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Startups Weekly: AMD acquisition and other moves to scale AI startups - TechCrunch
Hastings was appointed by Anthropic's independent Long-Term Benefit Trust and already has experience sitting on the boards of Netflix, Bloomberg, Meta...
CNBC
Meta and Anduril defense startup partner on VR, AR project intended for U.S. Army
Meta and Anduril defense-tech startup founded by Palmer Luckey formed a partnership to create virtual reality and augmented reality devices for the U.S. army.
Bloomberg
Meta Teams Up With Anduril to Make AI-Powered Military Products
Meta Platforms Inc. is partnering with defense contractor Anduril Industries Inc. to develop new products for the US military, including an artificial intelligence-powered helmet with virtual and augmented reality features.
PYMNTS.com
Meta Reorganizes GenAI Team to Accelerate Product Rollouts | PYMNTS.com
Meta is reorganizing its generative AI team in an effort to accelerate rollouts of products and features as the AI race intensifies.
TechCrunch
Meta wants to open more retail stores - TechCrunch
Meta reportedly wants to expand its brick-and-mortar retail footprint to sell devices like the Quest VR headset and its Ray Ban glasses.
CNBC
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has 1 billion monthly active users - CNBC
Meta's AI assistant now has 1 billion monthly active users ... Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, and Market Data and Analysis.
The Verge
Inside the Meta monopoly trial - The Verge
Meta has a well-earned reputation as the fastest follower in tech. Did your startup launch a cool feature that people like? Before you can say...
The Register
Ex-Meta exec: Copyright consent obligation = end of AI biz - The Register
Former British deputy PM and Meta apologist Sir Nick Clegg says that forcing AI companies to ask for the permission of copyright holders before...
The Register
Don't click on that Facebook ad for a text-to-AI-video tool - The Register
Facebook ads were published on both attacker-created pages and compromised accounts, with UNC6032 "constantly" rotating the domains mentioned in the...
Axios
Meta shuffles AI, AGI teams to compete with OpenAI, ByteDance, Google - Axios
Driving the news: In an internal memo sent Tuesday and seen by Axios, chief product officer Chris Cox laid out the new structure, which will see...
CNBC
Circle IPO has peculiar Facebook-like characteristic
In its updated IPO prospectus on Tuesday, Circle indicated that most of the shares being sold are coming from existing stakeholders rather than the company.
Bloomberg
Meta’s Future Lies With Judge as FTC Antitrust Trial Ends
Meta Platforms Inc. has done all it can in court to fight back at the US Federal Trade Commission’s claims that it’s a monopoly. Now it’s up to a federal judge to decide whether the company should be broken up.
TechCrunch
Meta reportedly splits its AI team to build products faster | TechCrunch
As companies like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic make moves, Meta is trying its best to stay neck-and-neck with the competition. The company...
Bloomberg
Meta Rolls Out WhatsApp for iPad in Belated Concession to Tablet Users
Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp released an iPad-specific version of its popular messaging app, belatedly offering a larger-format experience to users with Apple Inc. tablets.
PYMNTS.com
FTC Uses Meta Emails to Show Instagram's Role in Enabling Online Predators
Newly unsealed documents presented during the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust trial have revealed that Meta, the parent company of Instagram,...
The Verge
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would 'kill' the AI industry | The Verge
News. Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would 'kill' the AI industry. Meta's former head of global affairs said asking for...
PYMNTS.com
Meta Concludes Defense in FTC Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Acquisitions
In the final days of a high-stakes antitrust trial, Meta Platforms Inc. rested its defense, urging a federal judge to consider a different...
NPR
The dawn of search engines
Today on the show, we bring you a special episode from the Understood feed at CBC podcasts. It's an excerpt from a series called Who Broke the Internet hosted by Cory Doctorow. The four part series details his criticisms on the state of the modern internet and what we can do about it. From his conversations with Eric Corly the publisher of 2600, an iconic hacker magazine, best known under his hacker name Emmanuel Goldstein, to Clive Thompson a tech and culture writer to Steven Levy the author of "In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes our Lives" this excerpt digs into how search engines started.You can listen to more of the podcast here.Related episodes:The hack that almost broke the internet (Apple / Spotify)For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
Bloomberg
Jony Ive’s OpenAI Deal Puts Pressure on Apple to Find Next Big Thing
Jony Ive’s deal with OpenAI should cause major shockwaves at Apple, especially after a design-team brain drain and struggles in artificial intelligence. Also: Apple plans Meta-like smart glasses for late next year, and Trump threatens a 25% smartphone tariff. Looking ahead to WWDC, we have the latest details on the company’s operating system redesign plan and what’s likely to be its biggest AI announcement.
ARPU
Why is Meta Turning to Solar Energy to Power AI Data Centers
Yesterday, Meta signed its fourth major solar energy deal this year, securing 650 megawatts across projects in Kansas and Texas. The agreement was signed with energy provider AES Corporation, and the deal involves solar projects in Kansas and Texas that AES is bringing online in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
TechCrunch
Meta adds another 650 MW of solar power to its AI push | TechCrunch
Meta signed another big solar deal on Thursday, securing 650 megawatts across projects in Kansas and Texas. American utility and power generation...
CNBC
Sam Altman's $6.4 billion bet on Jony Ive has Zuckerberg-like qualities - CNBC
Meta disputed the FTC's argument and said the market remains competitive. The trial kicked off in April. A much smaller piece of Meta's business...
SCMP
Apple aims to launch smart glasses in 2026 in push into AI devices to rival Meta, OpenAI
The iPhone maker is looking to join the emerging trend of AI-powered devices – an area where it faces fresh competition.
TechCrunch
Meta launches program to encourage startups to use its Llama AI models - TechCrunch
Meta is launching a new program, Llama for Startups, to incentivize startups to adopt its Llama AI models.
Bloomberg.com
WhatsApp Had No Plans to Compete With Facebook, Co-Founder Says - Bloomberg.com
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton said that his messaging company had no plans to build social networking features to compete with Facebook before...
Axios
Meta to start removing expired ads from political ad archive - Axios
State of play: Meta, then Facebook, introduced its Ad Library on May 24, 2018. At the time, it said archived ads and advertisers would only be stored...
Bloomberg
Xreal and Google Debut Aura AR Glasses to Rival Meta’s Orion Plan
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has entered the glasses race by partnering with Xreal Inc. on the first spectacles to run an augmented-reality version of its operating system.
CNBC
Xreal debuts first glasses to run Google's Android XR operating system to take on Meta and Apple
Xreal's launch is significant as Google tries to become a major operating system for virtual and augmented reality smart glasses and headsets.
PYMNTS.com
Meta Moves to Dismiss FTC Antitrust Case Amid Ongoing Trial - PYMNTS.com
Meta Platforms is seeking to shut down the FTC's high-profile antitrust case in the middle of the trial, arguing that the government has...
Quartz
Nvidia gets an AI boost, Meta hits a AI roadblock, and Apple's brutal year: Tech news roundup
Nvidia gets an AI boost, Meta hits a AI roadblock, and Apple's brutal year: Tech news roundup. Plus, Sam Altman says Gen Z doesn't make life...