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13:18 Meta ‘hastily’ changed moderation policy with little regard to impact, says oversight board

Facebook and Instagram owner criticised for leaving up posts inciting violence during UK riots

21/04 The biggest questions facing Big Tech ahead of earnings

All of the megacap companies have significant exposure to President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, which will be a major topic on earnings calls.

19/04 'We had to buy them': the emails that 'haunt' Zuckerberg

The cases of Tiktok, Instagram and Whatsapp, as well as the strategy that followed for each of these applications, Meta, has been the court that is investigating the monopoly practices of Mark Zuckerberg's company.

19/04 Cliff Taylor: Transatlantic trade war could have consequences for how we all use the internet

Tech bros who backed Trump are being hit by buyer’s remorse – but it may already be too late

18/04 Mystery as Mark Zuckerberg suddenly closes his Silicon Valley school

The Primary School announced that it will be shutting its doors at the end of the 2025-26 school year.

17/04 Meta Antitrust Trial: Mark Zuckerberg's Former Right Hand Woman Sheryl Sandberg Takes the Stand

Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg took the stand to face intense questioning by the FTC on Wednesday as the agency seeks to break up Mark Zuckerberg's social media giant.

17/04 Everything you need to know about Meta’s ‘monopoly’ trial

If the case brought by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is successful, Meta could be forced to sell Instagram and WhatsApp.

17/04 What if Mark Zuckerberg had not bought Instagram and WhatsApp?

The big ticket deals were derided at the time, but the apps are now two of the most important parts of Meta’s business

17/04 Mark Zuckerberg tells antitrust trial he saw TikTok as an ‘urgent’ threat to Facebook’s market position

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said ByteDance’s TikTok posed a “highly urgent” competitive threat to his firm when it first sprang up in 2018, as he testified for a third day in the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust trial.

16/04 Zuckerberg sought to escape federal fines by courting Trump

Mark Zuckerberg spent millions of dollars cozying up to President Donald Trump in an effort to avoid paying billions in fines to the Federal Trade Commission and seeing his Meta empire dissolved.

16/04 Meta’s Zuckerberg says TikTok is a major competitive threat

US Federal Trade Commission looking to unwind Facebook’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014

16/04 Silicon Six accused of avoiding nearly $300bn in taxes, new report says

Silicon Six accused of avoiding nearly $300bn in taxes, new report says - Big Tech giants accused of having tax avoidance ‘hardwired’ into their infrastructures

15/04 Mark Zuckerberg's "Crazy Idea" to delete everyone's friends on Facebook

This proposal, which he described as "crazy", is part of his concerns about the gradual loss of Facebook's cultural influence.

15/04 Meta’s Zuckerberg admits he bought Instagram because its camera was ‘better’

Admission appears to bolster allegations by US antitrust enforcers that Meta used a ‘buy or bury’ strategy to snap up potential rivals

15/04 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram from Facebook in 2018: FTC trial

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning out Instagram in 2018, according to an email presented Tuesday in the FTC's antitrust trial against the company.

15/04 Mark Zuckerberg Testifies in FTC Meta Monopoly Case, Revisits Instagram Acquisition

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand in federal court on Monday to defend his company against the FTC's allegations that it acquired Instagram and WhatsApp to create a social media monopoly. 

15/04 Zuckerberg says Meta has more competitors than FTC claims

US government is arguing that Instagram acquisition should be unwound

15/04 Hackers insert Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s voices into crosswalk signals

Hackers insert Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s voices into crosswalk signals - AI-generated prank messages played at various locations across Silicon Valley

15/04 Zuckerberg defends Facebook on the first day of the antimonopoly trial against Meta

Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook co -founder (now called Meta Platforms), defended this Monday at a Washington D.C. your company on the first day of the trial ...

14/04 FTC Antitrust Lawsuit Against Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Kicks Off in Washington DC

The FTC's high-stakes antitrust lawsuit against Meta kicked off today with opening arguments in Washington, DC. Mark Zuckerberg is expected to take the stand to defend his company against the federal government's claims that the acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp should never have been approved.

14/04 Video: Peninsula crosswalks hacked with mock messages from Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk

Videos of the altered crosswalk buttons were widely shared on social media.

14/04 Meta: Facebook owner could be forced to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp

Meta: Facebook owner could be forced to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp - The trial could mark a ‘new social media world order,’ tech expert says

14/04 Meta resorted to 'buy-or-bury scheme' with Instagram and WhatsApp deals, former FTC Chair Lina Khan says

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan said Monday that Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp drastically changed the social networking ecosystem.

14/04 Israeli-American mathematician Gaitsgory scoops $3m Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics

Gaitsgory and his team have spent the past thirty years solving the geometric Langlands conjecture.

14/04 The big idea: will sci-fi end up destroying the world?

Skewed interpretations of classic works are feeding the dark visions of tech moguls, from Musk to Thiel

14/04 Meta faces historic antitrust trial that could force it to break off Instagram, WhatsApp

Meta Platforms Inc. faces a historic antitrust trial Monday that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into social media powerhouses.

13/04 Some top tech leaders have embraced Trump. That's created a political divide in Silicon Valley

Many of Silicon Valley's most prominent tech leaders have embraced President Donald Trump in his second term.

11/04 Billionaires finally turn on Donald Trump

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11/04 What has been Elon Musk's preferred operating system: Android or Apple iOS

The technological magnate decision has been promoted by security, one of the priorities of the CEO of X, Tesla and Starlink is the protection of shared sensitive data through its smartphone

10/04 Mark Zuckerberg Faces Potential Breakup of His Meta Empire in FTC Antitrust Trial

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, the tech giant formerly known as Facebook, is gearing up for a historic antitrust fight with the FTC set to begin on Monday. The lawsuit, filed during Donald Trump's first term in office, will determine if Facebook's acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp were designed to put a stranglehold on the social media market.

10/04 Meta whistleblower reveals Mark Zuckerberg's shock links to China

Former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams accused the social media company of undermining national security and briefing China on U.S. AI efforts in order to grow its business there.

09/04 Watch Live: Facebook Whistleblower Testifies About Meta's Alleged Dealings with China

Sarah Wynn-Williams, a whistleblower at Facebook, testifies about alleged dealings between Meta and the Chinese Communist Party on Wednesday, April 9.

