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Blockbuster social media trial kicks off, with more to come this year
Facebook co-founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sits in his seat inside a bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum for all U.S. senators hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 13, 2023. Leah Millis | Reuters A landmark case against social media giants Meta, Alphabet’s YouTube and […]
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Apple, Google host dozens of AI ‘nudify’ apps like Grok, report finds
Under the EU’s Digital Markets Act, Apple is required to allow developers to freely inform customers of alternative offers outside its App Store. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg via Getty Images The Apple and Google Play app stores are hosting dozens of “nudify” apps that can take photos of people and use artificial intelligence to generate […]
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Tech’s massive AI spend is under scrutiny ahead of earnings. Here’s what to watch
From left, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms; Lauren Sanchez; Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com; Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet; and Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, during the 60th presidential inauguration in the rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. Julia Demaree Nikhinson | Bloomberg | Getty Images If 2025 was the year […]
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TikTok blames data center outages for U.S. app problems, denies censorship claims
The TikTok logo is displayed at a TikTok office on Jan. 23, 2026 in Culver City, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images TikTok’s U.S. app, now under majority American ownership, said a recent wave of glitches and content disruption was due to a power outage at one of its data centers, pushing back against claims […]
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Micron to invest $24 billion in Singapore plant as AI boom strains global memory supply
A general view of Micron Technology’s building in Singapore, June 23, 2020. Micron Gcm Studio | Reuters Micron Technology on Tuesday committed approximately $24 billion to expand its wafer manufacturing operations in Singapore, as the American memory chipmaker moves to expand production amid global shortages. In a press release, Micron said the investment would add […]
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Chinese tech giant Tencent plots Middle East cloud expansion as spending in the region booms
The Tencent logo is displayed on the exterior of a building at the company’s headquarters, with a surveillance camera visible in the foreground, on November 30, 2024, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tencent plans to expand its data center footprint in the Middle East, a top […]
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Big Tech’s AI data center push is spawning a new heat economy
Students at a tech university in Dublin are enjoying an unexpected perk of artificial intelligence — it’s helping heat their campus. Since 2023, the Technical University of Dublin’s Tallaght campus has been one of a growing number of buildings in the southwest suburban area of the city to be heated by waste heat from a […]
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Meta to test premium subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp
Chinese officials are reviewing Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus for possible technology control violations, FT reported on Tuesday. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Meta Platforms is set to test new subscription models across its apps, including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp in the coming months, according to a report from TechCrunch […]
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Microsoft’s plans for 15 more data centers win approval at former Wisconsin Foxconn site
The Microsoft data center campus, currently under construction, is reflected in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, September 18, 2025. Audrey Richardson | Reuters Local officials have signed off on Microsoft’s plans to build 15 more data centers in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, near an existing site that the technology company is expanding. Additional data center capacity will allow […]
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TikTok uninstalls are up 150% following U.S. joint venture
TikTok users have been deleting the app at a higher rate since the company announced that its U.S. operations would be housed in a new joint venture. The short-form video platform’s daily average app uninstalls in the U.S. have increased nearly 150% over the past five days compared with the previous three months, market intelligence […]
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