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NCLAT reserves verdict on Meta and Whatsapp pleas against CCI penalty

The appellate tribunal NCLAT has completed hearing and reserved its order on the appeals filed by Meta Platforms and WhatsApp, challenging the CCI's penalty on the social media major for the 2021 WhatsApp privacy policy update. An NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member (Technical) Arun Baroka, has directed the parties to file written submissions by October 6. "All the parties to file concise notes of submissions of not more than ten pages by October 6, 2025," said the bench on Thursday, while reserving its judgment. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) was hearing the petition by the tech giant Meta, which challenged a penalty of Rs 213.14 crore on the social media major for unfair business practices with respect to the WhatsApp privacy policy update done in 2021. Senior Counsel Arun Kathpalia and Amit Sibbal have completed their submissions in the rejoinder over arguments by the Senior Advocate Balbir Singh appearing for the Competition

Meta introduces 'Vibes', a Reels-inspired video feed for AI-generated clips

Part of the Meta AI app, Vibes gives users a TikTok or Reels-like space to create, remix, and share AI-made videos, with prompts used for generation appearing as captions

Social media firms lose bid to stop expert testimony on how it harms youth

LA judge said testimony for all but one of 11 proposed witnesses could be presented at trial, but that all of the experts would be prohibited from discussing the intent of the social media companies

Meta launches $799 Ray-Ban smart glasses with built-in display, AI features

In an interview ahead of their launch, Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth called the new glasses "the first serious product" in the space

We are being punished for providing superior services, Meta tells NCLAT

Meta told NCLAT it was being punished by CCI for offering superior services and highlighted lapses in the watchdog's findings on WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy case

Ray-Ban Meta glasses with built-in display may launch this week: Report

Meta is expected to debut Ray-Ban smart glasses with a built-in display, gesture-based wristband controls, and a new Oakley Meta Sphaera model at Connect 2025

CCI overstepped jurisdiction by ruling on privacy issues: WhatsApp to NCLAT

The appellate tribunal in March this year had deferred the hearing in the case, citing the upcoming Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules

Fired WhatsApp security head accuses Meta of ignoring major privacy threats

Attaullah Baig said Meta ignored repeated warnings about hacks and data risks on WhatsApp, gave staff wide access to private details and then fired him after he raised concerns

Meta's Threads now lets users attach longer text to posts: How it works

Threads now supports long text attachments, allowing creators to share detailed ideas, articles, and excerpts directly in posts to engage audiences

Meta pays $55 an hour to contractors to train AI bots in Hindi, Spanish

Meta is hiring contractors fluent in Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese, and Indonesian to design culturally relevant AI chatbots for Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger

Facebook, Instagram goes dark in Nepal as govt ban comes into effect

Many of the social media users have been complaining about an outage in the service, with the prompt reading hmm... something went wrong

Australia warns Meta, TikTok to prepare as under-16 ban approaches

eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said Thursday she had written to the technology companies saying she expected them to get ready to deactivate accounts held by Australians who are under 16

Apple loses key AI talent as robotics researcher jumps ship to join Meta

The fresh exits include robotics lead Jian Zhang and members of the Foundation Models team, triggering concerns about Apple's shift toward external AI and declining staff morale

Reliance AGM highlights: 2026 Jio IPO, AI push with Google, Meta, and more

RIL AGM: Jio Chairman Akash Ambani added that the company has crossed 500 million customers, making it one of the largest telecom operators globally

Whatever happened to the metaverse dream that was meant to change tech?

Once billed as the next internet, the metaverse is now a patchwork of gaming, AR, and enterprise tools, which is far from the trillion-dollar vision tech giants once promised

Meta partners with Midjourney for its products and models: What to expect

Meta said it will license Midjourney's "aesthetic technology" to enhance AI imagery, bringing advanced image generation into Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp

Mark Zuckerberg reshapes Meta's AI division amid superintelligence push

On Tuesday, Meta announced internally that it is splitting its AI division which is known as Meta Superintelligence Labs into four groups, two people with knowledge of the situation said

Meta releases AI translation feature for creators on Instagram and Facebook

Meta expands AI-powered translations on Instagram and Facebook. Creators can dub reels with automatic lip syncing, upload custom audio, and track multilingual performance

Meta splits AI group into four parts in pursuit of superintelligence

The group, known as Meta Superintelligence Labs, or MSL, will now have four parts

GenAI paradox: Companies pouring billions into AI; it has yet to pay off

The winners so far have been the suppliers of AI technology and advice. They include Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, which offer AI software, while Nvidia is the runaway leader in AI chips