09/04 Gerry Adams engaging with solicitor following use of his books ‘without permission’ for Meta’s AI development

Gerry Adams has confirmed he is engaging with his solicitor after claiming social media and tech platform Meta has used his books without his consent, to train its artificial intelligence systems.

09/04 Gerry Adams to seek legal action against Meta following use of his books for AI development

Gerry Adams has sought legal action against global tech giant Meta, after claiming that the platform has used his books without his consent, to train its artificial intelligence systems.

09/04 Meta Whistleblower to Testify Before Congress About Facebook 'Betraying American Values' in China Dealings

Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former Facebook executive, is set to testify before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee today, claiming that Meta executives undermined U.S. national security and briefed Chinese officials on emerging technologies like AI.

08/04 Meta Keeps Big MAGA Accounts on Ban List as Mark Zuckerberg Lobbies Trump

Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly lobbying the Trump administration to drop a pivotal FTC case against the company, in what would amount to a major political favor for Meta. Despite Zuckerberg's multiple olive branches to the Turmp administration, a number of high-profile, pro-MAGA voices are still banned on Meta's Facebook and Instagram platforms.

08/04 Fintan O’Toole: The voice of the Almighty Dollar is shouting stop, Mr Trump

The most effective pushback against Donald Trump right now is a plunging financial graph

08/04 ‘Change your phone language to Irish’ – angry WhatsApp users try to find ways of switching off new AI assistant

Meta’s new AI assistant is on track to become the world’s leading artificial intelligence, according to Mark Zuckerberg.

07/04 Legendary investor does it again

Warren Buffett’s move last year to sell stocks and hoard some $USD300 billion ($A501 billion) in cash is looking prescient - as he’s the only mogul among the world’s 10 richest whose net worth has risen this year despite a market sell-off triggered by President Trump’s tariffs.

07/04 Which Trump-supporting billionaires have lost the most from his new tariffs?

Wealth of world’s richest tycoons shrinks as US president’s trade war spooks investors

07/04 James Corden’s cringey sex joke about Dame Judi Dench

James Corden made a cringey sex joke about Dame Judi Dench that stunned the audience at the star-studded Breakthrough Prize gala in Los Angeles Saturday.

06/04 Zuckerberg, Gates, Bezos and Murdoch at 11th Breakthrough Prize awards

Mark Zuckerberg , Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch were all spotted at the 11th Breakthrough Prize awards in Barker Hanger in Santa Monica.

05/04 Zuckerberg tops billionaire losses just as he buys DC house

The five richest men lost a combined £41.4billion on Thursday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

03/04 Mystery buyer of $23 million DC mansion to cozy up to Trump revealed

The mystery of who purchased a $23 million home in Washington, DC , has finally been revealed as tech CEO flock to move closer to Washington, DC.

03/04 They predict the end of televisions: what device will replace it, according to Mark Zuckerberg

The finishing CEO believes that over the years, users will change the way they consume content in the home

03/04 ‘Fight back’: Radical plan to take down Trump

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03/04 Writers protest before Mark Zuckerberg's headquarters in London because of artificial intelligence

According to outraged writers, Meta feeds artificial intelligence with stolen books.

03/04 ‘Cracking’: Bezos wedding already a disaster

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02/04 WSJ: Mark Zuckerberg Is Seeking Donald Trump's Support in Battling EU's Meta Antitrust Ruling

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pressing U.S. trade officials and the Trump administration to push back against an expected EU antitrust ruling that could undermine the company's ad-based business model.

02/04 UFC signs wide-ranging sponsorship deal with Meta, bringing Mark Zuckerberg closer to Dana White

Meta and mixed martial arts league UFC reached a multimillion-dollar, multiple-year sponsorship deal that will span the tech company's portfolio, UFC told CNBC.

02/04 Richest ever American worth more than Musk and Bezos combined

America has produced some big name billionaires from Jeff Bezos to Mark Zuckerberg to Bill Gates, but one entrepreneur held more wealth than they do combined

01/04 Forbes: Who are the 10 richest people in the world in 2025

Forbes magazine released the list of the richest people on the planet in 2025. At the top, Elon Musk with $ 342 billion in fortune.

01/04 Moving fast and breaking things is no way to govern a country | Letters

Letters: Readers agree with Simon Jenkins’ view that the US is ‘moving fast and breaking things’ – but do not see any positive outcome

01/04 Mark Zuckerberg asks for favor from Trump to help protect Meta as company embracing president’s demands

Mark Zuckerberg asks for favor from Trump to help protect Meta as company embracing president’s demands - Meta is expecting the European Commission to slap it with fines and a potential cease-and-desist for violating it’s digital laws

01/04 2025 Forbes Global Rich List: Musk, with a net worth of US$342 billion, topped the top again! Tesla's stock price rises sharply

2025 Forbes Global Rich List: Musk, with a net worth of US$342 billion, topped the top again! Tesla's stock price rises sharply

01/04 Sick of Musk and Zuckerberg, Gen Z is flocking to Tumblr

Sick of Musk and Zuckerberg, Zoomers have found a new place to network that millennials didn't already ruin: Tumblr.

31/03 Pilita Clark: The WhatsAppification of work has ruined my work-life balance

A dividing line between work and social life has been breached

28/03 The Facebook exposé Careless People is a body-horror classic in waiting

Sharks, wasps and billionaires combine to make this memoir by Sarah Wynn-Williams the gruesome blueprint for a much-needed update to The Social Network

28/03 Laura Slattery: Facebook exposé Careless People is a gruesome update to The Social Network

Sharks, wasps and billionaires combine to make this memoir by Sarah Wynn-Williams the gruesome blueprint for a much-needed update to The Social Network

27/03 Elon’s cutting obsession explained

As Elon Musk’s DOGE takes a chainsaw to government spending in the US, he is not just causing controversy – he is also displaying his knack for cutting complexity and keeping things simple.

25/03 Report: EU to Slap Mark Zuckerberg's Meta with Record Antitrust Fine of Up to $1 Billion

The EU is poised to hit Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, with a massive fine of $1 billion or more for allegedly violating its strict antitrust regulations, according to sources close to the situation.

22/03 Playing a game with your boss? Just let them win.

Meta staff supposedly let Mark Zuckerberg win a board game. That's sparked a debate about whether beating your boss could be bad for your career.

