Meta makes open source Llama AI model available for commercial use
The move by the social media giant threatens to upend early dominance established in the nascent market for generative AI software by other providers.
Does Mark Zuckerberg even want Threads to replace Twitter?
Meta is going to have a hard time engaging users if posts lack wit, personality and a taste of the real world.
Facebook and Hun Sen: Cambodia election tests content moderation
Meta took down the leader's video inciting violence, but only after nearly six months and after he claimed that he switched to a different social media platform.
Scratch a tech bro and you’ll find a naked ape
The fitness antics of Silicon Valley titans suggest that 21st-century business leadership is as much about displaying physical dominance as it is about showing foresight.
Meta's 'friendly' Threads collides with unfriendly internet
Mark Zuckerberg has pitched Meta's Twitter copycat app, Threads, as a "friendly" refuge for public discourse online. Maintaining that idealistic vision for Threads is another story.
Cambodian ruler’s Facebook account goes dark after spat with Meta
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has recommended that he be suspended from the platform for threatening political opponents with violence.
Whatever happened to the metaverse?
Following a great deal of hype last year, companies now seem to be reining back their investments in the metaverse.
Splitting up social media may be its only hope
Keeping different groups away from each other could be the best way to prevent a total meltdown of digital society.
Meta to cut 10,000 jobs and 5,000 open roles in efficiency push
The world’s largest social-networking company in November already laid off 11,000 people, or 13% of its staff, in wide reaching cuts designed to improve its financial performance.
Meta launches subscription service for Facebook and Instagram
In addition to a verification badge, the subscription includes "proactive account protection, access to account support, and increased visibility and reach."
From Meta to Microsoft, AI's big moment is here
Chief executives across the sector have packed earnings calls with mentions of the tech, which until recently existed more in the background than as a solid contributor to the bottom line.
Blaming TikTok for harming students is easy. Proving it isn’t.
About half of adolescents have had a mental health disorder at some point in their lives, and some school districts are putting at least part of the blame on social media companies that they say addict America’s youth. It won’t be easy to prove in ...
