It struck a separate $3 billion deal with Nebius in 2025.
Ofcom demands social media giants focus on child protection
These demands include: effective minimum age policies to restrict children under-13s from accessing sites and apps; failsafe grooming protections; safer feeds for children; and an end to product testing on children.
Spanish government launches new hate speech tracker
The HODIO tool will allow authorities to systematically analyse public content to track the presence, amplification and impact of hate speech across social media platforms.
Meta prepares for custom AI chips
The social media giant expects capex this year of between $115 billion and $135 billion.
Meta strikes deal with AMD to deploy 6 GWs worth of GPUs
The partnership is an important step for the tech giant as it seeks to diversify its inference compute and pushes towards super intelligence.
Russian government moves to block WhatsApp
In addition to WhatsApp, Russian regulator Roskomnadzor this week stated it is tightening the screw on the highly popular Telegram messaging app on security grounds.
Meta continues their AI spending spree despite losses
During a Q4 earnings call, Meta Platforms‘ CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the company’s plans to continue its massive spending spree …
India also considers age-based limits on social media
While recommendations in the survey are not binding, they are taken under consideration and are discussed by the country’s government.
Nvidia starts 2026 strong with AI chip sales
Brand Finance valued Nvidia’s moniker at $184.3 billion at end-2025, up 110 per cent year-on-year.
Meta Compute aims to deliver many gigawatts of AI infrastructure
Zuckerberg is a proponent of developing superintelligence, a theoretical form of AI which would not just match but vastly exceed human intelligence across every domain of cognitive ability.
Meta closes over 500,000 accounts to comply with new Australian law
In a post, the company stated it closed 330,639 Instagram, 173,497 Facebook and 39,916 Threads accounts between 4 December and 11 December 2025.
AI search practices are taking off in the UK
Ofcom said search practices are moving away from conventional link-based pages toward AI-powered, chat-style interactions.
WhatsApp to explore third-party messaging support
Users in the region will see an opt-in prompt. If enabled, they will be able to share messages, images, voice notes, videos and files with users on the two partner apps, with group chat support slated to follow.
Meta plans to invest over $600 Billion in U.S. infrastructure
Meta to invest heavily in U.S. data centres and AI infrastructure.
Meta Platforms faces hefty tax charge
Meta suffers substantial $16 Billion tax charge.
Meta expands AI access to US allies
Meta rolls out Llama AI to US allies.
Zuckerberg made White House visit prior to recent tariff threat
Mark Zuckerberg met with Donald Trump before his latest tariff threat.
Meta to invest billions in colossal data centre push
These facilities will be used to train and manage workloads generated by Meta’s advanced AI models.
Meta makes strategic investment in Scale AI
Meta will take a 49% stake for $14.3 billion, according to sources familiar with the matter.
“We are a collaborative powerhouse that equips businesses with the right expertise, tools, and strategies to scale.” – Agam Chaudhary, Two99
CNME Editor Mark Forker sat down with Agam Chaudhary, Founder and CEO of Two99, to better understand how his company …