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Tech Giants Deliver AI-Powered Earnings Growth

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Quarterly earnings at tech giants Meta and Microsoft surged, indicating that multi-billion dollar AI investments are starting to pay off.

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Social Media

Australia Wants to Boot Kids off Social Media. Meta Says: Make Apple and Google Do It.

Last week, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the government plans to introduce a law banning children from social media.

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Patent Drop

Meta’s Costly Reality Labs Bet May be a ‘Test Bed’ for AR Glasses

Peripheral devices add another layer of friction onto the experience that stands to turn off users.

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Big Tech

Meta Readies AI Search Engine to End Reliance on Google, OpenAI

Meta is developing an artificial intelligence-based search engine to stake its claim in a rapidly growing market.

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Finance

Can the Magnificent Seven Ride Again?

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After serving as the driving force for a blistering market rise, the so-called Magnificent Seven have taken an epic stumble in 2025.

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Patent Drop

Meta Patent Could Make AI Both Personalized and Private

Tech like this could keep Meta’s models from prompt attack data slips — or at least give it some “thought leadership brownie points.”

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Big Tech

Meta’s Losing AR Developers to Snap

Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Meta is bleeding third-party augmented reality developers to its rival, Snap.

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Patent Drop

Google Patent Highlights Costs and Benefits of Generative AI Video

Tons of companies are racing to build an AI video generation engine that actually works.

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Media & Entertainment

Advertising Industry Sweats a Recession-Spurred Pullback

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The warnings come as the industry adapts to seismic shifts in technology — which means it may just have some new tricks up its sleeve.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI is Passing the First Stage of its Antitrust Era

It’s not a hallucination: Artificial intelligence companies have actually managed to placate at least one national regulator.

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Patent Drop

Meta Could Face Cost Obstacles in AR Glasses Goals

Though artificial reality took center stage at Meta Connect, the company faces headwinds in making AR glasses an everyday reality.

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Artificial Intelligence

Can Voice Assistants Make a Comeback in the Age of AI?

Once upon a time, the biggest prestige battle in Silicon Valley was who had the best voice assistant. Then came ChatGPT.

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Big Tech

FTC Says Meta is a Monopoly. But in Which Markets, Exactly?

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Central to the trial is one question: Just who, exactly, are Meta’s competitors? The FTC’s answer may be narrower than you’d expect.

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