22/03 Stephen Graham's height revealed after starring role in Adolescence

Serial Bafta nominee Graham broke into the film industry in 2000, playing Tommy in Guy Ritchie's Snatch. Six years later he had another breakout rule as racist skinhead Combo in This is England.

21/03 Arielle Zuckerberg’s firm raises $181,818,181.80 to back ‘magically weird’ tech founders

Lee Jacobs said the new fund, announced Wednesday, is inspired in part by his reaction to Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.

20/03 The world’s 10 richest people: The wealthiest have $100 billion or more

Here are the world’s 10 richest people and some of their key investments.

20/03 Meta didn't want people to read this book. Now it's a No. 1 bestseller.

Meta tried to prevent the author from promoting her book. It backfired.

20/03 Arielle Zuckerberg explains her 'rizz and tiz' theory about startup founders

Arielle Zuckerberg, a general partner at Long Journey Ventures and sister of Mark Zuckerberg, looks for what she calls "rizz and tiz" in founders.

19/03 Controversial insider account by former Meta official has strong first-week sales

A former Meta official’s explosive insider account sold 60,000 copies in its first week and reached the top 10 on Amazon.com’s best-seller list amid efforts by the social media giant to discredit the book.

19/03 We Read the Book Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want You to Read. We Can See Why.

Careless People has plenty of scandal. It also portrays Facebook’s larger-than-life executives as flawed, awkward, and hypocritical humans.

18/03 Palmer Luckey said he bet all his cash on Meta in 2021

Palmer Luckey, Anduril CEO and Oculus founder, invested all his liquid cash in Meta in 2021 despite his 2016 Facebook firing.

17/03 How to spot a low performer at work

It’s a lot harder than it should be despite decades of corporate effort

16/03 Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work by Sarah Wynn-Williams review – a former disciple unfriends Facebook

This account of working life at Mark Zuckerberg’s tech giant organisation describes a ‘diabolical cult’ able to swing elections and profit at the expense of the world’s vulnerable

16/03 Overheard: Facebook whistleblower finds mischievous party animal Enda Kenny ‘almost charming’

Plus: James Dyson could be in for a land in Waterford; the Irish master of plaster; and the NCH’s bonus buyout

15/03 Whistleblower’s exposé of the cult of Mark Zuckerberg reveals peril of power-crazy tech bros | John Naughton

Meta’s attempt to silence ex-employee Sarah Wynn-Williams has drawn attention to its work on stifling freedom of expression in China

15/03 After Elon Musk’s Delaware exit, state lawmakers weigh bill to overhaul corporate law

Delaware lawmakers are considering a bill that aims to make the state attractive to investors and executives.

14/03 Amazon, Google, and Meta Pledge Support for Tripling Nuclear Power Capacity by 2050

Amazon, Google, and Mark Zuckerberg's Meta have joined a growing list of energy-intensive companies calling for governments and utilities to triple nuclear power capacity by 2050, signaling a significant boost for the nuclear industry's revival.

14/03 Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him | Marina Hyde

Whether the Meta boss and his ex-lieutenant Sheryl Sandberg are truly beyond awful is neither here nor there. I thought he was done with factchecking, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

14/03 Mark Zuckerberg's Meta to Launch Community Notes Next Week

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta will launch its Community Notes feature on it Facebook, Instagram, and Threads in the United States next week. The community-driven feature replaced the company's biased left-wing "fact checking" system that was used to censor conservatives over the past 10 years.

14/03 If men were killing beetles at the rate they’re attacking women, something would be done

They were daughters, mothers, sisters, aunts, women with histories and plans for the lives they had yet to live

13/03 Meta is trying to silence a former executive. In an interview, she tells BI why.

Sarah Wynn-Williams' memoir "Careless People" uncovers Meta's alleged misconduct, sparking legal action. She shares more detail in a BI interview.

13/03 Meta's Community Notes will use open-source technology from Elon Musk's X

Meta revealed more details of Community Notes, and said that it incorporates the same open-source algorithm that powers X's crowdsourced feature.

12/03 Lean In, said Sheryl Sandberg – but after this week, can we ever see her or Facebook in the same light again? | Emma Brockes

The new memoir about Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg is billed as an exposé – but it feels like a morality tale for our times, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

12/03 The US’s plutocrats and politicians want more, more, more. Matt LeBlanc shows us a better way | Arwa Mahdawi

‘Joey from Friends’ has gone viral for his lack of drive. This is what the world needs – someone who’s happy with nothing rather than everything, writes Arwa Mahdawi

12/03 Mark Zuckerberg's 5 wildest and most awkward moments with world leaders, from an ex-employee's new book

A former Facebook executive recounted several awkward encounters Zuckerberg had with world leaders in her memoir.

12/03 Kathy Sheridan: Why women are having fewer babies, in Ireland and worldwide

In Ireland, during 2024 the birth rate fell to 1.5 per woman – even lower than the United States rate of 1.6

12/03 Fortunes ‘lost in the blink of an eye’

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12/03 Letters: GAA must keep pace with other sports if it is to have a future as an organisation

The GAA at senior or inter-county level no longer has amateur status. Its approach is highly professional in its use of coaches, managers and backroom staff, including strength and conditioning people.

12/03 The Greek Startup that fascinated Mark Zuckerberg

"We make technologies aimed at 3.3 billion users worldwide, when our customers were a few tens of thousands. We are working for all Meta applications today, from Facebook and Messenger to Instagram and WhatsApp. "

11/03 Bluesky CEO appears to troll Mark Zuckerberg with her own Latin T-shirt that says 'a world without Caesars'

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber took a dig at Mark Zuckerberg with her own Latin shirt saying "A world without Caesars."

11/03 An ex-Facebook exec said staff let Zuckerberg win at board games. But now the plot thickens.

Former Facebook exec Sarah Wynn-Williams claims Mark Zuckerberg's employees let him win Settlers of Catan in her new book "Careless People."

11/03 8 tech titans suffer $266 billion wealth wipeout this year as Trump spooks the stock market

Elon Musk's net worth has plunged by $132 billion, or 30%, in 2025 following Tesla's stock slide, while Oracle's Larry Ellison is down $23 billion.

11/03 Xi Jinping used 'a human Chinese wall' of soldiers to block eye contact between him and Mark Zuckerberg, new book says

Zuckerberg was hoping to meet Xi at the sidelines of the 2016 APEC summit held in Lima, Peru.

