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Mark Zuckerberg Tries to Rally Meta Staff With Fun Morale Gesture — But Employees Aren’t Interested. ‘I’m Literally Preoccupied With Keeping the Lights On.’

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta AI hackathon meant to boost morale after layoffs drew employee backlash, with staff citing heavy workloads, job fears and “soul-crushing” new AI roles.

Barchart

Meta's Internal Turmoil: Morale Nears 20-Year Low at the Wrong Time

After a large layoff and AI reshuffling, Meta's employee morale is nearing historic lows just as investors want the company to accelerate product development.

MarketBeat

Meta Reportedly Eyeing Prediction Markets With New App Rivaling Kalshi & Polymarket

Meta is reportedly developing a new standalone prediction markets application that could place the social media giant in direct competition with fast-growing platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi.

International Business Times

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'Watching Really Smart People': Zuckerberg Pauses Meta Spyware After Shocking Leaks of Private Staff Chats

Meta has paused its AI-training programme following employee backlash and privacy concerns over data collection, highlighting tensions between AI development and workplace trust.

International Business Times UK

Kylie Jenner Models Her New Meta Sunglasses in a Vintage Gucci by Tom Ford Dress

Something old, something new.

Marie Claire

'We hope to sign the agreement soon': White House calls on Meta to submit AI models for review, citing abilities and vulnerabilities evaluation

OpenAI, Google and others all submit their latest models for White House review – Meta urged to do the same.

TechRadar

Meta Platforms Just Took a 20% Stake in Cred. What That Means for META Stock.

Meta's $900 million acquisition underscores the popularity of a growing Indian fintech market, and Meta knows it.

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Meta Wants AI on Your Face at a Much Lower Price

Meta's new $299 AI glasses promise powerful real-world analysis, but growing privacy concerns could complicate the company's push to make wearable AI mainstream.

International Business Times UK

Meta, Microsoft lead $850 billion boom in data center leases

Tech giants Meta and Microsoft are pouring billions into future data center leases, pushing industry-wide commitments past $850 billion. Meta alone pledged an additional $79 billion, signaling massive AI infrastructure investment. Microsoft also added over $41 billion, despite capacity constraints. This surge highlights sustained, long-term spending on crucial tech infrastructure…

The Economic Times

Meta Reportedly Pauses Program Tracking Employees' Computer Movements Over Security Concerns

Meta ended a program tracking employees' computer movements to train AI models over security concerns, according to a new report.

International Business Times

YouTube Settles Explosive Lawsuit Accusing Platform of Fueling Teen Mental Health Crisis

YouTube has settled a lawsuit with a teenager claiming social media addiction harmed his mental health, as trials against Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok proceed in California.

International Business Times UK

AI data center boom hits a human bottleneck — critical skilled labor shortages could slow deployment despite billions in funding

Data center construction is facing many challenges, and among them is a shortage of skilled hands to assemble the things.

Tom’s Hardware

Zuckerberg wants Meta to launch its own prediction market, report says

Prediction platforms Polymarket and Kalshi have made record profits this year, and now Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly directed tech giant Meta to build their own.

Euronews

Meta pauses employee tracker for AI training amid privacy concerns

About 1,600 workers signed petition against tool that tracked staff keystrokes, mouse clicks and computer screen content

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Meta announces 'end-to-end' suite of AI advertising and marketing tools, and the ROI so far is staggering

Advertisers will only need to provide the context and guidance – Meta's end-to-end platform will now take care of the rest.

The Economic Times

Kunal Shah net worth and his inCREDible journey to Meta's WhatsApp

Kunal Shah, the visionary behind CRED and FreeCharge, is now the Global Head of WhatsApp. This significant appointment, coupled with Meta's substantial investment in CRED, underscores Shah's remarkable entrepreneurial journey. From his early ventures to building a fintech unicorn, Shah's influence in the startup world continues to grow, now extending…

Tom’s Hardware

Meta pauses mandatory AI training program that tracked employee keystrokes after internal data leak exposed sensitive staff information company-wide — employees express frustration over poor handling of data

Meta has paused an internal AI training program after employee conversations, keystrokes, transcripts, and performance-related data were reportedly exposed across the company.

The Independent UK

Meta announces new Kylie Jenner-designed smart glasses

Kylie Jenner’s Meta glasses come in different frame and lens colours

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International Business Times UK

Meta's Creepy Model Capability Program Unmasked as Security Glitch Exposes 1000s of Workers' Private Messages

Meta's employee monitoring program exposed sensitive data, sparking internal backlash and raising privacy concerns. The tech giant has suspended the program while investigating the security breach.

The Economic Times

Meta makes a $900 million super-app move in India

Cred founder Kunal Shah, a philosophy graduate, built his platform on exclusivity for high credit scorers, now processing over 40% of India's credit card bills. While Meta's interest raises data control questions, Shah faces the challenge of creating a fair commercial portal. His next task is to expand Cred beyond…

The Economic Times

'Kunal Shah won't even get a fresher job at TCS or Infosys': Founder highlights flaws in corporate hiring practices

Kunal Shah, the visionary behind CRED and FreeCharge, has been appointed global head of WhatsApp at Meta. His remarkable ascent, despite lacking traditional elite degrees, highlights a significant gap in Indian hiring practices. Startup founder Riya Upreti points out that many companies prioritize academic credentials over demonstrable skills, potentially overlooking…

The Economic Times

Meta’s Chris Cox sought Kunal Shah’s WhatsApp advice - then made him leader

Meta Chief Product Officer Chris Cox reached out to Shah directly in the spring, seeking advice on picking the future leader of WhatsApp. Cox had been calling entrepreneurs and investors in places like India, Brazil and Mexico, countries where WhatsApp is a dominant part of business and culture, and Shah’s…

The Economic Times

US presses Meta to agree to AI reviews as security concerns rise: report

The Facebook parent, which launched the Muse Spark AI model in April, is the only major U.S. developer of AI technology that has not reached an agreement to voluntarily share its models with the federal government for review, according to the report.

The Economic Times

Google's YouTube settles case over social media harm to children

The terms of the settlement of the state court lawsuit were confidential, the lawyers said on Tuesday. The suit named four defendants - YouTube, Meta's Instagram, Snap Inc's Snapchat and ByteDance's TikTok - and the remaining three companies are still set to face trial in July.

Bangkok Post

Mark Zuckerberg directed Meta to create a prediction markets app

NEW YORK — Polymarket and Kalshi, prediction markets on which users can bet on outcomes as varied as the Super Bowl and the length of the State of the Union address, have been some of the fastest growing destinations on the internet.

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