MMental health Read More Instagram on trial for youth mental-health crisisFebruary 12, 2026 The top executive at Meta Platforms’ Instagram defended the social media platform’s choices regarding features that some company…
AArtificial intelligence Read More Facebook adds new AI features, animated profile photos, and backgrounds for text postsFebruary 10, 2026 Facebook announced new AI-powered features on Tuesday designed to let users express themselves in more playful ways across…
BBusiness Read More Meta, Google face jury in landmark US addiction trialFebruary 10, 2026 He contended the A was for addicting, the B for brains and the C for children. “They don’t…
AArtificial intelligence Read More EU Tells Meta to Allow Room for Rival AI AssistantsFebruary 9, 2026 European competition regulators say Meta’s artificial intelligence (AI) assistant policy violates antitrust regulations. The European Commission (EC) announced Monday (Feb. 9) that…
VVirtual reality Read More After laying off 1500 people, losing $88 billion; Meta CFO Susan Li tells analyst where the Reality Labs division will focus onFebruary 2, 2026 Meta’s Reality Labs division is shifting focus from VR to wearables, despite continued development of future VR headsets.…
TTechnology Read More One NZ adds satellite data & WhatsApp calling serviceFebruary 2, 2026 One NZ has expanded its satellite-to-mobile service beyond texting, adding limited data access for a set of apps…
TTechnology Read More Now that Meta’s no longer bankrolling VR game studios, its VR game boss is leaving.January 31, 2026 Posted Jan 31, 2026 at 1:35 AM UTC Now that Meta’s no longer bankrolling VR game studios, its…
BBusiness Read More US stocks dip as Meta surges while Microsoft slumpsJanuary 30, 2026 AFP 29 Jan, 2026 07:03 PMQuick Read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription.…
AArtificial intelligence Read More Mark Zuckerberg Plans to Deepen AI’s Presence in Our Online LivesJanuary 29, 2026 Six months into its big AI turnaround, Meta believes 2026 will be the year it starts reaping the…
VVirtual reality Read More Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any betterJanuary 29, 2026 Earlier this month, Meta laid off 10% of the staff for Reality Labs, its virtual reality unit, reportedly…
AArtificial intelligence Read More Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026January 29, 2026 Mark Zuckerberg says Meta users will start to see new AI models and products from the company in…
AArtificial intelligence Read More WhatsApp will now charge AI chatbots to operate in ItalyJanuary 28, 2026 Meta announced Wednesday that it will charge developers for running chatbots on WhatsApp in regions where regulators are…