11/03 Mark Zuckerberg once told an employee his favorite president was Andrew Jackson because he was a ruthless populist who got stuff done, per new book

Zuckerberg said he liked the late President Andrew Jackson because he "got stuff done," a former Facebook executive wrote in her memoir.

10/03 Whistleblower: Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Attempted to Enter China Market by Promising Censorship

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta went to great lengths, including developing a censorship system and potentially sharing user data, in an unsuccessful bid to bring Facebook to China, according to a whistleblower complaint.

10/03 Check out the Rolex wrist candy Mark Zuckerberg rocked at UFC this weekend

Watch experts identified the watch as a Rolex Daytona "Le Mans" in yellow gold. It has a resale value of up to $300,000, one expert told BI.

10/03 What Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg get wrong about low performers

Studies show that firing low performing employees doesn't "raise the bar" — it actually lowers performance

09/03 Sebastian Coe tells Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to 'sort out' social media abuse of female athletes - and will demand meeting with the billionaires if he becomes IOC president

The World Athletics boss has also vowed to find better ways to protect women athletes from the 'waterfall of horror' that awaits them when they find fame.

08/03 How Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses fit into Mark Zuckerberg's vision of a smartphone successor

Smart glasses have the potential to become a "very important computing platform in the future," according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

08/03 How Facebook Marketplace is keeping young people on the platform

Facebook Marketplace keeps users engaged with free listings, local pickups, and resale growth, helping Meta stay relevant despite declining teen activity.

07/03 Why Queer People Are in the Midst of a Painful Social Media Migration

It turns out that moving on, even “just” online, isn’t so easy.

07/03 Scary hint of what Trump will do next

Billionaire Elon Musk wants the United States to quit the United Nations.

05/03 Meta keeps secret 'block' lists of ex-employees — and even help from its C-suite can't get you off them

Former employees and managers and have been left in the dark about what it takes to get off Meta's block list.

02/03 Mark Zuckerberg Upstages His Wife at Her Birthday Party with Benson Boone Impersonation

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tore off his suit and revealed a sparkling blue jumpsuit during a performance he gave at his wife's 40th birthday party on Friday.

02/03 ‘They’ve lost my trust’: consumers shun companies as bosses kowtow to Trump

Americans are using their wallet to hurt where it matters – including during Friday’s planned ‘economic blackout’

01/03 Salesforce to cut about 50 jobs in Dublin as part of global initiative

Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke received a collective redundancy notification from the software company on February 4th

01/03 Mark Zuckerberg copied Benson Boone's Grammys look, right down to the sparkly blue jumpsuit

Mark Zuckerberg performed at his wife's birthday party clad in a sparkly blue jumpsuit, copying Benson Boone's look from the Grammys.

28/02 Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Fires 20 Employees for Leaking Confidential Information

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has terminated approximately 20 employees for sharing internal confidential information outside the organization, according to a company spokesperson. Meta's ultra-woke employee base is not adjusting well to the Trump-friendly "Zuck 2.0" era of their employer.

28/02 Meta apologises over flood of gore, violence and dead bodies on Instagram

Users of Reels report feeds dominated by violent and graphic footage after apparent algorithm malfunction

28/02 Three billionaires: America’s oligarchy is now fully exposed | Robert Reich

As Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk alter US media, the connections between wealth and power are in plain sight

27/02 Reddit Co-Founder Supports Mark Zuckerberg's Decision to End Meta's Biased Third-Party 'Fact Checking'

Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of leftist echo chamber Reddit, has expressed his support for Mark Zuckerberg's recent decision to terminate Meta's biased third-party "fact-checking" program, calling it a "very pragmatic change."

27/02 Meta says it fixed 'error' after Instagram users report a flood of graphic and violent content

Meta has apologized for a mistake that resulted in some Instagram users reporting a flood of violent and graphic content on their recommended content feeds.

26/02 Jeff Bezos orders Washington Post opinion pages to support 'personal liberties and free markets'; top editor resigns

Jeff Bezos said that Washington Post editorial page editor David Shipley decided to resign rather than lead the opinion section under the new policy.

25/02 Meta just scored a small win in its feud with Apple

Several states just introduced laws that would require Apple and Google to take on the task of age verification. That would be music to Meta's ears.

24/02 Donald Trump is fighting for Big Tech. Donald Trump is also fighting against Big Tech. Discuss.

Donald Trump is threatening Europe on behalf of Mark Zuckerberg and Big Tech. But he's also telling Big Tech to watch its step. How can he do both?

24/02 I only had positive performance reviews during 2 years at Meta. I still got laid off as a 'low performer.'

Being labeled a "low performer" took this former Meta employee completely by surprise. They'd only had positive reviews prior to being laid off.

22/02 Mark Zuckerberg warns that device will exceed cell phones as a "important platform" from 2030

During the Connect target conference of September 2024, Zuckerberg presented Orion augmented reality glasses, which will overlap holograms, improving user's functionality and comfort.

22/02 Meta Ireland staff seek legal advice over latest job cuts at tech giant

Mark Zuckerberg said the cuts were ‘performance-based’ but some employees have queried the legality of the process

21/02 Internal Meta documents show which teams were hit the hardest in 'low performer' cuts

BI obtained data that specifies which teams were hardest hit by Meta's performance-based job cuts.

21/02 Musubi, AI content moderation startup, raises $5 million in seed funding

Musubi, a startup that uses AI to moderate online content, raised $5 million in a seed round.

21/02 Apple’s Vision Pro has a problem a year into its existence: Not enough apps

Apple said in August that the Vision Pro had 2,500 apps. According to one firm's analysis, fewer than 1,900 remain active.

21/02 How the Winklevoss 'crypto bros' bought an English football club

They shot to fame after an infamous fall-out with Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg , a story so sensational that it was forever immortalized on the silver screen.

21/02 Meta approves bonuses of up to 200% of company executives' salaries

Meta approved a plan to increase bonuses for company executives to up to 200% of their base pay amid layoffs targeting about 4,000 employees.

19/02 Mark Zuckerberg’s charity guts DEI after assuring staff it would continue

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ends internal inclusion efforts and ‘social advocacy’ grants and scrubs site of commitment

19/02 What's it like to be neighbors with Mark Zuckerberg or the late Steve Jobs? Expect to get shown up at Halloween.

