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US President Donald Trump. (AFP)
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Trump names Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg to 13-member tech council| Business News

US President Donald Trump plans to appoint Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison and Jensen Huang to a council that weighs in on AI policy and other…

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AI is slop, an unripe fruit and an insomniac| Business News

Cognitive warmup. It was in January 2023 when Buzzfeed Inc. CEO Jonah Peretti announced in a memo to staff that the company was making a…

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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg. As on 31 December 2025, his firm employed nearly 79,000 people across the world, according to its latest filing. (AP)
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Meta Platforms plans sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount| Business News

Meta Platforms Inc. is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, three people familiar with the matter said, as the…

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Google's AI browser salvo, which essentially is Gemini in Chrome, would have started rolling out in India by the time you read this. (AI Image)
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Gemini lands in Chrome, and Meta’s privacy disaster (again)| Business News

Cognitive warmup. I pointed out some weeks ago that the ‘AI browser’ conversation has gone cold. Perplexity, OpenAI, and everyone else who tried to make…

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On Moltbook, AI agents can interact with other AI agents while their human creators sit on the sidelines and watch. (Screengrab)
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Meta Platforms to acquire AI social network Moltbook for Agentic AI chops| Business News

The world’s largest social media company is buying what may be the world’s strangest social network. On Moltbook, AI agents can interact with other AI…

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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The Instagram owner does not block ads suspected of scams unless its algorithms are 95% certain that the marketer is engaging in misbehaviour. (Reuters)
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Meta trouble? Instagram owner sued over ads for scams, dangers to children| Business News

The attorney general of the US Virgin Islands has sued Meta Platforms Inc., accusing the Facebook and Instagram owner of deliberately profiting from ads for…

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (AFP)
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Meta Platforms plans layoffs to cut 600 AI jobs in Superintelligence Labs unit| Business News

Meta Platforms Inc. has decided to cut 600 AI jobs at Meta Superintelligence Labs, as the Mark Zuckerberg-owned company looks to make its AI unit…

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