Meta hits back at telcos’ ‘fair contribution’ demands
Social media giant Meta has weighed in on the ‘fair contribution’ debate insisting the campaign to force Big Tech to pay for network infrastructure costs is ‘not the solution’.
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Meta wields the axe again amid looming identity crisis
Another 10,000 workers at Facebook parent Meta will be shown the door in the coming months.
Meta follows Twitter down the blue check rabbit hole
Facebook parent Meta wants a piece of the premium social-networking action.
Bharti Airtel and Meta to extend subsea cable to India
Indian operator Bharti Airtel has announced a collaborative project with Meta to extend the 2Africa Pearls subsea cable, which connects Africa, Europe, and Asia, to India.
Meta cull compounds tech sector gloom
The company formerly known as Facebook is getting rid of 11,000 people as its boss admits to getting carried away.
Investors lose faith in Meta’s gambling habit
The company formerly known as Facebook took another big hit to its share price as the cost of its pivot to the metaverse hit home.
UK sets significant precedents in ordering Meta to sell Giphy
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has reaffirmed its demand that US internet giant Meta undo its 2020 acquisition of GIF search engine Giphy.
Meta has another go at selling the metaverse
The company formerly known as Facebook now makes its annual developer conference almost entirely about plugging the concept of the metaverse.
Qualcomm and Meta join forces to ‘revolutionise the future of computing’
Chip firm Qualcomm and the artist formally known as Facebook have put their heads together in order to deliver ‘multi-generation metaverse experiences’ – which seems to mean specialised chips.
FTC swoops to stop Facebook ‘illegally’ buying VR firm Within Unlimited
The US Federal Trade Commission doesn’t like the sound of Facebook/Meta purchasing Within Unlimited and its VR fitness app Supernatural. Are regulators finally rolling their sleeves up against big tech monopolisation?
Nokia and Meta partner with… who?
The company formerly known as Etisalat has partnered with the company formerly known as Facebook, essentially to highlight the significance of its recent rebrand.
EU messaging interoperability demands raise concerns
The part of the EU’s Digital Marketing Act concerning messaging interoperability is getting some heat from the tech world – but the bigger question is how would such a thing curb big tech dominance?
Meta makes a big noise about AI and, of course, the metaverse
US Internet giant Meta/Facebook has launched a barrage of information on AI projects it is working on, including translation systems, virtual assistants and metaverse voice command tools.
Facebook announces a meaningless roster of ‘new values’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has informed his employees they are now called Metamates, that it’s time for a new cultural operating system at Meta, and more miscellaneous corporate dribble.
Facebook shares tank as it pivots towards unproven metaverse strategy
Despite a 20% Q4 revenue hike, stock in tech giant Meta/Facebook dropped 20% amid negative outlook for the next quarter.
Facebook teases AI supercomputer built to power the metaverse
Meta, the artist formally known as Facebook, is showing off its new AI Research SuperCluster which it claims will be the fastest AI supercomputer on the planet.
Facebook is being sued for £2.3 billion for ‘exploiting users’
A class action law suit claims social media giant Meta abused its dominant position and exploited the data of 44 million UK Facebook users.
T-Mobile limits presence at CES but the show goes on
US operator T-Mobile says the vast majority of its team will no longer be attending CES, while Amazon, Meta, Twitter and Pintrest have reportedly pulled out entirely.
UK orders Facebook to sell Giphy
The UK Competition and Markets Authority isn’t happy about Facebook’s acquisition of GIF image provider Giphy, so has demanded its sale.
Microsoft and Facebook get cozy over workplace collaboration
Users of Microsoft Teams will be able to directly access Workplace stuff without leaving the app, in a move that will add to concerns over the ubiquity of big tech.
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