Steve Young made a big name for himself in pro football, but on his old block in Palo Alto, his tech-founder neighbors were the talk of the town.

19/02 7 success tips and business strategies from Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg shares success tips and business strategies with people around the world.

18/02 Meta unveils plan for giant sub-sea internet cable

Meta has unveiled its plan to build the world’s longest underwater internet cable, spanning a staggering five continents to support its AI projects. 

18/02 ‘They deserve prison’: Elon cuts loose

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17/02 Ireland’s EU commissioner snubs offer to meet top Meta executive

Michael McGrath dodged request to sit down with Facebook executive Nick Clegg, records show

15/02 Cute video hides ‘fundamentally rotten’ truth

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14/02 'Consider Working Elsewhere:' Meta Lays Down the Law to Woke Crybaby Leftists

Andrew Bosworth, the notoriously progressive CTO for Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, has told the company's workforce of crybaby leftists to either adapt to the company's new policies or consider working elsewhere. When faced with whining by employees saying Meta cutting DEI programs and removing tampons from men's restrooms are a "slap in the face," Bosworth retorted, "You should quit if you feel that wa

14/02 Zuckerberg's rightward policy shift puts Meta staffers on edge, targets Apple

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's actions to curry favor with the president have rattled employees, but people familiar with his efforts say there's a clear strategy.

13/02 Worst part of sickening nurse video

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12/02 Meta begins to inform Irish staff of ‘performance-based’ job cuts

Facebook owner announced plans to trim 5% of its workforce globally last month

12/02 Why ScarJo is furious about this viral pic

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12/02 'Cable Cowboy' John Malone has a memoir out in September

The billionaire media pioneer known as “The Cable Cowboy” has written a memoir. John Malone’s “Born to Be Wired” will be published Sept 2.

12/02 Meta lays off 3600 workers in 'low performance' culling spree

Impacted employees are coming forward to challenge the perception that Zuckerberg simply wanted to cut the dead weight, insisting that is no more than a 'corporate facade.'

11/02 Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Lays Off 5% of Employees - but Hires AI Experts

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is laying off five percent of its workforce, but also expediting the recruitment of machine learning engineers to fill AI roles.

11/02 How Meta abandoned Silicon Valley’s most ambitious diversity goals

Zuckerberg’s company once invested millions and attracted top talent as tech’s leader in corporate diversity. Those aspirations peaked in 2019 and just a few years later, Meta scuttled them altogether

11/02 Meta fired nearly 4,000 employees

Meta's new cuts affect 5% of employees, nearly 4,000 people with low efficiency, but some said they were fired even though they were at the same level.

11/02 Meta's job cuts surprised some employees who said they weren't low performers

Meta job cuts shock employees as even those with strong performance records face layoffs.

10/02 Reid Hoffman doesn't want Big Tech's pivot from fact-checking to mean more misinformation

Reid Hoffman said it's important for platforms to have a "learning dialogue" but shouldn't mean more posts like "anti-vax misinformation."

10/02 Meta speeds up its hiring process for machine learning engineers as it cuts thousands of 'low performers'

Meta is expediting the hiring process for machine learning engineers as it started to cut thousands of jobs.

10/02 Mark Zuckerberg and his wife dressed up

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan often wears the same color or style when attending the event.

10/02 The UPV professor indicated by Ernai and sectioned by the rector denounces before the Ertzaintza having been 'hacked "in their networks

The professor of the Faculty of Pharmacy denounced by the Ikama Group for publishing racist and traffic messages on their social networks has denounced before the Ertzaintza that has ...

10/02 Facebook at 21: a lesson in patience and profits

The hardest part of investing isn’t picking winners; it’s having the stomach to hold them

08/02 Nokia predicts the disappearance of mobile phones before 2030: this will be your replacement

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, also made a similar prediction, pointing out that augmented reality glasses will be a key technology in the future

08/02 Bill Gates remembered the pizzeria that marked his days as a student at Harvard

This same simple place, where Gates enjoyed economic pizza, was also visited years later by another student, Mark Zuckerberg

08/02 Tech megacaps plan to spend more than $300 billion in 2025 as AI race intensifies

Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft intend to invest as much as $320 billion this year into AI advancement technologies.

07/02 Internal Meta memo shows how its performance-based cuts will work

Janelle Gale, Meta's vice president of human resources, told staffers in a post on Meta's internal forum Workplace about what to expect on Monday.

06/02 Bill Gates says he's given away $100 billion of his personal wealth so far

Bill Gates said he'll give away the "vast majority" of his money, and his philanthropy hasn't meant sacrificing pleasures like burgers or movies.

06/02 Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump's new government contractor rules

Google is scrapping some of its diversity hiring targets, joining a lengthening list of U.S. companies that have been abandoning or scaling back their diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

05/02 Mark Zuckerberg celebrates the 21st Facebook day .. This is how he commented

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has published a 21st platform message.

05/02 Mark Zuckerberg is $40 billion richer this year on Meta's winning streak

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has added more to his net wealth this year than any other billionaire, and is just $12 billion behind Amazon's Jeff Bezos.

05/02 Jesse Eisenberg no longer wants to identify with Mark Zuckerberg

According to the actor, the Facebook founder makes billions of problematic decisions.

04/02 Why Apple, a porn app, and Trump's possible tariff war are connected

Apple is upset about a European porn app. But Big Tech has bigger complaints — and they're looking to Donald Trump for help.

04/02 Jesse Eisenberg no longer wants to be ‘associated’ with Mark Zuckerberg

The actor, who played the Facebook founder in The Social Network, criticised Meta’s decision to scrap factcheckers

04/02 The Big Tech Show: The watchdog tsar who stops Zuckerberg from going full MAGA in Europe with Facebook

Could Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover of Meta cost Irish jobs? Will Trump go to war against Dublin based EU privacy fines? Will users see an uptick in hate speech?

04/02 Notes from Jackie Kennedy Onassis to be auctioned off for $25

Rare personal items belonging to John F. Kennedy and former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis are being auctioned off at shockingly low starting prices.

03/02 What kind of books like to read Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder

The goal CEO is interested in themes that study the human being and then apply what they learned in the development of their digital platforms

03/02 You can bid on Mark Zuckerberg's old Facebook hoodie with a hidden message on the inner lining

A hoodie made for Mark Zuckerberg with Facebook's old mission statement on the inner lining is up for auction. It also comes with a handwritten note.

