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Meta set to buy Chinese startup Manus for $2 bn to boost advanced AI

Earlier this year, Manus launched its AI agent and claimed its performance outpaced OpenAI's DeepResearch

Updated On: 30 Dec 2025 | 1:03 PM IST

Meta to acquire Singapore startup Manus in bid to bolster AI push

Meta is spending aggressively to compete in the AI race against rivals like OpenAI, Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Microsoft Corp

Updated On: 30 Dec 2025 | 9:12 AM IST

Ex-Trump adviser Powell McCormick steps down from Meta board after 8 months

Powell McCormick, who served as Trump's deputy national security adviser during his first term, is considering retaining an advisory role where she continues working with Meta's senior leadership team

Updated On: 20 Dec 2025 | 2:15 PM IST

Meta moves to single age-check system as global child safety rules tighten

Meta aims to roll out one age-check system for Facebook and Instagram as global child safety laws grow and pressure on tech firms increases

Updated On: 17 Dec 2025 | 2:50 PM IST

Social media firms urge Karnataka to consult public on misinformation Bill

Social media cos urge Karnataka govt to conduct public consultation before tabling bill on misinformation in assembly

Updated On: 09 Dec 2025 | 11:26 PM IST

Meta rolls out unified support hub for Facebook, Instagram: What's new

Meta rolls out a central support hub with AI search, better recovery options, and enhanced security protections for Facebook and Instagram

Updated On: 05 Dec 2025 | 12:23 PM IST

Apple taps Meta's chief legal officer as general counsel in latest shake-up

The latest reshuffle follows the departure last month of Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams, long the No 2 to Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook

Updated On: 05 Dec 2025 | 7:42 AM IST

Meta to cut 30% of Metaverse budget as layoffs loom in 2026: Report

CEO Mark Zuckerberg has heavily bet on the augmented-reality unit, with the company changing its name to Meta from Facebook in 2021. The unit has burned more than $60 billion since 2020

Updated On: 04 Dec 2025 | 9:08 PM IST

Apple's top design executive Alan Dye poached by Meta in major coup

The move represents a seismic shift in Silicon Valley and shows that Meta is committed to becoming a name-brand maker of hardware devices

Updated On: 04 Dec 2025 | 7:33 AM IST

SC rejects Reliance plea over ₹30 lakh fine for not disclosing Jio-FB deal

In June 2022, Sebi imposed a penalty of ₹30 lakh on Reliance Industries for not making a prompt clarification to stock exchanges regarding the Jio-Facebook deal

Updated On: 02 Dec 2025 | 12:54 PM IST

Australia begins global drive to restrict social media access for children

While figures on the number of under-16s on social media globally are scarce, research firm EMarketer says about one in ten US users are under 18

Updated On: 01 Dec 2025 | 8:02 AM IST

India crucial to how we see future of AI on Meta platforms: Arun Srinivas

Arun Srinivas reveals 92% of businesses on Meta are SMBs, details AI-driven features for creators, and a strategic rethink for WhatsApp Pay

Updated On: 30 Nov 2025 | 11:41 PM IST

WhatsApp, Meta can redact confidential info from judgment, says NCLAT

WhatsApp, through its lawyer, had sought redaction of confidential material on pages 194 to 196 of the judgment

Updated On: 25 Nov 2025 | 10:53 PM IST

Meta in talks to spend billions on Google's chips against Nvidia: Report

The talks also involve Meta renting chips from Google Cloud as early as next year and are part of Google's broader push to get customers to adopt its tensor processing units (TPUs)

Updated On: 25 Nov 2025 | 6:15 PM IST

Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, allege US court filings

In a 2020 research project code-named Project Mercury, Meta scientists worked with survey firm Nielsen to gauge the effect of deactivating Facebook and Instagram, according to Meta documents

Updated On: 23 Nov 2025 | 7:25 AM IST

Cambridge Analytica case: Zuckerberg's Meta settles claims for $190 million

Representatives of Menlo Park, California-based Meta and Zuckerberg didn't immediately return emails seeking comment on the settlement

Updated On: 21 Nov 2025 | 11:24 PM IST

Meta rolls out tool for Facebook creators to defend content from mimics

Meta introduces new tools to curb reposted content by detecting copied Reels, reducing duplicate posts and limiting visibility for accounts sharing unoriginal work

Updated On: 18 Nov 2025 | 4:44 PM IST

Meta, ByteDance, Google, Snap to face trial over youth addiction claims

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl late Wednesday ruled against the companies on their last chance to avoid trial

Updated On: 07 Nov 2025 | 8:24 AM IST

Australia expands under-16 social media ban to include Reddit: Key details

The government had earlier said Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube would fall under the law, noting that other unspecified platforms could also be covered

Updated On: 05 Nov 2025 | 11:47 AM IST

Meta set to raise $25 bn in its biggest-ever bond sale to fund AI expansion

Meta Platforms' $25 billion bond sale, among the biggest US corporate bond offerings of 2025, will help the company to ramp up AI infrastructure and integrating AI services into core products

Updated On: 31 Oct 2025 | 10:07 AM IST