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  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    US companies
    Meta plans advanced ‘agentic’ AI assistant for consumers

    Social media platform invests in equivalent to OpenClaw that aims to seamlessly carry out everyday tasks for users

    The Meta logo is displayed on a large white sign at a technology fair, with spotlights and a dark ceiling in the background.
  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    US companies
    Meta and Zuckerberg sued by publishers over ‘massive’ copyright infringement

    Tech giant faces lawsuit from five large groups over its use of copyrighted works to train Llama AI models

    Meta logo displayed against a blue background with scattered lights at the World Economic Forum annual meeting.
  • Saturday, 2 May, 2026
    Social Media
    Lex. Meta stock might look cheap if it weren’t for Mark Zuckerberg

    Not only is the Facebook boss spinning a lot of plates, but his worldview is not like that of a typical chief executive

    Mark Zuckerberg puts on Orion augmented reality glasses during a Meta Connect event.
  • Thursday, 30 April, 2026
    Big Tech
    Big Tech’s AI payback might be coming into view

    Earnings hint at growth trajectory despite increases in capital spending

    Richard Waters
    A partially constructed three-level data center is lit up at night, with a vehicle's headlights shining on the street nearby.
  • Thursday, 30 April, 2026
    Big Tech
    Google outpaces rivals as Big Tech’s AI spending plans rise to $725bn

    Meta stock drops on capex increase while Alphabet’s cloud business grows faster than rivals Amazon and Microsoft

    Logos of Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta on a black background.
  • Thursday, 30 April, 2026
    FT live news
    Tech results as it happened: Google, Meta and Microsoft boost AI spending forecasts

    Facebook owner’s stock drops 6.5% while Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon report strong cloud computing growth

  • Wednesday, 29 April, 2026
    Big Tech
    Lex. Big Tech’s earnings get ever bigger, and ever less useful

    Meta, Alphabet and peers are growing smartly, but their value hinges on hard-to-answer questions about AI supremacy

    Premium content
  • Wednesday, 29 April, 2026
    EU tech regulation
    EU takes action against Meta over failure to protect children on social media

    Platform could be fined as debate intensifies in Europe over banning minors from sites such as Instagram and Facebook

    An illustration showing the Meta logo overlapping with yellow stars arranged in a circle, referencing the European Union flag.
  • Wednesday, 29 April, 2026
    Chinese business & finance
    China’s Mao-era regulator in a stand-off with Meta over AI

    National Development Reform Commission is becoming Beijing’s chief enforcer

    A hand holds a smartphone displaying the Manus logo, with Meta's logo in the background against a red and orange gradient.
  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2026
    Chinese business & finance
    The FT View. Beijing’s blunt message to its tech sector

    China’s ban on Meta-Manus deal is a warning to keep AI innovations at home

    The editorial board
    A person holding a smartphone displaying the Manus app interface, with a map blurred in the background.
  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2026
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Private equity deals where the seller is also the buyer

    Investors question if some institutions rubber-stamp deals that could benefit other businesses

  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2026
    US-China trade dispute
    China blocks Meta’s $2bn purchase of AI group Manus

    Regulators had reviewed whether deal violated Beijing’s investment rules

    A hand holds a smartphone displaying the Manus logo, with the Meta logo blurred in the background.
  • Thursday, 23 April, 2026
    US companies
    Meta to cut 10% of jobs to ‘offset’ Zuckerberg’s AI spending

    Social media group plans to spend $135bn on data centres this year

    Mark Zuckerberg gestures with both arms extended while speaking on stage at the Meta Connect event.
  • Friday, 17 April, 2026
    Artificial intelligence
    Why Meta’s ‘conspiratorial’ Manus deal drew Beijing’s ire

    The landmark tech exit has quickly become central to China’s national security agenda

  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2026
    Artificial intelligence
    The CEO chatbot era is coming

    Many executives will be following Meta’s plans for an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg with interest

    Andrew Hill
    Mark Zuckerberg adjusts smart glasses against a blue background with a digital dot pattern, rendered in an AI-generated texture style.
  • Monday, 13 April, 2026
    Artificial intelligence
    Meta builds AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to interact with staff

    CEO is training and testing his own character as part of wider push to develop ‘personal superintelligence’

    A stylized illustration of Mark Zuckerberg's face in blue tones, wearing large black glasses, with a yellow pixelated background.
  • Wednesday, 8 April, 2026
    Artificial intelligence
    Meta releases first AI model since Zuckerberg’s spending spree

    Muse Spark ‘purpose-built’ for social media apps as investors question huge AI investment

    Mark Zuckerberg gestures in front of a large Meta logo, with a phone screen displaying Meta AI analyzing the calories in a meal photo.
  • Tuesday, 7 April, 2026
    Technology sector
    The internet is deciding what to forget

    Do digital bananas in Hawaiian shirts chatting up pineapples need to be saved for posterity? Probably not

    Elaine Moore
    Image of a face with crosses for eyes and an upside-down smile, with the number 404 below it
  • Tuesday, 7 April, 2026
    Wearable technology
    Say no to a ‘camera on your face’, says Meta smart glasses rival

    Shenzhen-based Even Realities pitches itself as a premium alternative that does not harvest user data

    A person wearing smart glasses stands next to a car. A digital interface with time and calendar events appears projected in the air.
  • Friday, 3 April, 2026
    US companies
    Meta-backed data centre seeks $3bn for campus with novel financing

    ‘Project Walleye’ lenders would be first to fund both construction and power

    People take photos near a large Meta sign reading "1 Hacker Way" outside Meta headquarters, with blooming trees nearby.
  • Wednesday, 1 April, 2026
    Moral Money
    The growing crackdown on corporate child exploitation 

    A golden age for lucrative kids’ marketing is coming to an overdue end

    Premium content
    People holding framed photographs of smiling children
  • Tuesday, 31 March, 2026
    Unhedged Podcast20 min listen
     Is this social media's tobacco moment?

    The judgment against Meta and Google

  • Monday, 30 March, 2026
    Markets
    Short rates have overshot

    Plus the social media lawsuits

    Robert Armstrong
    Premium content
  • Sunday, 29 March, 2026
    Social Media
    The FT View. Social media has been put on notice

    Legal and legislative pressure is mounting to safeguard young people

    The editorial board
    A group of people holding colorful smartphones in a circle, viewed from below, symbolizing digital connectivity
  • Saturday, 28 March, 2026
    Artificial intelligence
    The Big Read. Lex in depth: Will the AI data centre boom become a $9tn bust?

    The biggest groups splashing their cash may not make their money back, but will almost certainly live to tell the tale

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