03/02 Why do Musk, Zuckerberg and other “broliargs” swear Trump? - Meduza

Silicon Valley for a long time was considered a stronghold of liberalism and progress. Moreover, since last year, scientists and journalists are in alarm: the founders of the largest technological companies are right.

03/02 It was revealed, the reason meta failed to "tame" tiktok

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that it was slow in responding to the development of Tiktok. He missed and analyzed the situation.

03/02 Joe Humphreys: No one is asking Meta to act as God - just not to pollute the public space with lies

Unthinkable: Meta’s stance on fact-checking resembles a philosophical position known as ‘epistemological anarchy’

01/02 DeepSeek shocked the AI world this week. Here's how tech CEOs responded

DeepSeek's sudden emergence onto the U.S. tech scene this week roiled markets and provided plenty of fodder for earnings calls.

01/02 Meta's 2025 is off to a 'frenzied start.' Don't expect it to slow down.

Meta kicked off 2025 by overhauling its content moderation system, rolling back DEI, and announcing more layoffs — all in the span of days.

01/02 Woke staff leave surprise for Mark Zuckerberg in Meta restrooms

Silicon Valley's workforce is grappling with a dramatic ideological shift as top tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg, align with President Trump's administration.

01/02 Kathy Donaghy: We need to show our boys a better way than the dire examples set by Musk, McGregor and Tate

As unpleasant as it sounds, if we’re going to raise boys to be good men, we need to invite Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk to the dinner table. It’s only by talking about these modern iterations of manhood in our homes and around our tables that we can dispel the dangerous myths they propagate in a world where “masculinity” is hardly ever used without the word “toxic” in front of it.

31/01 Donald Trump's media and tech lawsuits seemed like a stretch. Then he won the election.

Powerful companies with enormous legal resources are deciding to pay Trump instead of fighting his lawsuits.

31/01 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to meet with Trump at White House

Nvidia CEO is set to have his first meeting with President Trump since the beginning of his second administration.

31/01 Mark Zuckerberg Is Concerned About Leaks at Meta - as Captured in Leaked Audio

According to a leaked conversation, during a recent all-hands meeting at Meta, CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed his frustration with internal leaks, stating that "everything I say leaks. And it sucks, right?" The social media titan may be facing a hostile workforce based on his "Zuck 2.0" makeover as a masculine leader extending an olive branch to President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.

31/01 2 tech predictions that Bill Gates says he was wrong about — and one thing that worries him

Microsoft founder Bill Gates told the NYT which of his tech predictions didn't go as expected, and what he's worried about.

31/01 Justine McCarthy: Trump is a throwback to days when destitute Ireland gazed at Haughey and thought he’d make us rich

The worship of mammon and mammon-makers has brought us to the point where a rich felon purports to rule the world and carve it up to his liking

30/01 ABC News: Matta pays $ 25 million to settle a case filed against Donald Trump - the seventh day

Meta agreed to settle a lawsuit with US President Donald Trump after accusing it of violating his rights for stopping his accounts on social media in the wake of the incident of storming the Congress building on January 6, 2021, according to a letter from Meta lawyers.

30/01 Mark Zuckerberg said that Meta missed TikTok's rise because it didn't seem 'social' enough, leaked recording reveals

Mark Zuckerberg said Meta underestimated TikTok's rise and dismissed it for not thinking it was truly social.

30/01 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says DeepSeek will 'benefit' the company and the future of its AI business

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and CFO Susan Li spoke of the benefits of DeepSeek's flagship AI model to its company in a leaked all-hands.

30/01 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tells employees to 'buckle up' for an 'intense year' in a leaked all-hands recording

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg addresses the company's rollback of DEI programs and its community notes model in a leaked recording of an all-hands meeting.

30/01 Creepy Bill Gates Is Shocked that Silicon Valley Is Shifting to the Right

Microsoft founder Bill Gates expressed his surprise at the growing conservative presence in Silicon Valley and is personally committed to engaging with the Trump administration, according to a recent interview with the New York Times.

30/01 Mark Zuckerberg's MAGA Makeover Continues: Meta to Pay $25 Million to Settle Donald Trump's Lawsuit

President Trump has signed settlement papers that will require Mark Zuckerberg's Meta to pay roughly $25 million to resolve a 2021 lawsuit Trump filed after the company suspended his accounts on Facebook and Instagram.

30/01 Meta Employees Protest Removal of Tampons from Men's Bathroom by Bringing Their Own

Some employees of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, are so discouraged by the removal of tampons from the men's bathroom.

30/01 Jesse Eisenberg, Who Played Mark Zuckerberg, Blasts Tech Bros over Trump

"The Social Network" star Jesse Eisenberg has called out Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and other billionaire "tech bros," claiming they should be doing "good things for the world" instead of warming up to President Donald Trump.

30/01 Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Thursday

Meta Platforms delivered an outstanding quarter. Microsoft remains problematic.

30/01 Meta agrees to pay Trump $25m to settle lawsuit

Payment relates to suspension of US president’s accounts in wake of Capitol riot

30/01 Business Today: Housing stagnating, protecting your phone and how Mark Zuckerberg is wrong

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

30/01 Zuckerberg’s culture shift at Meta could make it hard to find new recruits willing to work in his macho organisation

Invention and product innovation require the best minds in cohesive teams, strong collegiality and respect, regardless of sex, skin colour, or religion

30/01 Meta agrees to pay €24 million to settle lawsuit with Donald Trump

Meta has agreed to settle a lawsuit with Donald Trump over account suspensions following the January 6 riots. Funds will support Trump's presidential library.

30/01 Meta agrees to pay Trump $25m for suspending accounts over Capitol riots

Settlement originates from lawsuit by president against the platform, one of several filed after 6 January violence

30/01 Meta will pay $ 25 million

The agreement was concluded after Mark Zuckerberg tried to trust Trump after winning the latter in the election.

30/01 Zuckerberg says it's too soon to tell what impact DeepSeek will have on AI spending

Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday it was too soon to say how advancements by DeepSeek, a Chinese startup, would impact Meta's heavy investments in AI.

