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Meta seeks to avoid EU fine with free WhatsApp access for rival AI chatbots

Meta Platforms has offered to give rival AI chatbots free access to its social messaging service WhatsApp for a month while it discusses ways to resolve EU

Meta seeks to avoid EU fine with free WhatsApp access for rival AI chatbots
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California county sues Meta over scam ads

California's Santa Clara County has sued Meta Platforms, alleging it has profited from Facebook and Instagram ads promoting scams in violation of California's false

California county sues Meta over scam ads
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Apple, Meta warn Canadian bill could force them to weaken encryption

Apple and Meta have publicly opposed a Canadian bill that the companies say could require them to break the encryption of their devices and services 

Apple, Meta warn Canadian bill could force them to weaken encryption
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Meta asks California judge to throw out landmark social media addiction verdict

Meta Platforms has asked a Los Angeles judge to throw out a jury’s verdict finding the company liable for a woman’s depression in a landmark trial over whether

Meta asks California judge to throw out landmark social media addiction verdict
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Meta seeks to fend off EU order to allow rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp at hearing

Meta Platforms on Tuesday sought to stave off an imminent EU order to allow rival AI chatbots free access to its social messaging site WhatsApp, as it

Meta seeks to fend off EU order to allow rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp at hearing
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Meta picks Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan for El Paso data center financing, source says

Meta Platforms is working with Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase on a roughly $13 billion financing package for a data center in El Paso, Texas, a source familiar with the matter

Meta picks Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan for El Paso data center financing, source says
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Meta faces New Mexico trial that could force changes to Facebook, other platforms

A trial beginning in New Mexico on Monday could prompt a judge to order sweeping changes to how

Meta faces New Mexico trial that could force changes to Facebook, other platforms
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Meta raises $25 billion in bond sale after lifting AI spending plan

Meta Platforms sold investment-grade bonds worth $25 billion in six portions, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday, as the social media giant ramps up investments in

Meta raises $25 billion in bond sale after lifting AI spending plan
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BREAKINGVIEWS-Meta's fall shows punters crave clearer AI payoff

By Karen Kwok NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Shares fell 10% despite strong revenue growth and signs technology is boosting ad sales.

BREAKINGVIEWS-Meta's fall shows punters crave clearer AI payoff
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Meta shares fall on concerns over AI spending, legal scrutiny

Meta Platforms raised its annual capital spending forecast on Wednesday, signaling plans to pour billions more into artificial intelligence

Meta shares fall on concerns over AI spending, legal scrutiny
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Hyperscaler results pose major test for AI-driven US stock market 

A pivotal moment for the artificial intelligence trade driving the U.S. stock market to all-time highs arrives on Wednesday with quarterly reports

Hyperscaler results pose major test for AI-driven US stock market 
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Meta prepares to undo Manus acquisition after China ban, WSJ reports

Meta Platforms is preparing to unwind its acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus after China blocked the deal on national security grounds, the Wall Street Journal

Meta prepares to undo Manus acquisition after China ban, WSJ reports
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Meta pokes holes in China's great AI firewall

(The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are her own.)

Meta pokes holes in China's great AI firewall
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Meta partners with space startup Overview Energy to secure solar power for data centers

Meta Platforms has signed an agreement with Overview Energy to secure power from the startup's space-based solar energy infrastructure for the Facebook parent's data centers by

Meta partners with space startup Overview Energy to secure solar power for data centers
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Soaring US stocks face pivotal week of tech-led earnings, Fed meeting

A scorching U.S. stock rally faces a test from a mammoth week of corporate results led by major technology companies, along with a Federal Reserve

Soaring US stocks face pivotal week of tech-led earnings, Fed meeting
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Meta strikes deal with Amazon's cloud unit to use its CPU chips 

Meta Platforms and Amazon.com on Friday said Meta will use Amazon Web Services' (AWS) Graviton5 central processing unit (CPU) chips, a deal an AWS

Meta strikes deal with Amazon's cloud unit to use its CPU chips 
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Consumer watchdog group files suit alleging Meta profited on ads for scams

The Consumer Federation of America has filed a class-action complaint against Meta Platforms alleging that the social-media giant has profited from advertising for

Consumer watchdog group files suit alleging Meta profited on ads for scams
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Meta breaks ground on over $1 billion data center in Oklahoma's Tulsa

Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it has begun construction on a new data center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a project valued at more than $1 billion, as the Facebook-parent races to build

Meta breaks ground on over $1 billion data center in Oklahoma's Tulsa
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Meta unveils two $499 Ray-Ban smart glasses for prescription users

Meta Platforms launched two new Ray-Ban prescription smart glasses on Tuesday, expanding its offerings in an area that has become one of the few breakthrough successes in the race

Meta unveils two $499 Ray-Ban smart glasses for prescription users
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Meta to raise Quest VR headset prices in US on rising component costs

Meta Platforms said on Thursday it would increase the prices of its virtual reality headsets from April 19 in the United States due to rising costs of memory chips.

