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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 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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Meta logo pictured at Menlo Park, California.

Why Meta could face a hefty EU fine over its 'pay or consent' ad model

By Emma Woollacott published

News The European Commission said Meta is failing to offer users a valid option for equivalent services that doesn't involve tracking and targeting

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks about the new Facebook News feature at the Paley Center For Media on October 25, 2019 in New York City.

‘I find it a pretty big turnoff’ — Why Mark Zuckerberg thinks closed source AI competitors are harming the industry

By George Fitzmaurice published

News Mark Zuckerberg framed Meta as the leading open source alternative on the AI market in a recent interview

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