OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI could pay for UBI, experts disagree| CNBC
A 50-year-old Lithuanian man faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to an email scheme that bilked tech giants Facebook and Google out of more than $100 million.| CNBC
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said he was launching an investigation into Meta following a damning Reuters report about the company's AI policies.| CNBC
Alphabet and Meta compete in online advertising, but Meta needs more data center infrastructure as it pursues artificial intelligence growth.| CNBC
Adobe and Figma announced they would cancel the $20 billion acquisition after scrutiny from the U.K.'s CMA and the Justice Department.| CNBC
Sen. Josh Hawley called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to preserve relevant materials, including emails.| CNBC
The online education company has tapped Goldman Sachs as it studies options such as going private or getting acquired.| CNBC
Construction is underway on a new 600-megawatt solar project in Texas that will supply renewable energy to Meta Platforms Inc., the owner of Facebook, Instagram and other tech platforms. Calgary-based Enbridge Inc., whose gas transmission and midstream operations are based in Houston, announced that Meta has agreed to purchase 100 percent of the power generated by its new $900 million solar project known as Clear Fork. The clean energy developed at Clear Fork will be used to support Meta’s ...| Energy Capital
AI accounted for nearly two-thirds of all fundraising deal value in the first half of 2025, with the bulk of those dollars concentrated in a few companies.| CNBC
Hundreds of Airbnb hosts have taken to online groups to complain that they have yet to receive any payments from a $250 million coronavirus relief fund announced by the company last month. Some of those who have received payments say they're woefully inadequate.| CNBC
"Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI," global affairs chief Joel Kaplan wrote in a post on LinkedIn Friday.| CNBC
After Meta’s layoffs and deprioritizing of news and political content, local election officials say they’re in a precarious spot heading into the elections.| CNBC
In a report published Friday, the EU found evidence of "coordinated inauthentic behavior" on online platforms ahead of the European Parliament elections last month.| CNBC
Elon Musk on Thursday claimed that X's Community Notes needs a "fix" because the service can allegedly be "gamed."| CNBC
Silicon Valley is looking at hydrogen and nuclear energy alternatives to meet the energy demands of the AI race.| CNBC
Donations to President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural committee offer a "unique opportunity" to curry favor with the White House, experts told CNBC.| CNBC
CNBC sat in on a launch review meeting for a change to Google's search algorithm. It was predictably data-driven and hyper-specific.| CNBC
A Houston company has signed a new agreement with Meta Platforms Inc. — Facebook's parent company — to power the tech giant's data center growth.| Energy Capital
A Houston company has signed a new agreement with Meta Platforms Inc. — Facebook's parent company — to power the tech giant's data center growth.| InnovationMap
The company is in the process of making a version of Instagram for kids.| CNBC
Apple's privacy feature disrupts the behind-the-scenes mechanics of many mobile ads, especially those that confirm whether a purchase or download was made.| CNBC
Mark Zuckerberg's bet on the metaverse continues to be a money-bleeding endeavor, with the unit reporting billions of dollars in losses every quarter.| CNBC
Meta shares rallied after the company reported better-than-expected revenue and told investors that it's getting more efficient.| CNBC
OpenAI’s GPT-3 and other neural nets can now write original prose with mind-boggling fluency — a development that could have profound implications for the future.| www.nytimes.com
Google News is downsizing at a particularly contentious moment in the way news is handled by major online platforms.| CNBC
Those losses for 2021 are in line with what Zuckerberg said last year he expected to invest in Reality Labs.| CNBC