Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new top-level initiative called Meta Compute, aimed at building out "tens of gigawatts" of AI infrastructure this decade to ensure the company never runs out of processing power.
Meta has deleted over 544,000 accounts belonging to under-16s in Australia following the implementation of the country's landmark social media ban. Despite this large-scale removal, Meta argues that the crackdown is failing its objectives and is calling for age verification to be handled at the app store level by Apple and Google instead.
Meta’s $2 billion deal to acquire the AI company Manus is facing pushback from Chinese officials over potential violations of export-control laws.
Meta has officially acquired the Singapore-based AI startup Manus for over $2 billion. This move marks a pivot for Mark Zuckerberg, as the company shifts focus from simple chatbots to autonomous "agents" that can execute multi-step business tasks like market research and coding on their own.
The Australian government has officially passed legislation to ban children under the age of 16 from using social media platforms. The world-first law mandates that companies like Meta, TikTok, and X implement robust age-verification systems, with the threat of multi-million dollar fines for non-compliance as the country moves toward a stricter digital environment.
Apple’s longtime UI chief Alan Dye is leaving for Meta’s Reality Labs, becoming the latest high-profile departure in a year marked by executive churn across design, legal, and AI leadership. The moves raise fresh questions about Apple’s internal stability as it works to regain momentum in artificial intelligence.
Russian authorities have significantly increased pressure on WhatsApp, with the state communications regulator threatening a total ban of the platform in 2026. This escalation follows months of technical slowdowns and restrictions on voice calls, part of a broader strategy to isolate the domestic internet and transition users to state-controlled alternatives like the new MAX "superapp."
Meta is said to be negotiating a large-scale agreement to use Google’s custom AI chips, signaling a potential shift away from Nvidia-dominated infrastructure and a broader rethink of how hyperscalers build AI systems.
