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FAAMNG companies reported an 18% YoY uptick in hiring in specialised roles in India, with another 3,000-5,000 active job openings.

Italy orders Meta to pause WhatsApp ban on rival AI chatbots

Italy’s competition authority has ordered Meta to suspend its WhatsApp policy banning rival AI chatbots, citing concerns that the move may harm competition while favouring Meta’s own AI services.

Why tech whistleblowers say speaking out against Meta can end a career

From quiet blacklisting to legal gag orders, former insiders describe how exposing Big Tech’s harms often comes with lasting professional exile.

Meta’s AI chief Alexandr Wang faces make-or-break moment with Meta’s next AI launch

Meta’s AI chief Alexandr Wang is under growing pressure after recent AI setbacks. Here’s what’s happening inside the company and why its next model matters so much.

Meta India appoints Aman Jain as new public policy head

Aman Jain's appointment as Meta's India public policy head comes at a time when the government is formulating a slew of tech and AI related regulations.

Inside Meta’s pivot from open source to money-making AI model

Meta’s strategy shifted dramatically earlier this year after the company released Llama 4, an open-source model that disappointed Silicon Valley and Zuckerberg

Meta to take on Gemini and ChatGPT with new ‘Avocado’ AI model, expected to launch in 2026

Meta is preparing to take on Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT with its upcoming AI model codenamed Avocado. The launch timeline has reportedly shifted to early 2026, and the model may be closed-source. Here are the latest details.

Meta reportedly postpones the debut of its Phoenix mixed reality glasses to 2027

Meta has pushed back the release of its next-generation mixed reality glasses, code-named Phoenix, to the first half of 2027, after initially planning to release it in 2026. The company has apparently made this decision to help them deliver a more polished experience.

Apple rocked by executive departures, with chip chief at risk of leaving next

In just the past week, Apple’s heads of artificial intelligence and interface design stepped down.

Meta prepares sweeping cuts to metaverse spending as Zuckerberg pivots sharply to AI

After years of pouring billions into virtual worlds that failed to take off, Meta is preparing to shrink its metaverse ambitions and redirect investment toward AI-powered devices and “personal superintelligence.”

Nvidia-Google AI chip rivalry escalates on report of Meta talks

Meta is in discussions to use the Google chips — known as tensor processing units, or TPUs — in data centers in 2027

Meta quietly shut down ‘Project Mercury’: Why the company shelved a study showing quitting Facebook reduced anxiety

The study, known internally as Project Mercury, began in late 2019 and was aimed at understanding how Facebook and Instagram affected users’ emotional wellbeing.

UK-based Meta techie alarmed after Delhi Uber driver sent ‘murder threat’ translated by Google

'A chill ran down my spine. It is Delhi after all. Anything can happen,' Arnav Gupta, an engineering manager with Meta in London recalled, describing how he frantically opened the app to check the chat for context.

Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege

People who stopped using Facebook for a week reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness and social comparison, Meta's internal research had found

Zuckerberg, Meta directors agree to $190 million settlement of shareholder privacy case

Facebook in 2021 changed its name to Meta, which is also the parent company of Instagram and WhatsApp. The company was not a defendant.

Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun to leave Meta, start new AI research company

LeCun said he will be forming a startup company to pursue research on advanced forms of AI that can “understand the physical world, have persistent memory, can reason, and can plan complex action sequences.”

Meta defeats antitrust case over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions

The ruling gives Big Tech its first decisive win against the antitrust crackdown started in President Donald Trump's first term, and is a major setback for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission

Is Facebook getting rid of its Like button? Here’s what we know

Facebook is retiring its famous Like and Comment buttons from external websites starting February 10, 2026. Here’s what Meta’s decision means, why it’s happening, and what it says about the future of the social web.

Meta denies using porn to train its AI, blames employees for personal downloads

Meta has denied allegations that it downloaded pornographic videos to train its AI systems, calling the lawsuit against it baseless. The company said the flagged downloads were likely done by individuals for personal use and not linked to its AI research.

Meta’s jumbo bond sale draws record $125 billion of orders

The demand for the deal, expected to be at least $25 billion in size, surpasses the previous record set back in 2018

Mark Zuckerberg backs Meta’s multi-billion dollar AI spending spree

Meta’s latest earnings call made one thing clear — Mark Zuckerberg is betting the company’s future on artificial intelligence, even as investors show signs of unease.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans more aggressive AI spending in Superintelligence push

Meta raised its 2025 capital expenditure forecast and indicated that spending will be significantly higher in 2026.

Meta’s higher spending in pursuit of AI payoff shakes investors

Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday signaled an unsatiated appetite for more computing resources as Meta seeks to ensure it’s an industry leader in a fast-moving AI race

Meta's billionaire co-founder says being CEO for 13 years was 'quite exhausting'

'I don’t like to manage teams, and it wasn’t my intention when we started,' Dustin Moskovitz said. 'I’d intended to be more of an independent or head of engineering or something again. Then one thing led to another, and I was CEO for 13 years.'

Meta, TikTok, and Snap warn Australia’s under-16 social media ban could backfire but agree to comply

Meta, TikTok, and Snap say they disagree with Australia’s new law banning children under 16 from using social media but will comply. The law, effective December 10, aims to protect minors online, with hefty fines for violations.