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Microsoft, Google and Meta are using more water to cool down data centres that power artificial intelligence products
Google, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI agree at Munich Security Conference to stifle content designed to mislead voters
Meta just issued its first dividend. Will this become more common?
Microsoft, eBay and PayPal have each cut thousands of jobs since the start of the year
The term describes the slow decay of online platforms such as Facebook. But what if we’ve entered the ‘enshittocene’?
Meta’s move to start the payouts could signal an upcoming switch in investor mindset
There may be benefits to waiting but the penalty is an expected value half that at which it raised funds in 2021
Social media companies must tailor their policies to basic principles of transparency and freedom of expression
Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta have all shifted estimates of how long they will use technical equipment
Facebook’s parent company records biggest-ever one day increase in market capitalisation
The US group has benefited from huge but unsustainable outlays from Chinese advertisers
Facebook and Instagram parent rewards shareholders as it plans big investments on new bets, including AI
Social media giant joins Apple and Microsoft in offering payout to placate investors concerned about big R&D spend
Social media CEOs testify before a committee examining ways to curb harms from online platforms
And China’s halfhearted stimulus
Early signs that huge investment in generative AI could soon lead to stronger revenues would boost ‘Magnificent Seven’
An interview with Herbert Hovenkamp
Former executive’s planned departure will cut her remaining tie with the social media giant she helped to build
Experts fear 2024 could be the year a viral undetectable deepfake has a catastrophic impact on an election
Lured by the promise of jobs at the ‘cutting edge of AI’, they ended up in a battle for their rights
Data scientist caught by social media giant’s rules banning political discussions in the workplace
Past failures with smart glasses have not deterred some from building wearables that combine cameras with AI
Independent oversight board says Facebook parent should offer greater protection to freedom of expression
US tech giant promises Janet Jackson’s former husband extra protection after false ads used his image on Facebook
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