A young woman who is battling against social media giants took the stand Thursday to testify about her experience using the platforms as she was growing up, saying…
Read more “I wanted to be on it all the time,” plaintiff says in landmark social media addiction trialSam Altman reportedly courted Pang for months. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Ruoming Pang, a prominent A.I. researcher recruited by Meta last year with a pay package reportedly worth more…
Read more Ruoming Pang, Meta’s $200M Superintelligence Hire, Jumps to OpenAI After Just 7 MonthsMeta is formally sectioning off Horizon Worlds, the closest thing it has to a metaverse, from its Quest VR platform, according to a new blog post from Samantha…
Read more Meta’s metaverse is going mobile-firstA California judge admonished members of Mark Zuckerberg’s team for wearing Ray Ban-Meta AI glasses, which are equipped with a camera, as they entered a Los Angeles courtroom…
Read more Judge scolds Mark Zuckerberg’s team for wearing Meta glasses to social media trialZuckerberg defends social media platforms at landmark trial – CBS News Watch CBS News Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified Wednesday in a civil case over social media addiction…
Read more Zuckerberg defends social media platforms at landmark trialMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced questioning in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday about Instagram’s under-13 users and Meta’s efforts to boost engagement, as a trial examines whether…
Read more Mark Zuckerberg questioned on Meta’s under-13 users and usage goals in landmark social media trialMark Zuckerberg faces intense questioning in social media addiction trial – CBS News Watch CBS News Mark Zuckerberg took the stand on Wednesday to fight off allegations that…
Read more Mark Zuckerberg faces intense questioning in social media addiction trialMark Zuckerberg took the stand Wednesday in a high-profile jury trial over social media addiction. In an appearance that was described by NBC News as “combative,” the Facebook…
Read more Mark Zuckerberg testifies in social media addiction trial that Meta just wants Instagram to be ‘useful’Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly adding to his growing list of luxury homes with a waterfront property in the most in-demand section of one of most exclusive neighborhoods in…
Read more Mark Zuckerberg is joining Jeff Bezos in Miami’s billionaire bunker: Take a look inside his portfolio | FortuneThe Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is making big changes, and it started 2026 with some job cuts to recalibrate and refocus its efforts on AI-powered biomedical research. The philanthropic…
Read more The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative cut 70 jobs as the Meta CEO’s philanthropy goes all in on mission to ‘cure or prevent all disease’ | FortuneEarlier this month, Meta laid off 10% of the staff for Reality Labs, its virtual reality unit, reportedly cutting as many as 1,000 employees. Now, in a development…
Read more Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better | TechCrunchMark Zuckerberg says there’s an end in sight to Reality Labs’ years of multibillion-dollar losses following the company’s layoffs to the metaverse division earlier this year. The CEO…
Read more Mark Zuckerberg says Reality Labs will (eventually) stop losing so much moneyMeta has faced some serious questions about how it allows its underage users to interact with AI-powered chatbots. Most recently, internal communications obtained by the New Mexico Attorney…
Read more Mark Zuckerberg was initially opposed to parental controls for AI chatbots, according to legal filingMeta and YouTube are in court this week over allegations that their social media platforms can be addictive and harmful to children, while TikTok on Tuesday chose to…
Read more Meta, YouTube face trial over allegations their tech is addictive, as TikTok settlesFacebook owner Meta has named Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump administration adviser and longtime finance executive, as president and vice chairman of the tech giant. Powell McCormick…
Read more Meta names Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump adviser, as president and vice chairmanBehold Mark Zuckerberg: man of principle. Witness the Meta CEO’s dedication to the most high-minded of causes: “currying favor with whoever’s in charge.” In 2013, when Barack Obama…
Read more Mark Zuckerberg’s nonprofit cuts ties with the immigration advocacy group he co-foundedTime magazine is spotlighting key players in the artificial intelligence revolution for its 2025 Person of the Year, the magazine announced Thursday. “The architects of AI” are the latest…
Read more Time’s 2025 Person of the Year goes to “the architects of AI”Mark Zuckerberg fell to fifth place on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — the lowest in nearly two years — as investors spooked by Meta Platforms Inc’s planned $30…
Read more Mark Zuckerberg’s Net Worth Drops As Meta’s AI Plan Spooks InvestorsPhotos appearing to show Elon Musk and several other Big Tech CEOs have gone viral in the past week on X and Bluesky. The mundane environments, including humble…
Read more Those Viral Photos of Elon and Zuck Are AI. But Google Launched a New Way to Check for FakesMeta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in…
Read more Meta Buried ‘Causal’ Evidence of Social Media Harm, U.S. Court Filings Allege