rogue-agent incidents show AI firms are losing control of their own systems.
Meta CTO says employees should use AI productivity gains to do more work, calls request for extra days off "very dumb"
Andrew Bosworth told employees to ask their parents if requesting more days off was a good "career strategy"
Meta's child-safety failures will cost it another $567 million
The company must also limit screen time, restrict notifications, and strengthen age checks
Meta becomes the third AI giant in two weeks to admit its model went rogue
The latest incident raises more questions about companies' ability to contain AI agents
Meta's Reality Labs division lost $4.6 billion in Q2 2026, pushing total losses toward $88 billion
Horizon Worlds is now in maintenance mode, but the losses haven't stopped
Meta is bragging about how its AI keeps people on Instagram, while facing lawsuits over addiction
40 US states are suing Meta for harming children's mental health
Online fraud is a $150 billion nightmare for Americans, but most crimes go unreported
Crypto scams still reign supreme, while AI is making criminals' life easier