Meta to cut 8,000 jobs to bankroll its AI ambitions
The cuts come as Meta ramps up spending on compute, AI agents, and multibillion-dollar partnerships
Google says AI now generates 75% of its new code, up from 25% in 2024
Engineers review and guide output while internal models handle generation, refactoring, and migration tasks
Meta doubles down on custom AI chips with Broadcom deal through 2029
Gigawatt-scale rollout and 2nm chips signal a massive AI infrastructure push
Clicking "reject cookies" might not actually do anything
Google, Microsoft, and Meta largely ignore cookie opt-outs, independent audit says
Bottom line: Those annoying cookie-consent banners that have flooded the internet over the past several years are supposed to give users the option to block most tracking cookies from advertisers. However, a recent California audit claims that the largest ad tech companies usually send cookies anyway, having decided that simply paying potential billions in fines is more profitable.
Apple is testing four smart glasses designs as it prepares to challenge Meta Ray-Bans
Apple is developing N50 eyewear with cameras, sensors, and tight iPhone integration
Which mobile app was the first to reach 1 billion users?
Was it TikTok, WhatsApp, Facebook, or WeChat?
Instagram is testing a new paid tier that allows users to watch Stories anonymously
Pay up, and your Story views will stay hidden
Jury reaches verdict in social media addiction trial, finds Meta liable for harm to children
Jurors say the company misled users and violated state law, with penalties totaling $375 million
Meta is quietly backing away from the metaverse as it pivots to AI
Meta will end Horizon Worlds VR access in June as the metaverse dream keeps fading
Meta is pulling the plug on Instagram's encrypted messages
The company says few people used the feature
Meta's massive undersea cable project delayed in Persian Gulf as Iran conflict escalates
Contractor ASN says it can no longer operate safely in the region
Oversight Board urges Meta to toughen rules on AI-generated content and deepfakes
The board wants clearer rules, broader labels, and stronger detection
Meta's smart glasses raise privacy alarms as data labelers review intimate recordings
These contractors say footage includes scenes far from what users expect
AMD is selling $60 billion worth of GPUs – and a piece of itself – to Meta
Any lingering hope for affordable gaming GPUs just took another hit
Editor's take: AMD and Meta have joined the growing circus of reciprocal deals Big Tech is using to bootstrap what it hopes will become a self-sustaining "AI economy." Under a new multi-year agreement, the two companies will closely align their technology roadmaps – though AMD's role comes with strings attached, including hitting specific performance targets in the stock market.
Judge warns smart glasses wearers of contempt charges as Zuckerberg testifies in Meta trial
"If you have done that, you must delete that"
Meta signs major Nvidia deal to power AI data centers with Blackwell and Rubin GPUs
WhatsApp will feature "privacy-enhanced AI" with Nvidia's Confidential Computing platform
Meta patents AI that could continue posting on social media on behalf of deceased users
Experts are already raising legal, ethical, and social concerns
Meta goes to trial over alleged child exploitation on Facebook and Instagram
New Mexico state prosecutors accuse Meta of ignoring internal warnings about harm to young users
Meta Reality Labs posts worst quarter ever: losses hit $6 billion, pushing total to $80 billion
Meta is scaling back its metaverse ambitions and shifting focus to AI
Big Tech is finally on trial for how it built its algorithms
A teen is suing Meta, TikTok, and YouTube over algorithmic harm – and thousands more cases are waiting
Why it matters: When jurors in Los Angeles walk into a courtroom this week, they'll confront a question technology companies have long sidestepped: can a line of code, an algorithmic feed, or a design pattern cause psychological harm? The case, K.G.M. v. Meta et al., marks the first personal-injury trial to test whether social media platforms themselves – not just the people who use them – bear responsibility for the mental-health fallout of the digital age.
Meta is testing paid subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp
The rollout follows Snapchat+ success with 16 million paying subscribers at $3.99 per month
Lawsuit alleges Meta can read WhatsApp messages despite encryption
Plaintiffs cite whistleblowers to argue that end-to-end encryption doesn't work as advertised
Ripple effect: Questions about whether WhatsApp's encryption works as Meta describes have taken center stage in a new international lawsuit filed in a US federal court, where plaintiffs allege that Meta misled billions of users about the privacy of their messages.
Wikipedia is now getting paid by Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity, and other AI companies
The internet's largest free encyclopedia is adapting to the AI era
Meta is cutting hundreds of metaverse jobs now that AI is the priority
Reality Labs has burned through about $75 billion