Big Tech Shopping Spree: AI Spending Surges Towards $250 Billion in 2025
As the AI revolution gains momentum, Big Tech companies are pouring billions into AI infrastructure, with spending expected to exceed a staggering $250 billion in 2025.
As the AI revolution gains momentum, Big Tech companies are pouring billions into AI infrastructure, with spending expected to exceed a staggering $250 billion in 2025.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has been hit with a massive €797.72 million fine (roughly $840 million) by the European Commission for breaching EU antitrust rules related to its online classified ads service, Facebook Marketplace.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Brendan Carr on Friday called on big tech platforms to dismantle the “censorship cartel,” charging that American democracy depends on it. Carr states that the tech Masters of the Universe, in conjunction with “the orwellian-named NewsGuard,” fact checking groups, and ad agencies, have enforced “one-sided narratives.”
Mark Zuckerberg’s Virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds has been overrun by children, as lower age restrictions and more affordable VR headsets have made the Meta platform more accessible to younger users.
In stark contrast to the huge meltdown that followed Donald Trump’s first presidential win in 2016, the tech industry’s reaction to his 2024 victory has been notably subdued.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is implementing AI technology to identify underage Instagram users who misrepresent their age, automatically transitioning them to more protective account settings as part of its enhanced youth safety initiative.
In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, prominent tech industry leaders are coming forward with messages of congratulations and offers to work with the incoming administration.
As Donald Trump secures a second term in the White House, Silicon Valley and big tech billionaires are bracing for potential changes and challenges that could reshape the sector’s landscape.
In a significant policy shift, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has announced that it will permit U.S. government agencies and contractors working on national security to utilize its AI models for military applications.
Mark Zuckerberg predicted in Meta’s recent earnings call that AI-generated content will become the next big thing on Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms. Low quality AI-generated posts and images are already bane on the existence of many social media users.
A recent investigation by the Free Press has revealed a concerning trend among leading AI chatbots, with the vast majority displaying a clear bias towards Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris over her Republican rival, Donald Trump. This bias extended even to Grok, Elon Musk’s AI project.
Facebook executives suppressed the bombshell Hunter Biden laptop story in order to gain favor with what they assumed would be the incoming Biden-Harris administration, according to a new report released by the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Weaponization of Government.
A federal judge has ruled that major tech companies must face lawsuits brought by school districts alleging their social media apps have contributed to a mental health crisis among students. The lawsuits target Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, Google, China’s TikTok, and Snapchat.
CLAIM: Facebook will block new ads about politics, elections, and social issues in the week leading up to the 2024 election on November 5.
Facebook’s “Supreme Court” has ruled that Mark Zuckerberg’s social media platforms must unblock a satirical image depicting Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz as the idiotic main characters of the 1994 comedy Dumb and Dumber.
Jack Sweeney, a college student known for tracking the private jet travel of wealthy celebrities, had his Meta Threads accounts abruptly suspended, raising questions about the platform’s stance on publicly available data.
According to the Washington Post, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta and its Instagram, Facebook, and Threads platforms are suppressing content related to the 2024 election, making it harder for users to discuss politics and voting. One influencer suffered from an astonishing 63 percent drop in audience just by mentioning the word “vote” on a post.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has started laying off employees in various departments, including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs, as part of targeted reorganizations within specific teams.
A federal judge has largely denied Meta’s motion to dismiss claims brought by 34 states alleging that the company designed Facebook and Instagram to be addictive for young users, causing harm to children, local governments, and public health.
James O’Keefe claims that a Meta engineer admitted in a candid interview with an undercover journalist with O’Keefe Media Group that Facebook demotes anti-Kamala Harris posts.
Yann LeCun, a key figure in the development of modern artificial intelligence, is speaking out against what he perceives as overblown predictions and concerns about AI’s capabilities and potential dangers. The Meta scientist calls worried about AI “complete B.S.” while claiming the technology is dumber than a house cat.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has confirmed that images and videos shared with its AI assistant through the company’s Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses can be used to train the company’s AI models.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is calling on Big Tech to censor alleged election misinformation, conveniently ignoring his own history of propagating the debunked Trump-Russia collusion narrative.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) downplayed social media censorship during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate against Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) by suggesting that conservatives should have had their speech censored, claiming their criticism of the government over coronavirus-related issues is equivalent to yelling “fire” in “a crowded theater.”
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) gave a “damning non-answer” during Tuesday’s vice presidential debate when pushed on the Biden-Harris administration’s pressuring Facebook to censor free speech.
Notorious censor and surveillance capitalism tycoon Mark Zuckerberg has a clear vision for how he wants his company Meta to be remembered decades from now — as a technology innovator, not for his apps and their negative impacts on society.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, is blocking links to a dossier allegedly containing sensitive information about Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), which was obtained through an Iranian hack of the Trump campaign.
An expert witness called by Google in its ongoing antitrust trial has asserted that the tech giant does not hold monopoly power over the advertising market, contradicting claims made by the DOJ.
Meta was punished Friday with a fine worth more than $100 million from the social media giant’s European Union privacy regulator.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pushed back against the notion that social media directly harms the mental health of teenagers, despite growing concerns and calls for increased regulation in the industry. His position is even more extraordinary given the fact that Meta’s own internal researchers determined that his social media platforms are terrible for the mental health of teenagers, especially young women and girls.
Leftist kingpin Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg now identifies as a libertarian that feels a sense of hostility to government regulation, as well as skepticism of initiatives that claim to advance so-called “social justice.”
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has been reducing the prominence of political content on its platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads leading up to the November 2024 election. Zuckerberg believes what Americans really need before the most important election of their lives is even more celebrity gossip and animal videos.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta and a notorious supporter of leftist cases, has become one of only three people in the world to amass a net worth of $200 billion or more.
In Mark Zuckerberg’s latest act of election interference, Meta AI gushes about Kamala Harris and her “trailblazing leadership” while lambasting Donald Trump as “crude and lazy” and “boorish and selfish.” The stark comparison between Meta AI’s answers is another illustration of the extreme leftist bias present in most popular AI platforms.
Republican FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak published a report on Thursday expressing concern with Big Tech facilitating content harmful to children, but also warning that in addressing such harmful online content, the Biden-Harris FTC could take actions that result in the censorship of Americans’ online speech.
Meta — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — said on Monday that Russian state media outlets have been banned from its platforms worldwide for “foreign interference activity.”
Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) has criticized Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta for its inadequate response to a bipartisan group of lawmakers regarding illicit drug advertisements on Facebook and Instagram.
Social media platforms including Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook and Instagram, China’s TikTok, and Snapchat have become dangerous marketplaces for the sale of deadly fake pills laced with fentanyl, contributing to a growing epidemic of overdose deaths among young Americans.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared at a recent event that his days of apologizing are over. The Facebook founder attempted to blame conservatives themselves for the rampant censorship on his platforms, stating, “When it’s a political problem… there are people operating in good faith who are identifying a problem and want something to be fixed, and there are people who are just looking for someone to blame.”
In a new report that confirms many people’s worst suspicions, a leaked marketing pitch deck suggests major tech companies are using AI software to eavesdrop on users’ conversations through their devices.