October 14, 2025 What it’s like living next to one of Meta’s largest data centers Data centers have become the starting blocks in the global race for AI supremacy. Tech giants like Meta, Alphabet, and OpenAI have committed hundreds of billions of dollars collectively to building more of them. States are offering incentives for their … Continue reading Photos: What it’s like living next to Meta’s largest data center
Behind Google’s And Meta’s Secret Partnership by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, December 10, 2024 The European Union (EU) is probing deeper into a secret Google and Meta partnership that targeted Instagram ads to minors. We learn this as GroupM released its forecast estimating that overall, digital ads could make up as much as 82% of … Continue reading Behind Google’s And Meta’s Secret Partnership
Meta’s growing roster of AI-powered tools help Tuckernuck and Kitsch scale up creative and discover new customers in time for the holidays. Chris Wood on August 30, 2024 Fashion and beauty brands are often early tech adopters. Many are digital-native, forging tailored D2C digital strategies. And there are so many competitive brands that any … Continue reading How brands are using AI in Meta’s Advantage+ campaigns
April 20, 2024 The ethical pros and cons of Meta’s new Llama 3 open-source AI model Experts say that while open-source could accelerate innovation, it also could make deepfakes easier. BY Chris Morris Meta has a brand-new Llama to show off. On Thursday, the social media giant announced Llama 3, the next version of its open-source … Continue reading The ethical pros and cons of Meta’s new Llama 3 open-source AI model
Meta’s AI image generator struggles to create images of couples of different races The AI tool had a tendency to create depict people of the same race even when explicitly prompted otherwise. Karissa Bell Updated Thu, Apr 4, 2024 Screenshot via Meta AI Meta AI is consistently unable to generate accurate images for seemingly … Continue reading Meta’s AI image generator struggles to create images of couples of different races
Meta’s Threads is coming to the Fediverse Charlotte Colombo Freelance Journalist Threads is coming to the Fediverse — and it’s happening sooner than you think. On Thursday (Mar.21) Meta, the owners of Threads, announced a beta that allows users in certain countries to share their Threads posts on numerous other platforms. The ability to … Continue reading Meta’s Threads is coming to the Fediverse
Quest 3 drives huge quarterly revenue of over $1 billion for Meta’s Reality Labs Paul McNally / Last Updated: Feb 2, 2024 Meta’s Quest 3 headset had a strong Q4 last year. At stages over the holiday period, it was outselling Sony’s PSVR2 by 30 units to one on Amazon in the run-up … Continue reading Quest 3 drives huge quarterly revenue of over $1 billion for Meta’s Reality Labs
By Associated Press January 18, 2024 Sheryl Sandberg, who helped to transform Facebook from a tech startup into a digital advertising empire, will step down from the board of Meta, Facebook’s parent company. “With a heart filled with gratitude and a mind filled with memories, I let the Meta board know that I will not … Continue reading Why is Sheryl Sandberg leaving Meta’s board?
By Rebecca Barker December 08, 2023 Meta: Facebook and Instagram’s parent company announced Purple Llama, a project that prioritizes safety tools and best practices amidst the AI renaissance and the risks coupled with it. Read: Announcing Purple Llama: Towards open trust and safety in the new world of generative AI Grok: The ever-controversial billionaire Elon … Continue reading Today’s top business headlines: Elon Musk’s AI venture, Shein IPO, and Meta’s Purple Llama announcement
By Chris Stokel-Walker November 30, 2023 The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been behind some of the most eye-watering fines and censures of big tech companies in the last few years. But now arguably the biggest big tech company of them all is seeking to get its own back—by petitioning a court to declare … Continue reading Meta’s new legal strategy: calling the FTC’s actions unconstitutional