30/01 Zuckerberg tips hat to Musk over fact-checking: 'I'm not afraid to admit when someone does something better'

On an earnings call, the Meta CEO praised X's Community Notes system, highlighting its effectiveness compared to third-party fact-checkers

30/01 Mark Zuckerberg says this is a make-or-break year for Meta's AI glasses

Meta — and the rest of Big Tech — has been chasing face computers for years. Maybe 2025 will be the year it happens?

30/01 Mark Zuckerberg said this will be a 'big year' for redefining Meta's relationship with the government

On Meta's earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg said this will be a "big year" for redefining the company's relationship with the federal government.

30/01 Mark Zuckerberg starts Meta earnings call by praising Trump administration

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg praised the Trump administration during a call with investors on Wednesday.

29/01 Meta reaches a billing record and Microsoft disappoints with its quarterly results

Goal reached a record of income in the four quarter of 2024, with a turnover of 48,385 million dollars that represent an increase of 21% with respect to the same period ...

29/01 Trump wins $25 million from Meta for suspending his accounts

Meta , the parent company of Facebook and President Donald Trump have settled a lawsuit filed by the president in 2021.

29/01 Meta posts sharply higher Q4 profit, revenue, topping Wall Street's expectations

Meta Platforms Inc. posted sharply higher profit and revenue for its fourth quarter on Wednesday, thanks to higher ad revenue on its social media properties.

29/01 Here's how the Fed rate decision and Nvidia are pressuring the stock market

Every weekday, the Investing Club releases the Homestretch; an actionable afternoon update just in time for the last hour of trading.

29/01 Groups helping Americans find abortion pills report Instagram ‘shadow-banning’

Organizations find posts censored, removed or made difficult to find in days after Trump return to White House

29/01 Bernard Arnault says laid-off Meta staff were 'promoted outwards' — and LVMH's Tiffany is doing the same

Bernard Arnault said he spoke with Mark Zuckerberg about Meta layoffs, which the LVMH boss described as workers being "promoted outwards."

29/01 Jesse Eisenberg said he was driving to Facebook to see if he could meet Mark Zuckerberg, but was told to turn back for 'legal reasons'

Jesse Eisenberg "just wanted to be in a room" with Mark Zuckerberg before filming "The Social Network," he said.

29/01 Goodbye to programmers: Zuckerberg says that AI will change the work in 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is consolidating in a market that demands a growing implementation of this technology in large companies. One of the most auth voices

29/01 Trump’s tech bros face comeuppance amid DeepSeek panic

There is poetic justice in a small Chinese AI start-up challenging US giants. Washington is shooting itself in the foot with chip export restrictions and clampdown on tech talent visas

29/01 Tech bros welcome masculine energy back to workplace. It’s news to me it ever went away

There was overreach after the #MeToo movement but the backlash against women we’re seeing now is ferocious

28/01 Tech billionaires lost almost $100bn in stock market selloff sparked by DeepSeek

Nvidia saw $600bn of its market value disappear, while its CEO, Jensen Huang, saw his net worth drop by nearly $21bn

28/01 DeepSeek sets stage for frenetic tech earnings season

The sudden emergence of China's DeepSeek roiled the tech market just ahead of earnings season, when industry giants will update investors on their AI spending.

28/01 OpenAI’s Sam Altman vows ‘better models’ as China’s DeepSeek disrupts global AI race

Executives and investors question valuations and whether vast capital outlays are needed after all

28/01 ‘Boulder-sized balls’: Inside Zuck-Musk feud

Our world is defined by a lot of fakeness – political correctness, false modesty, insincere politesse, and pandering to the press and the elites.

27/01 Meta this year plans an investment program for over $ 60 billion

Meta intends to build a data center. The company will also significantly expand its teams of specialists in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).

27/01 Social media is becoming a battleground for Israeli democracy - opinion

Social media's decision to follow Trump’s lead, absolving themselves of any responsibility for protecting users, and the quality of the information received by these outlets, could be catastrophic.

26/01 How Silicon Valley’s tech moguls discovered a new toy they could fight over: the American president

The digerati developed a monopoly on Americans’ attention, creating division, distrust and envy under the innocent guise of connecting us and making our lives better

26/01 Holocaust survivor: ‘I saw normal people in Auschwitz and I saw sadists there who killed people’

As Europe faces a new wave of extreme nationalism, one of the last survivors of Auschwitz looks back

26/01 More corporate chiefs fall in line behind Napoleonic Trump

Former Trump critic Sam Altman of OpenAI suddenly reckons the US president ‘will be incredible for the country in many ways’

25/01 Five people should become trillionaires in 10 years, says Oxfam; find out who the candidates are

Billionaire wealth grew three times faster in 2024 compared to 2023

25/01 Jesse Eisenberg criticizes 'rich and powerful' tech leaders for getting involved in politics instead of 'doing good things for the world'

The actor, who played Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Network," said "tech bros" would be better off focusing their money and attention elsewhere.

25/01 ‘The reign of terror is over’: my weird weekend partying with the triumphant tech right

As Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg gathered for Trump’s inauguration, crypto diehards and members of the Paypal Mafia celebrated a new era for the Magaverse

25/01 The world's first trillionaires will each hit massive milestone within 10 years

The amount of money owned by the world's richest people has increased so quickly we are now likely to see the first five trillionaires within the next 10 years.

25/01 The Zuckermoon is over

Mark Zuckerberg was popular and cool for the last 18 months. That has all seemed to shift since moderation changes at Meta and Trump's inauguration.

25/01 Mr Cook goes to Washington and other tales from Trump’s inauguration

Planet Business: Executive order recap, the man who designed Melania Trump’s hat and how the television ratings compared to previous ceremonies

25/01 Apple share slump amid iPhone woes should sound caution for new Government

Tech giant’s international operation in Cork believed to be largest taxpayer in Republic

25/01 Zuckerberg ‘believes Trump will jail him’

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg is “genuinely scared” of being jailed by US President Donald Trump, according to a leading politics expert.

25/01 Steven Levitsky in the country: "Power is Trump, even about the technological oligarchy"

The professor at Harvard University also said that political actors are acting with pleitesy for fear of reprisals from the current president of the United States.

24/01 5 economic forces that could shape the first year of Trump's presidency

Like most presidents, Donald Trump faces an economy that seldom bends to political ambitions. The Republican has promised strong growth, high tariffs, income tax cuts and booming oilfields.

