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Founded2004

Key PeopleMark Zuckerberg, Alexandr Wang

HeadquartersMenlo Park, USA

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Meta launches standalone Seller app for Facebook Marketplace with AI-powered listing tools

Meta introduced Seller, a dedicated app for Facebook Marketplace power sellers, featuring AI-driven listing creation, inventory management, and performance tracking. Available now on iOS and Android in the US, the app syncs with existing Marketplace data and helps frequent sellers manage their business in one place as the platform celebrates its tenth anniversary.

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Meta launches standalone Seller app for Facebook Marketplace with AI-powered listing tools

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Meta launches Facebook Verified with facial recognition to combat AI-generated fake profiles

Meta introduces Facebook Verified, a free badge program using facial verification to help users identify real people on the platform. The system requires a video selfie checked against existing profile photos, taking just minutes to complete. The move addresses the surge of AI-driven fake profiles and scammers using generative AI tools to create realistic accounts at scale.

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Meta launches Facebook Verified with facial recognition to combat AI-generated fake profiles

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Meta AI campaign pushes optimism while competitors warn of dystopian AI futures

Mark Zuckerberg launched Meta's new AI optimism campaign, positioning the company against AI doomers who warn of job losses and societal risks. The ad showcases nostalgia and human connection but features minimal AI technology and controversially uses David Bowie's "Five Years"—a song about human extinction—as its soundtrack.

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Meta AI campaign pushes optimism while competitors warn of dystopian AI futures

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Meta tests StoryKit, an AI storytelling app that generates bedtime stories for exhausted parents

Meta is piloting StoryKit, an AI-powered app that creates personalized children's stories complete with custom characters, settings, moral lessons, and narration. While designed to help tired parents, the app has sparked debate about outsourcing bedtime stories to AI and the impact on parent-child bonding and human creativity.

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Meta tests StoryKit, an AI storytelling app that generates bedtime stories for exhausted parents

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Meta AI glasses unlock $14B-$18B revenue opportunity as analysts raise price targets

Investment firms Jefferies and Rothschild Redburn raise their price targets on Meta stock, citing massive growth potential from AI-powered smart glasses and small business AI tools. With daily users tripling year-over-year and production capacity reaching 20 million units in 2026, analysts see a hardware revenue opportunity that could reshape Meta's business model and capture a multi-billion dollar market.

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Meta AI glasses unlock $14B-$18B revenue opportunity as analysts raise price targets

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Meta patents AI system that continuously monitors voice to detect mood and emotional state

Meta secured a patent for an AI system that records users' voices throughout the day to track emotional states. The technology combines audio data with contextual factors like location and medication timing. Amazon previously attempted a similar product with its Halo Band but discontinued it after privacy backlash.

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Meta patents AI system that continuously monitors voice to detect mood and emotional state

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Meta AI now sends parental alerts when teens discuss suicide or self-harm with its chatbot

Meta introduced new safety measures that notify parents when their teens discuss suicide or self-harm with Meta AI. The company built a dedicated AI system to detect concerning conversations, with all flagged chats undergoing manual review before alerts are sent. Meta is also developing the ability to contact emergency services for users at imminent risk.

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Meta AI now sends parental alerts when teens discuss suicide or self-harm with its chatbot

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Meta lawsuit alleges AI layoffs targeted pregnant and disabled workers on protected leave

Twenty-six former Meta employees filed a lawsuit claiming the company used AI tools to make layoff decisions that disproportionately targeted workers with disabilities and those on protected medical or family leave. The case marks the first major legal challenge against a US tech company for allegedly using AI in workforce reduction decisions.

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Meta lawsuit alleges AI layoffs targeted pregnant and disabled workers on protected leave

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White House expands pledge to utilities, data centers to control AI power costs

The White House is preparing a new event to expand its Ratepayer Protection Pledge, bringing together utility companies, data center operators, and state governors. The initiative aims to ensure surging electricity demand from AI doesn't drive up household power bills. Questions remain whether this voluntary pledge will deliver concrete commitments or remain symbolic as utilities plan $1.4 trillion in capital spending by 2030.

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White House expands pledge to utilities, data centers to control AI power costs

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Meta expands Louisiana data center to 5 gigawatts, pushing investment past $50 billion

Meta is scaling its Hyperion data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity with a $50 billion investment—up from $10 billion when construction began in 2024. The expansion promises significant economic impact but has split the local community over tax incentives, rising costs, and infrastructure strain.

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Meta expands Louisiana data center to 5 gigawatts, pushing investment past $50 billion

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Meta stock rallies 15% in best week since 2024 as AI strategy wins over skeptical investors

Meta Platforms erased its 2026 losses with a 15% weekly surge, its strongest performance since early 2024. The rally came after the company unveiled plans to sell AI computing capacity through Meta Compute and launched new AI models including Muse Spark 1.1 and Muse Image. Wall Street's enthusiasm signals a shift in sentiment around Meta's massive AI infrastructure spending, though the company has yet to prove it can compete with established cloud providers.

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Meta stock rallies 15% in best week since 2024 as AI strategy wins over skeptical investors

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Tencent moves to acquire Manus as Beijing forces Meta to unwind $2 billion AI startup deal

Tencent is leading a consortium to buy back Manus, the Chinese AI agent startup, after Beijing ordered Meta to reverse its $2 billion acquisition. The move signals China's determination to keep homegrown AI talent and technology under domestic control as U.S.-China competition intensifies in artificial intelligence.

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Tencent moves to acquire Manus as Beijing forces Meta to unwind $2 billion AI startup deal

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Mark Zuckerberg returns to X after 3 years to unveil Muse Spark 1.1, Meta's agentic AI model

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg broke a three-year silence on Elon Musk's X platform to announce Muse Spark 1.1, an advanced agentic and coding AI model. The surprise return generated over 12 million views but sparked debate about why he chose X over Meta's own Threads platform. The new model focuses on coordinating multiple AI agents, managing long-running tasks, and automating workflows.

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Mark Zuckerberg returns to X after 3 years to unveil Muse Spark 1.1, Meta's agentic AI model

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Meta to start producing in-house AI chip in September, targeting 14 gigawatts of capacity

Meta plans to begin manufacturing its custom AI chip, code-named Iris, in September 2026 as part of its MTIA program. The chip cleared testing in just six weeks and will be produced by TSMC with Broadcom's design support. Meta aims to double its computing capacity to 14 gigawatts by 2027 while reducing dependence on Nvidia and AMD GPUs.

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Meta to start producing in-house AI chip in September, targeting 14 gigawatts of capacity

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Meta builds $9 billion AI data center in Alberta, its largest outside the United States

Meta announced a $9 billion investment to build its first Canadian data center in Alberta, marking the company's 33rd facility globally and largest outside the U.S. The 1-gigawatt AI-optimized facility in Sturgeon County will be powered by a dedicated natural gas plant, as Meta races to expand computing capacity amid fierce competition with cloud giants Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet.

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Meta builds $9 billion AI data center in Alberta, its largest outside the United States

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