Meta to raise Quest VR headset prices in US on rising component costs
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Meta unveils first AI model from costly superintelligence team

Meta Platforms on Wednesday unveiled Muse Spark, the first artificial intelligence model from a costly team it assembled last year to catch up with

Meta unveils first AI model from costly superintelligence team
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From OpenAI to Nvidia, firms channel billions into AI infrastructure as demand booms

Amazon said it will invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic, as the AI startup commits to spending more than $100 billion over the next 10 years on Amazon's cloud technologies.

From OpenAI to Nvidia, firms channel billions into AI infrastructure as demand booms
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EU warns Meta WhatsApp AI fee breaches antitrust rules, orders rollback

The European Commission said on Wednesday it intended to order Meta Platforms to reinstate rival artificial intelligence assistants on its WhatsApp

EU warns Meta WhatsApp AI fee breaches antitrust rules, orders rollback
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Meta, CoreWeave deepen AI cloud partnership with fresh $21 billion deal

Meta Platforms is deepening its CoreWeave partnership with a fresh $21 billion deal for additional cloud computing capacity, as it rushes to catch up with rivals

Meta, CoreWeave deepen AI cloud partnership with fresh $21 billion deal
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Meta pulls ads aimed at recruiting plaintiffs for social media addiction lawsuits

Meta Platforms said on Thursday it is pulling ads from Facebook and Instagram aimed at recruiting new plaintiffs for ongoing litigation accusing it

Meta pulls ads aimed at recruiting plaintiffs for social media addiction lawsuits
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US utility stocks are off to their best start since 2019. Can they keep it up?

U.S. utility stocks marked their strongest start to the year since 2019, benefiting from an investor retreat from riskier assets during the Iran war and

US utility stocks are off to their best start since 2019. Can they keep it up?
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Meta poised to surpass Google in digital ad revenue for first time, report says

Meta Platforms is projected to surpass Alphabet's Google in digital advertising revenue globally by the end of 2026, and dethrone the search-engine behemoth in

Meta poised to surpass Google in digital ad revenue for first time, report says
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Italy court allows class action against Meta over Facebook data scraping

A Milan court on Tuesday accepted a class action brought by a consumer group against Meta Platforms over the theft of personal data suffered by Facebook Italy.

Italy court allows class action against Meta over Facebook data scraping
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Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids

Massachusetts’ highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state’s lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users

Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids
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Facebook owner Meta to buy AI chips from AMD in deal worth up to $100 billion

Facebook owner Meta Platforms will buy artificial intelligence chips from Advanced Micro Devices in a deal that will also give it the opportunity to buy up to a 10% stake of the chip company

Facebook owner Meta to buy AI chips from AMD in deal worth up to $100 billion
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US stocks slip as AI fears keep rumbling and oil prices climb

U.S. stocks fell, while oil prices climbed

US stocks slip as AI fears keep rumbling and oil prices climb
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Apple's longtime design executive Alan Dye to join Meta

Meta Platforms has hired Alan Dye, Apple's longtime head of human interface design, a spokesperson for Apple confirmed on Wednesday, as the Facebook owner accelerates efforts to

Apple's longtime design executive Alan Dye to join Meta
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Russia threatens full ban on WhatsApp

Russia's state communications watchdog threatened on Friday to block WhatsApp entirely if it fails to comply with Russian law, news agencies reported.

Russia threatens full ban on WhatsApp
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Meta slams EU's 'aberrant' antitrust demands for data on Facebook

Meta Platforms on Wednesday hit out at EU antitrust regulators for what it said were "aberrant" requests for information during two investigations four years ago,

Meta slams EU's 'aberrant' antitrust demands for data on Facebook
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Italy antitrust watchdog may curb Meta as WhatsApp AI probe widens

Italy’s antitrust watchdog said it may impose interim measures on Meta as it widened a probe into whether the U.S. tech giant abused its dominance by blocking rival

Italy antitrust watchdog may curb Meta as WhatsApp AI probe widens
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Dozens of state attorneys general urge US Congress not to block AI laws

Republican and Democratic attorneys general from 35 states and the District of Columbia urged congressional leaders on Tuesday not to block state laws governing artificial

Dozens of state attorneys general urge US Congress not to block AI laws
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U.S. senators call for probe of scam ads on Facebook and Instagram

U.S. senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal have asked the heads of the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission to probe Meta Platforms,

U.S. senators call for probe of scam ads on Facebook and Instagram
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Zuckerberg, Meta directors agree to $190 million settlement of shareholder privacy case

(Corrects paragraph 9 to show its second-largest derivative settlement involving allegations that directors failed in their oversight duty in paragraph nine.

Zuckerberg, Meta directors agree to $190 million settlement of shareholder privacy case
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Yann LeCun to leave Meta, launch AI startup focused on Advanced Machine Intelligence

Yann LeCun, one of the founding figures of modern artificial intelligence and a pivotal force at Meta Platforms, said on Wednesday he plans to leave the company at the end of the year to

Yann LeCun to leave Meta, launch AI startup focused on Advanced Machine Intelligence
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Meta defeats antitrust case over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms defeated a U.S. attempt to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp on Tuesday when a federal judge ruled

Meta defeats antitrust case over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions
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Tiger Global slashes Meta stake by 63% 

Tiger Global Management, the hedge fund founded and led by Chase Coleman, slashed its stake in Facebook parent Meta Platforms during the third quarter, according to

Tiger Global slashes Meta stake by 63%