Mark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI. Here's how it imploded.Meta considered cutting some teams by as much as 60% under an AI-driven restructuring plan, Reuters reported. The company ultimately cut 10...
26 Aug, 2026, 04.19 PM IST
Instagram chief admits Meta omitted weak teen safety tool uptakeAdam Mosseri, who oversees Instagram at Meta, admitted in a California court on Tuesday that he touted newly launched safety tools for teen...
26 Aug, 2026, 07.00 AM IST
US stocks today: US stocks close higher on tech rebound as Nvidia earnings gain focusUS stocks closed higher as technology and semiconductor shares recovered ahead of Nvidia's earnings. Lower oil prices and Treasury yields o...
26 Aug, 2026, 01.47 AM IST
US Markets Today: US stocks rebound on tech recovery ahead of Nvidia earnings, inflation dataUS stocks rose on Tuesday as technology shares rebounded ahead of Nvidia’s quarterly results and key US inflation data. The Nasdaq led gain...
25 Aug, 2026, 10.09 PM IST
Tech layoffs 2026: More than 175,000 workers laid off as Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, Meta, TikTok, Uber, LinkedIn as dozens of companies cut jobs amid AI boomTech layoffs are accelerating in 2026 as big companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, Meta, Linkedin, TikTok, Visa and dozens of...
25 Aug, 2026, 07.04 PM IST
In 2006, volunteers lowered a stripped Boeing 737 into the Pacific; 20 years later, the jet has become a cold-water artificial reefA retired Boeing 737 now rests on the seafloor off Vancouver Island. This aircraft was transformed into an artificial reef by Canada. The X...
23 Aug, 2026, 01.30 PM IST
Dutch regulator fines Uber $966 million for automating driver suspensionsThe penalty would be the second-largest issued yet under Europe's General Data Protection Regulation. It is behind only a €1.2 billion fine...
22 Aug, 2026, 08.25 AM IST
US teen drops lawsuit against Meta, Google and Snap ahead of trialThe plaintiff, a 15-year-old girl from New Jersey identified in California court records as P. M-Y., had alleged the platforms' owners - Me...
21 Aug, 2026, 01.52 PM IST
What if Meta loses trial? Penalties may top $1.4 trillion, matching its market capMeta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, is being sued by a bipartisan coalition of states on allegations of deceiving the public and desig...
21 Aug, 2026, 09.34 AM IST
Lawyers square off in fight over voice data used to train AIRoss Kimbarovsky of Loevy & Loevy is representing the plaintiffs - a group of journalists, podcasters and audiobook narrators - in the prop...
21 Aug, 2026, 08.56 AM IST
Teen drops landmark social media addiction case against Meta, Google, SnapA 15-year-old girl dropped her lawsuit against Meta, Google, and Snap Inc. She had alleged social media addiction and mental health issues....
21 Aug, 2026, 06.42 AM IST
Lilly Chen left high school at 16 to become a Buddhist monk. Years later, she joined Meta and founded a startup competing with AccentureLilly Chen's unique path led her from a Buddhist monastery to Meta and then to founding FSH Technologies. A pandemic hackathon project with...
20 Aug, 2026, 11.16 PM IST
Mark Zuckerberg encouraged growth over child safety, ex-Meta executive testifies at trialArturo Bejar, a vocal critic of Meta's safety record, made the allegation during his second day of testimony in a landmark trial over claim...
20 Aug, 2026, 12.47 PM IST
Longevity secret: Harvard study finds optimistic people can live 15% longer than pessimists. What causes more happiness? 88-year-old study says it’s neither wealth nor successWant to live longer? Cultivate a positive mindset now. A study conducted by Harvard University found that people who are more optimistic an...
19 Aug, 2026, 08.02 PM IST
Former Meta engineer resumes testimony in landmark trial over social media's harm to young usersArturo Bejar, who worked at Meta from 2009 to 2015 before returning to the company as an independent contractor from 2019 to 2021, is the f...
19 Aug, 2026, 05.03 PM IST
A look at major lawsuits against Meta, other social media companies over harms to kidsIn a federal trial beginning Tuesday in Oakland, California, the Instagram and Facebook parent company is fighting claims that it has contr...
18 Aug, 2026, 10.40 AM IST
Meta, 29 states head to court in biggest test yet of youth social media litigationThe trial in Oakland, expected to last seven weeks, will test Colorado, Kentucky, California and New Jersey's allegations that Meta designe...
12 Aug, 2026, 05.29 PM IST