A new report from Wired paints a stark picture of life inside Meta’s three-month-old Applied AI unit, describing a workforce of roughly 6,500 engineers and product managers who feel they have been dragooned into the group against their will. The report details a recent employee-only livestream that was hijacked by a worker who unleashed an […]
Meta has announced a new system that uses artificial intelligence to analyze visual cues, including height and bone structure, to identify users under the age of 13 on Facebook and Instagram. This AI-driven age detection technology represents a significant step in the company’s efforts to comply with child safety regulations and protect minors on its […]
Meta has acquired Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI), a humanoid robotics startup, for an undisclosed sum. The deal signals the social media company’s push into physical world AI. Meta acquisition of humanoid robotics startup expands AI research A Meta spokesperson confirmed the deal to TechCrunch via email. “We acquired Assured Robot Intelligence, a company at the […]
Meta has signed a capacity reservation agreement with Overview Energy, a startup planning to beam solar power from space to data centers at night. The deal targets up to 1 gigawatt of power, enough to run a large data center cluster. Meta’s Space Solar Power Deal: How It Works Overview Energy, a four-year-old company based […]
Meta has introduced USDC stablecoin payouts for creators on its platforms in the Philippines and Colombia, marking a significant step in the company’s return to digital currency payments after its abandoned Libra project. The initiative allows eligible creators to receive earnings directly into self-custodial crypto wallets on the Solana and Polygon blockchains. How the stablecoin […]
San Francisco, CA – April 25, 2026 – Meta’s loss is becoming Thinking Machines Lab’s gain. The AI startup has poached a senior researcher from Meta, marking another shift in the ongoing talent war between the two companies. Weiyao Wang, who spent eight years at Meta, left the social media giant last week. He now […]
MENLO PARK, Calif. — April 22, 2026. Meta is turning its employees’ computers into data collection terminals. According to a report from Reuters, the social media giant plans to capture the keystrokes and mouse movements of its own staff to train its artificial intelligence models. This move highlights the intense pressure on tech firms to […]
Meta’s plan to build ten natural gas power plants for a single AI data center in Louisiana will create an electricity system larger than South Dakota’s, according to company announcements and federal data. The move, which conflicts with the tech giant’s public climate goals, signals the immense energy appetite of artificial intelligence. This development, confirmed […]
Meta Reality Labs losses have become a predictable line item in the company’s quarterly reports. On April 29, 2026, Meta released its Q1 earnings from its headquarters in Menlo Park, California. The division lost another $4 billion. That figure matches the average quarterly loss since 2021. Meta Reality Labs losses total $83.5 billion since 2021 […]
The recent detention of Manus AI’s founders by Chinese authorities marks a predictable, yet critical, chapter in the escalating U.S.-China technological rivalry. This move, reported in March 2026, follows the AI startup’s controversial $2 billion acquisition by Meta and its strategic relocation to Singapore, highlighting Beijing’s determination to control its homegrown technological crown jewels. Manus […]
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