Meta Platforms Inc. aka Meta was formerly known as Facebook and is an American technology conglomerate situated in Menlo Park, California. Meta now acts as a parent company to Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and other subsidiaries. Meta is seen as one of the American big five in tech, along with Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. The company changed its name to Meta because of the renewed focus on building a giant metaverse – a network of virtual worlds which will be inhabited by social avatars of real people – with the goal to tie the whole world together into one giant, social network. Meta’s services include Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp and more. It has also acquired Oculus, Giphy, Mapillary, Kustomer and holds a 9.9% stake in Jio Platforms. The new name came into effect on October 28, 2021. Mark Zuckerberg acts as the CEO for Meta, Sheryl Sandberg is the COO, Nick Clegg is president of Global Affairs, Mike Schroepfer is the chief technology officer, David Wehner is the Chief Financial Officer and Chris Cox is the Chief Product Officer. As of December 2020, Meta had almost 59,000 employees. The company’s board of directors include Peggy Alford from PayPal, Drew Houston from Dropbox, Nancy Killefer from McKinsey and Company, Tony Xu from DoorDash and Peter Thiel from Clarium Capital among others. More
According to CCI's directions, WhatsApp has been barred from sharing user data collected on its platform with other Meta companies or Meta products for advertising purposes for a period of five years.
Meta adds a Dating Assistant and Meet Cute to Facebook Dating, helping users skip swipes, get smarter matches, and connect faster in the US and Canada.
The translations will initially be available in six languages on Android devices and 19 languages on iPhones, with more languages to follow
Meta faces backlash for using schoolgirls’ Instagram photos to promote Threads to adult men, raising serious concerns about children’s online privacy and safety.
'I went to a tier three school in US and still got in. If Meta gave me a chance, I’m sure they would give more MIT and Stanford grads a chance too if there wasn’t any other option,' Zach Wilson said.
Tech giants such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Apple are among the largest recipients of H-1B visas, with Amazon leading the pack.
Meta CMO Alex Schultz recently visited India, a market that has become crucial to the social networking giant's future growth strategy because of rapid AI adoption and a fast-growing digital economy.
Oakley Meta Vanguard is designed with high-intensity sports in mind. The wraparound frames use Oakley’s PRIZM™ lens technology to shield against sun, dust, and wind, while offering a secure fit optimised for helmets and hats.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off what he called Meta Ray-Ban Display, although some demos of the new technology did not go as planned
NCLAT was hearing a petition by the tech giant, which challenged a penalty of Rs 213.14 crore on the social media major for unfair business ways with respect to the WhatsApp privacy policy update done in 2021.
With the downgrades, Apple’s recommendation consensus — a proxy for the ratio of buy, hold, and sell ratings — has dropped to 3.9 out of 5, its lowest since early 2020
Oracle shares soared 36 percent, their biggest jump since 1992, after upbeat cloud guidance lead analysts to revise their outlook on the firm.
The glasses, internally codenamed "Jayhawk," will include microphones, speakers, a camera and a full‑color display in one eye
The job listings, spotted on staffing platforms like Crystal Equation and Aquent Talent, suggest that these contractors won’t just be writing code, their main job is to build personalities and characters for chatbots that will eventually live inside Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp.
The 28-year-old CEO and co-founder of Memories.ai said he recently hired Chi-Hao Wu, his manager at Meta, as their new Chief AI Officer.
Meta’s decision to hire contractors fluent in Hindi to train AI chatbots signals a more hands-on approach in shaping culturally relevant digital personas for India.
A Meta engineer with a $7M net worth says he’s tired of office politics and is now considering leaving Big Tech for a teaching career.
The report says Zhao even signed paperwork to return to OpenAI before Meta convinced him to stay. The tech giant quickly promoted him to the role of Chief AI Scientist
Facebook (Meta), Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, and Google (Alphabet)-have collectively hired over 30,000 new employees in India over the past 12 months, Xpheno data shows.
For now, Meta has deleted some of the offending bots, but the scandal shows how quickly AI can cross ethical lines and why stronger rules may be needed to stop technology from being misused.
RIL-Meta joint venture will develop Llama-based agentic enterprise AI platforms and tools as well as ready-to-deploy vertical and sector‑specific solutions for Indian enterprises.
At 23, Manoj Tumu quit his Rs 3.36 crore job at Amazon to join Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta. Here’s what drove his big career move and the lessons he shares.
In 2025, leading American tech giants Google, Apple, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta, have announced significant expansion plans in India, securing prime office space despite US President Donald Trump’s dismissal of India as a “dead” economy.
Adult film studios have hit Meta with a $359M lawsuit. Here are 5 key claims they’ve made in the shocking AI and piracy case.
Alongside the glasses, Meta will also introduce a futuristic neural wristband that lets you control devices with subtle arm movements