24/01 Boycott Fail: Engagement Remains Steady for Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Despite Leftist Outcry

Recent data from multiple analytics firms suggests that calls for a boycott of Meta's platforms have had little impact on user engagement, despite Mark Zuckerberg's decision to cut biased left-wing "fact checking" programs and the Silicon Valley giant's DEI initiatives.

24/01 Mark Zuckerberg says Meta plans to spend over $60 billion as Silicon Valley panics over Chinese AI competition

Mark Zuckerberg said this year will be a "defining" year for AI, announcing plans to spend over $60-$65 billion in capital expenditures.

24/01 Zuckerberg sets Meta's AI targets for the year, expects to spend $60 billion on growth

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company plans to invest around $60 to $65 billion in capital expenditure this year

24/01 The calls for a Meta boycott don't seem to be having much of an impact, data shows

Meta's recent policy changes, including cutting fact-checking and diversity programs, haven't decreased platform engagement.

24/01 The GAA catfish and fake online profiles: how can people protect themselves from social media deceit?

The saga involves a person who duped GAA players and others by posing as someone else and using a bogus network of contacts

23/01 Living Rent Free in Their Heads: Leftists Claim Meta Forces Them to Follow Trump Administration Accounts

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has responded to leftists claiming that Facebook and Instagram are forcing them to follow the accounts of Donald Trump, JD Vance, and First Lady Melania Trump. According to the company, these users are confused as the official White House accounts are transitioned to the new administration.

23/01 What’s the point of Davos when even the rich are fed up with the super-rich? | Zoe Williams

Rachel Reeves told the elites gathered in Switzerland she was relaxed about ‘wealth creation’. She’s in the minority on that, says columnist Zoe Williams

23/01 What is an oligarchy and is Biden right to call it a threat to US democracy?

Ultra-rich individuals are associating with Donald Trump as he ascends to the presidency for his second time

23/01 Why do billionaires pay very little tax?

Donald Trump and his coterie of wealthy business people likely means less support for global tax reform

23/01 X, Meta and other technology giants miss ruling in Brazil on disinformation

The General Counsel of the Union organized the event in Brasilia, where the chairs of the representatives of these companies were left empty, which raised doubts about their commitment.

22/01 Early Facebook investor Jim Breyer says Zuckerberg has been 'revitalized' by Meta's AI push

Venture capitalist and early Facebook investor Jim Breyer said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been energized by his company's recent push into AI.

22/01 Here's why you’re suddenly following President Trump on Instagram

Many Instagram users have complained that Meta has automatically enrolled them into following accounts for President Donald Trump without their consent. 

22/01 DEI Expert Bemoans the Death of 'Diversity' Programs at Mark Zuckerberg's Meta

In an opinion piece, former Facebook diversity executive Bärí A. Williams criticizes Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to disband the company's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, signaling a shift in priorities as he aligns with the incoming Trump administration.

22/01 Meta backs Databricks as the data analytics startup inches toward IPO

Meta rarely invests in startups, but it works with Databricks on the Llama open-source models that Meta trains.

22/01 Instagram users claim they have automatically followed Trump

Across social media, users have complained that Meta is 'forcing' them to follow the new US President.

22/01 Steve Bannon says Trump ‘broke’ tech bros Musk and Zuckerberg - who don’t really believe in MAGA movement

Steve Bannon says Trump ‘broke’ tech bros Musk and Zuckerberg - who don’t really believe in MAGA movement - ‘They're not there because they support Trump. They're there because the Trump movement and President Trump broke them’ Bannon said ahead of Trump’s inauguration

22/01 Ramoncín, on the images of Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk and Pichai with Trump: "You can be plenty of money and short of neurons"

One of the most talked about topics in recent hours has been the act by which Donald Trump proclaimed himself president of the United States in the 47th legislature in the northern country.

22/01 A new study predicts that there will be 5 new billionaires in 10 years: who could they be?

With fortunes constantly growing, today's leading market figures are closer to redefining economic boundaries.

22/01 Mark Zuckerberg called out for new move toward Jeff Bezos' fiancée

Mark Zuckerberg has been called out for liking a sultry photograph of Lauren Sanchez just hours after he was accused of staring at her chest. 

22/01 Influence of super rich on Donald Trump threatens democracy, say Patriotic Millionaires

Pro-tax group tell world leaders that ‘wealth extremism’ is damaging trust in media and influencing legal systems

22/01 ‘Who the f**k’: Alastair Campbell smashes Zuckerberg, Musk

One of the world’s most influential podcasters has taken a swing at Mark Zuckerberg, accusing him of following fellow tech titan Elon Musk up Donald Trump’s “backside”, then asking: “Who the f**k do these people think they are”?

22/01 Celebs slam Lauren Sánchez’s racy inauguration outfit: ’Wrong place’

Lauren Sánchez isn’t here for hate over her controversial inauguration outfit.

21/01 See the parties where Silicon Valley's elite and DC insiders celebrated Trump's inauguration

Silicon Valley elites showed up for a candlelit dinner, three official inaugural balls, and other events celebrating Donald Trump's return to office.

21/01 Just like Mark Zuckerberg: Elon Musk copies TikTok's best feature to include it in 'X'

The new X feature is now available in the United States and will seek to dethrone TikTok. What's it called?

21/01 Sanders: Now the billionaire class controls our government

Tehran-IRNA- American Senator Bernie Sanders expressed his concern today (Tuesday) about the current political climate of America after the return of Donald Trump to power and referring to billionaires and tech giants including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. And Jeff Bezos said billionaires now control our government.

21/01 Who was closest to Donald Trump during his inauguration at the Capitol

The hall of the United States Congress became a showcase of the alliances, commitments and tensions that will define the coming years with the presence of billionaire magnates, political leaders, officials and the heavyweights of power.

21/01 Goldman Sachs rolls out an AI assistant for its employees as artificial intelligence sweeps Wall Street

Wall Street has embraced generative AI faster than any other disruptive tech in recent years because of how adept the models are in replicating human cognition.

21/01 Stars let loose at glam inauguration bashes

Music stars, politicians and Donald Trump fans have let their hair down at the three glitzy, post-inauguration celebrations in Washington DC.

21/01 EU tech chief defends Commission's digital enforcement after criticism

MEPs have asked the European Commission for faster and stronger action on platform rules in light of recent developments on X and Meta. #EuropeNews