Meta wants to pay for its broad AI buildout with a newly created class of stock

The social media giant is planning a new stock strategy to help power its broad investments in AI models and services.

Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in case related to Cambridge Analytica scandal

The payout is related to a recent trial involving the social media giant that revolved around its data privacy practices.

Meta drops ‘train’ from its website-crawling terms after backlash
Meta drops ‘train’ from its website-crawling terms after backlash

Meta has rewritten new terms that would have let it crawl and train its AI on the websites of businesses that use its ads and tools. Critics say the change does not go far enough. The company changed the terms late on Friday after complaints from busin…

The tech backlash is now in theaters
The tech backlash is now in theaters

Though movies about disruptive tech founders are nothing new, 2026 has been unusually stacked with features that take a much more critical look at how Silicon Valley is reshaping our reality. Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning frames Mark Zuckerberg as a robotic villain whose ambitions are destabilizing society. Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s You Can […]

Facebook is giving users more control over their algorithm

Meta announced the launch of its new AI-powered feature, “Your Algorithm,” a feature it first launched on Instagram.

Facebook will let you customize your feed algorithm using AI
Facebook will let you customize your feed algorithm using AI

Facebook’s new “Your Algorithm” feature will let you directly add and manage topics you want to see in your feed and Facebook Reels. Meta says your recommendations “respond right away” after you make updates using the new feature by hitting “interested” or “not interested” for different topics. Your Algorithm previously launched on Instagram earlier this […]

The Social Reckoning is flopping at the box office
The Social Reckoning is flopping at the box office

As important as some of the messages in The Social Reckoning are, the movie has been drastically underperforming at the box office. Per Variety, Aaron’s Sorkin’s follow up to The Social Network only grossed a measly $5.5 million this past weekend against a budget that’s somewhere within the $30-42 million range. That would make it […]

Are you ready for everything to look like TikTok?
Are you ready for everything to look like TikTok?

Since TikTok burst into mainstream consciousness, many things have been called a “TikTok clone”: YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, Snapchat Spotlight, Netflix’s Clips, LinkedIn’s vertical video feed, and countless other, less recognizable names like Triller, Zynn, and Byte. For years now, Facebook and Instagram have pumped users’ feeds with video as Meta chases TikTok’s runaway success. […]

Can you trust Meta’s Muse or OpenAI’s Dots to run your life?
Can you trust Meta’s Muse or OpenAI’s Dots to run your life?

My Decoder guest today is Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, and we’re discussing the new wave of consumer-friendly AI agents. If you’ve been paying attention to this space, you know AI enthusiasts have been using agents for a minute now — homebrew OpenClaw setups led to a surge in Mac Mini sales earlier […]

The Social Reckoning is a tepid thriller that reminds us of how we got here
The Social Reckoning is a tepid thriller that reminds us of how we got here

When David Fincher’s The Social Network premiered in 2010, many people still thought of Mark Zuckerberg as a genius who had revolutionized the world by creating Facebook. Writer Aaron Sorkin’s script was critical of Zuckerberg’s character and his ruthless approach to doing business, but it also helped mythologize the co-founder at a time when the […]