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Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024

Mark Zuckerberg says AI will be doing the work of mid-level engineers this year

By Solomon Klappholz published

News The Meta founder thinks 2025 will herald a profound shift in the software engineering profession

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Ireland has become a “data dumping ground” for big tech

By Nicole Kobie published

The sharp increase in data center projects may be threatening Ireland's net-zero aspirations

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Meta logo and branding pictured on an exhibitor stall at the 2024 Viva Technology conference.

Meta wants to join the big tech nuclear club

By Nicole Kobie published

News Meta has become the latest big tech company to explore the use of nuclear energy to power data centers.

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Digital mockup of Meta's new $10 billion data center in Richland Parish, northeast Louisiana.

Meta just unveiled plans to spend $10 billion on its largest-ever data center

By Emma Woollacott published

News The Louisiana facility will be optimized for AI workloads

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Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta, pictured during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept 25 2024.

Want to call yourself a real tech company? Mark Zuckerberg says get a technical CEO

By George Fitzmaurice published

News Firms without enough technical representation can’t truly call themselves tech companies, according to Mark Zuckerberg

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Meta logo and branding pictured on a sign at the One Hacker Way headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

Meta layoffs hit staff at WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs divisions

By Ross Kelly last updated

News The 'year of efficiency' for Mark Zuckerberg continues as Meta layoffs affect staff in key business units

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Meta logo and branding pictured on the company headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

Why big tech is investing heavily in geothermal energy

By Nicole Kobie published

News Meta’s partnership with Sage Geosystems comes amid a sharpened focus on alternative data center energy sources

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Open source AI concept image showing digitized brain hovering over a circuit board.

Open source AI just got a major seal of approval from US regulators

By Nicole Kobie last updated

Analysis Regulators in the US appear very keen on supporting open source AI developers

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pictured at a Congressional hearing in Washington DC, United States.

Meta won't release multimodal AI models in Europe due to "unpredictable" privacy regulations

By Nicole Kobie published

News The "unpredictable nature" of EU regulations have prompted Meta to scrap plans to release its models across the region

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WhatsApp business logo and branding pictured on the Apple App Store page.

WhatsApp Business prices are set to change – here's what you need to know

By George Fitzmaurice published

News This is the first rate change for WhatsApp Business users since it adopted category-based pricing over a year ago

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