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Meta Under Fire: Landmark Antitrust Trial Challenges Ownership of Instagram and WhatsApp

Jill Joy - May 13, 2025

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WhatsApp Wins $167 Million In Damages From NSO Group

Matt Milano - May 8, 2025

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Meta Triumphs in Court: NSO Group Ordered to Pay $167 Million for WhatsApp Spyware Attacks

Ryan Gibson - May 7, 2025

SocialMediaNews

Robby Starbuck Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Meta Over False AI Claims

Rich Ord - May 5, 2025

AITrends

Meta Steps Up the AI Race: Inside Its New Personal Aimed at ChatGPT

John Overbee - May 4, 2025

Mark Zuckerberg: AI Will Write Most Meta Code Within 18 Months

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a bold prediction, saying he believes AI will write most of the company's code in 12-18 months....

WhatsApp Surpasses 3 Billion Monthly Users

WhatsApp continues its reign as the undisputed leader in online messaging platforms, with the app crossing the 3 billion monthly user threshold....

Microsoft CEO: 20-30% of Company Code Written by AI

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has gone on record saying he believes 20-30% of the company's code was written by AI, rather than human programmers....

Duolingo ‘Going to Be AI-First,’ Replace Contractors With AI

Duolingo has announced a major change, saying it is "going to be AI-first," including replacing contractors with AI....

Meta Lays Off Virtual Reality Employees

Meta has engaged in another round of layoffs, this time letting employees in the company's Reality Labs division go....

Meta Defends Using Pirated Books for AI, Saying They Have No ‘Economic Value’

Meta has chosen a novel defense in its copyright case, saying there's nothing wrong with using pirated books, since "none of [the authors'] works has econo...

Mark Zuckerberg Considered Instagram Spinoff to Avoid Antitrust Case

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg floated the idea of spinning off Instagram in 2018, seeing it as a possible way to avoid antitrust scrutiny....

Meta Caught Cheating On AI Benchmarks

Meta released two new Llama 4 models, touting their "unparalleled, industry-leading performance," but the company has been caught cheating on its benchmark...

Dan Neary, Meta VP of Asia Pacific, Resigning

Dan Neary, Meta's Vice President of Asia Pacific, announced he is resigning from the company to pursue "the next phase" of his life....

Meta May Offer UK Customers A Paid, Ad-Free Experience

Meta may expand its EU pay model to the UK, charging customers who want to use Facebook and Instagram ad-free....

Judge Denies Meta’s Motion to Dismiss AI Copyright Case

Meta suffered a major legal setback, with U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria allowing an AI copyright against the company to proceed, although he did dismi...

Meta Admits Torrenting Pirated Books, Says It Did Not ‘Seed’ Them

Meta has filed a court document admitting it pirated terabytes wo...

Meta Pirated 80 TB of Copyrighted Books to Train AI

Meta is in hot water, with internals emails showing the company torrented more than 80 TB of copyrighted and pirated books from questionable online databas...

Meta Will Not Develop ‘Critical Risk’ AI Models

Meta has defined its AI policy to govern its future development, saying it will stop developing AI models it deems a "critical risk."...

Threads Begins Testing Ads

Threads is officially moving forward with ads, testing them "with a handful of brands," according to Threads chief Adam Mosseri....

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