Meta’s AI app: Everything to know about the tech giant’s new assistant The announcement was made on Tuesday at Meta’s first LlamaCon developer event at its Menlo Park, California, headquarters. Euronews · Apr 30, 2025
UK’s top universities received £2.8m worth of funding from Meta last year Campaigners urged universities to be more cautious in their engagement with Facebook’s owner The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2025
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says AI generates 'fantastic' Python code, and that it now creates 'maybe 20 - 30% of the code ... in some of our projects' Hey, who commented 'purple monkey dishwasher' in here? PC Gamer · Apr 30, 2025
S&P Futures Slip With U.S. GDP and PCE Inflation Data in Focus, Microsoft and Meta Earnings on Tap June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM25) are trending down -0.30% this morning as investors cautiously await a barrage of U.S. economic data, including the Fed’s favorite inflation gauge and the first estimate of first-quarter GDP, as well as earnings reports from “Magnificent Seven” companies Microsoft and Meta. Barchart · Apr 30, 2025
Disgruntled user has left the chat: Is it time to hang up on WhatsApp? IN FOCUS: The messaging platform’s stranglehold on communication in the digital age has largely gone without challenge – until now. But the recent decision to force AI upon its users might just be the final straw, writes Helen Coffey The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025
Meta AI is here to take on ChatGPT and give your Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses a fresh AI upgrade Meta AI launches a standalone mobile app that also controls Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. TechRadar · Apr 29, 2025
Meta Releases Standalone AI App, Competing With ChatGPT Social media behemoth Meta unveiled its first standalone AI assistant app on Tuesday, challenging ChatGPT by giving users a direct path to its generative artificial intelligence models. International Business Times · Apr 29, 2025
New Meta AI app provides a Llama 4-powered challenge to Gemini The Meta View app is becoming the Meta AI app, moving beyond Ray-Ban glasses settings to a more general AI experience built to rival Gemini Live. Android Central · Apr 29, 2025
Take It Down Act, addressing nonconsensual deepfakes and 'revenge porn,' passes. What is it? The Take It Down Act, which seeks to enact stricter penalties for the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery, sometimes called ‘revenge porn’ online, is heading to President Donald Trump's signature after its bipartisan passage in congress The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2025
Meta takes on ChatGPT with new standalone AI app — here's what makes it different Meta has launched its first standalone AI app, to compete with ChatGPT and Gemini — featuring voice chat, a Discover feed, and deep social integration. Tom’s Guide · Apr 29, 2025
Regulation of AI chatbots is ‘muddled and confused’, charity warns One online safety group has urged Ofcom to clarify and strengthen its approach to AI chatbots in the Online Safety Act. Evening Standard · Apr 29, 2025
Can US monopoly laws rein in Silicon Valley? The EU has issued hundreds of millions in fines, but the US is hounding big tech much more harshly. Plus, Musk’s Doge time is up amid abysmal Tesla earnings The Guardian - US · Apr 29, 2025
Video calls are reportedly coming to WhatsApp's web version New features are coming up for WhatsApp users, including voice and video calls from the web version Evening Standard · Apr 29, 2025
Andreessen Horowitz leads $25 million bet on Miden, a former Meta engineer's privacy blockchain Miden used to be part of Polygon Labs, one of crypto’s biggest blockchain development firms. Fortune · Apr 29, 2025
Fortune · Apr 29, 2025 Mark Zuckerberg says college isn’t preparing students for today’s job market—this and the debt burden will create a ‘reckoning’ for higher education Mark Zuckerberg, who notoriously dropped out of Harvard, said college may prove more beneficial from a social standpoint as opposed to career.
Barchart · Apr 28, 2025 Stocks Settle Mixed Awaiting Trade News and Big Tech Earnings The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Monday closed up +0.06%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.28%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.03%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25 ) are up +0.03%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...
Fortune · Apr 28, 2025 U.S. stocks rebound late in the day to finish positive after earlier drawdowns Investors are still looking to potential trade deals to offer some certainty moving forward.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2025 The Guardian view on the EU and big tech: Brussels must lay down the law Editorial: Washington is seeking to bully its way to the deregulation of US digital giants. In the interests of European citizens, the pressure must be resisted
TechRadar · Apr 28, 2025 New Meta XR glasses again tipped to land later this year– well ahead of Apple's rumored AR glasses with Apple Intelligence Apple AR glasses could be on the way, but don't expect to see them soon, according to new rumors.
The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2025 Trump says Bezos and Zuckerberg have ‘been great’ and the billionaire class hold him in ‘a higher level of respect’ ‘Maybe they didn’t know me at the beginning, and they know me now,’ the president said of his newfound billionaire allies
Barchart · Apr 28, 2025 Meta Q1 Earnings Preview: Is META Stock a Buy or Sell Ahead of the Report? Meta will release its Q1 earnings on April 30. Given the fair valuations and uncertainty over tariffs, it’s tough to build a compelling buy case for the stock ahead of the Q1 report.
Reason · Apr 28, 2025 European Commission Fines Apple and Meta $800 Million The penalty amounts to a "multibillion-dollar tariff," a Meta spokesperson says.
Barchart · Apr 28, 2025 Stocks Mixed on Trade News and Chip Stock Weakness The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.02%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.35%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.29%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25 ) are up +0.02%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...
Barchart · Apr 28, 2025 Is Meta Stock A Buy, Sell, or Hold Before April 30? Macroeconomic uncertainty and the impact of new tariffs on consumer spending, e-commerce, and digital advertising have created short-term hurdles for Meta.
Barchart · Apr 28, 2025 Stocks Climb on Hopes of US Trade Deals The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.44%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.71%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.25%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25 ) are up +0.41%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...