Beijing has banned the $2.5 billion acquisition and ordered the parties involved to rescind the transaction.
2 min read27 Apr 2026While Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI and Meta charge ahead with powerful AI models, India’s Economic Survey proposes an AI Safety Institute to track and tackle AI risks. But any such body must have all major players in the race, including China.
4 min read23 Apr 2026Elon Musk criticized WhatsApp, saying 'can't trust' it, in light of a class-action lawsuit alleging Meta intercepted private messages despite WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption promises. He also encouraged users to switch to X Chat, which he promotes as an encrypted chat experience.
2 min read10 Apr 2026Artificial intelligence (AI) has now become tech companies' go-to word for massive job cuts. According to a tech investor, blaming AI is better than citing cost pressure, since it makes the technology look bad. Major tech giants such as Meta, Amazon and Google announced job cuts in the past.
2 min read30 Mar 2026A judicial verdict in America on the harms of addictive-by-design social media spotlights the menace of rash digital innovation just as AI-guided warfare raises global risks skyhigh. Think of autonomous weapons in rogue hands.
3 min read30 Mar 2026Meta's stock is under pressure following legal verdicts linking its platforms to addiction and misleading safety claims. The stock is down 16% this year amid AI-led worries and the recent court verdicts, making investors revisit their investment strategy.
3 min read27 Mar 2026The harm caused by social media and AI-powered apps is now too stark to deny—teen mental health crises, misogynistic deepfakes, algorithmic hate and political manipulation. Yet, as tech titans strut around the corridors of power, can anyone rein in what they’ve unleashed?
4 min read25 Feb 2026Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly planning to buy property in a luxurious Miami neighbourhood. He will join a roster of ultra-wealthy names who have moved to Florida — a zero income-tax state — over the past few years.
2 min read10 Feb 2026The court initially asked Meta and WhatsApp to file an affidavit giving a clear undertaking that WhatsApp user data would not be shared for advertising purposes. However, it did not pass any adverse order after Meta sought time to respond.
5 min read3 Feb 2026Mark Zuckerberg faces criticism as his $300M superyacht’s huge fuel consumption and emissions draw backlash, with critics calling his climate advocacy hypocritical.
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