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Meta quietly removed a dormant facial recognition algorithm from its smart glasses app after it was uncovered by Wired, raising privacy concerns.

A new Pennsylvania bill would require all smart glasses sold in the state to have a visible recording indicator, aiming to protect privacy amid rising concerns.

Meta confirms hackers exploited a bug in its AI support chatbot to hijack over 20,000 Instagram accounts, including high-profile users like Barack Obama and Sephora.

Former Meta global affairs chief Nick Clegg says Silicon Valley companies, including Meta, have pivoted to MAGA politics, often for self-interested reasons.

Code found in Meta’s AI app points to an unreleased facial recognition feature for smart glasses, reviving privacy and ethics concerns around wearable biometrics.

Hackers and online sleuths say Meta’s AI support chatbot could be tricked into sending password-reset access for targeted Instagram accounts to attacker-controlled email addresses.

A report cited by Engadget says Meta is developing an AI pendant, preparing up to four new smart-glasses models, and planning a business subscription offering around wearable AI.

Meta is rolling out paid add-ons across Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp while building separate AI subscription tiers, signaling a broader attempt to monetize AI compute and reduce reliance on advertising.

9to5Mac reports that Meta has released two new iPhone apps this month, with the latest built around Facebook Groups, signaling a renewed push for app-specific experiences on iOS.

Enbridge plans to invest $1.2 billion in a Wyoming project that pairs 365 megawatts of solar with a 200-megawatt battery system to help serve Meta data centers under a large-load tariff structure.

Meta says it is adding AI systems that analyze text, images, and videos for age-related signals as it tries to identify and remove underage accounts.

Meta’s acquisition of Assured Robot Intelligence points to a deeper industry bet: that frontier AI will increasingly depend on robots that can learn through physical interaction, not just internet-scale data.

Meta has acquired Assured Robot Intelligence, bringing its founders and team into Superintelligence Labs as the company sharpens its focus on software, robot control, and whole-body humanoid systems.

After a $375 million loss, Meta is heading into a new trial phase where New Mexico will seek court-ordered changes to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

Australia has released draft legislation that would tax major digital platforms on part of their local revenue if they do not strike deals with news publishers, reviving the fight over who pays for journalism online.

Meta reported strong revenue growth, but investors focused on a much bigger number: capital expenditures that could top $145 billion as the company accelerates its AI catch-up campaign.

The European Commission has issued preliminary findings that Meta breached EU law by failing to put effective measures in place to stop children under 13 from accessing Facebook and Instagram.

Australia has unveiled draft legislation that would impose a levy on large tech platforms unless they strike payment deals with local news publishers, reviving the country’s push to redirect digital platform revenue into

More than 700 workers employed by an Irish contractor supporting Meta’s AI systems have been told their jobs may be at risk, exposing the human labor still embedded in generative AI development.

Meta has reserved up to 1GW and 100GWh of energy storage capacity from Noon Energy in a deal aimed at supplying more reliable renewable power for data centers.