Metaverse
Nearly 80% of Indian shoppers discover new products via social media: Meta
Influencers, Reels and messaging offers are increasingly shaping buying decisions, with Meta-owned platforms playing a key role in both online and offline retail purchases
Meta seals $14.3 billion Scale AI deal, hires its CEO Alexandr Wang
Wang will join Meta's 'superintelligence' unit working on human-level AI, known as artificial general intelligence, while remaining on Scale's board as the company's co-founder
Delhi HC restrains Newgen IT Technologies from using 'Newgen' trademark
Court finds Newgen IT's use of the name deceptively similar to Newgen Software's trademark, upholds injunction originally granted in February and made absolute in March
Meta India's public policy head Shivnath Thukral to step down on June 30
Meta's Shivnath Thukral exits after 7.5 years as India public policy head, as leadership transitions continue under Sandhya Devanathan's expanded SEA role
Amazon lays off employees in Books division as part of cost-cutting plan
Amazon has laid off 100 employees from its Books division, including Goodreads and Kindle teams, as part of a broader restructuring effort to streamline operations and boost efficiency
Apple plans glasses for 2026 as part of AI push, nixes watch with camera
Company engineers are ramping up work on the glasses - a rival to Meta Platforms Inc.'s popular Ray-Bans - in a bid to meet the year-end 2026 target
WhatsApp had no plans to compete with Facebook: Co-founder Brian Acton
Meta's acquisition of WhatsApp is a key part of the case, with FTC lawyers arguing that Meta viewed the messaging app as a legitimate social networking competitor
Meta beats Q1 revenue estimates on ad strength, meets Q2 forecast
The Facebook and Instagram parent also increased planned capital expenditures this year as it speeds up construction of data centers that can support artificial intelligence
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck sues Meta over AI responses about him
Conservative activist Robby Starbuck has filed a defamation lawsuit against Meta alleging that the social media giant's artificial intelligence chatbot spread false statements about him, including that he participated in the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Starbuck, known for targeting corporate DEI programs, said he discovered the claims made by Meta's AI in August 2024, when he was going after woke DEI policies at motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson. One dealership was unhappy with me and they posted a screenshot from Meta's AI in an effort to attack me, he said in a post on X. This screenshot was filled with lies. I couldn't believe it was real so I checked myself. It was even worse when I checked. Since then, he said he has faced a steady stream of false accusations that are deeply damaging to my character and the safety of my family. The political commentator said he was in Tennessee during the January 6 riot. The suit, filed in Delaware Superior Court on Tuesday, seek
Will launch our flagship product Ray Ban Meta glasses in India soon: Meta
The social media conglomerate is also rolling out a live-translation feature for all Ray-Ban Meta glass users across the globe
Google loses ad monopoly case as big tech faces ongoing antitrust battles
Along with Google and Meta, Amazon and Apple are also currently facing significant antitrust challenges in the US
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wraps up testimony in FTC antitrust trial case
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg emphasised in federal court on Wednesday that he bought Instagram and WhatsApp because he saw value in the companies not to take out competitors, as the Federal Trade Commission alleges in a historic antitrust trial. Zuckerberg took the stand for the third day in the trial, wrapping up his testimony as the first witness Wednesday afternoon. He took questions from Meta attorney Mark Hansen, who has argued that his client hardly has a monopoly in social media, as the FTC claims, and still faces stiff global competition. Hansen focused some of his questioning on emails sent by Zuckerberg and his associates that the FTC cited in earlier testimony to illustrate the Facebook founder's alarm over the growth of Instagram and his sense that he needed to neutralise its threat. Zuckerberg said he's very focused on inventing new things, and understanding what other people are creating is a big part of the process. At any given point in his company's history, he said, .
Meta's biggest antitrust trial could force Zuckerberg to sell Instagram
The FTC claims that Meta bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush competition and establish an illegal monopoly in the social media market
WhatsApp faces massive outage as users report issues in sending messages
Following the outage, many even shared memes as an expression of anger and to confirm if the message app was actually down
Tech titans funded Trump; now face tariffs, trials and tight rules
The sweeping tariffs he imposed last week will squeeze Apple's iPhone supply chain and make it much more expensive for Amazon, Meta, Google, and Microsoft to build supercomputers to power AI
Meta launches new Llama 4 AI models 'Scout', 'Maverick' to power innovation
Meta said in a statement that the Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick are its 'most advanced models yet' and 'the best in their class for multimodality'
Turkey fines Meta for refusing to restrict content on Facebook, Instagram
Meta said it has been hit with a hefty fine for resisting Turkish government demands to limit content on Facebook and Instagram. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government has been trying to restrict opposition voices on social media after widespread protests erupted following the arrest of Istanbul's mayor, who's a key rival. We pushed back on requests from the Turkish government to restrict content that is clearly in the public interest, and have been fined by them as a consequence, the company said in a statement. The social media company did not disclose the size of the fine, except to say it was substantial and did not provide any more details about the content in question. The Associated Press has approached the Turkish government for comment. Government requests to restrict speech online alongside threats to shut down online services are severe and have a chilling effect on people's ability to express themselves, Meta said. In recent years the Turkish government has ...
Meta's AI research head Joelle Pineau to step down after eight years
The head of Meta's artificial intelligence research division said she plans to step down, vacating a high-profile position at the parent company of Facebook and Instagram at a time of intense competition in the development of AI technology. Joelle Pineau, Meta's vice president for AI research, said Tuesday she is leaving at the end of May after eight years with the company. "Today, as the world undergoes significant change, as the race for AI accelerates, and as Meta prepares for its next chapter, it is time to create space for others to pursue the work," she wrote in a social media post. Meta didn't immediately respond to an emailed request for comment about the move. Pineau didn't announce a replacement. Based in Montreal, where she is also a computer science professor at McGill University, Pineau has been the face of Meta's open-source approach to building AI systems, such as its flagship large language model called Llama, in which core components are publicly released for other
Airtel lands India's 20th undersea cable to connect with Africa, Europe
System is part of 45,000 km-long '2Africa', which will be the world's longest cable once completed
OpenAI, Meta in talks with Reliance for AI partnerships in India: Report
A possibility being discussed involved a relationship between Reliance Jio and OpenAI to distribute ChatGPT
