META
Meta Platforms, Inc.
NASDAQ · Technology · Internet Content & Information · US
$614.99
−1.53%Aug 6, 2026, 20:45 UTC
Meta put the roughly 212,000-square-foot Block 13 office building in Bellevue's Spring District on the market for sublease in June, marking the third building it has offered for sublease as its Seattle-area workforce shrinks.
Source:Aug 6, 2026, 08:30 UTC
Meta restricted Arvind Kejriwal's Instagram account in India without providing a reason, prompting his public complaint.
Aug 5, 2026, 10:00 UTC
Yann LeCun, former chief AI scientist at Meta Platforms Inc., joined the new venture firm 224 Ventures to invest in artificial intelligence startups.
Source:Aug 5, 2026, 08:15 UTC
South Africa's Minister of Public Service and Administration, Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi, launched the Batho Pele AI Chatbot on July 31, a public-private partnership with Meta and Juicetel, to provide citizens and public servants with instant access to policy updates, circulars, and legislation.
Source:Aug 5, 2026, 08:00 UTC
The Bombay High Court ordered the removal of defamatory and AI-generated deepfake social media content falsely linking Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and his family to the E20 ethanol blending programme, in a civil suit filed by Gadkari against Meta, X, Google/YouTube, and unidentified content creators.
Aug 5, 2026, 07:28 UTC
The Kerala High Court ordered Meta to provisionally restore the Facebook account of journalist N. Madhavan Kutty, ruling that the Kerala Police exceeded their authority by blocking the entire account over a single post.
Source:Aug 5, 2026, 07:00 UTC
On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced a formal investigation into the European Union's fines against American tech companies and threatened retaliatory tariffs if those penalties are not lifted.
Source:Aug 4, 2026, 23:45 UTC
Entergy Louisiana indefinitely postponed proceedings in its proposed $1.8 billion acquisition of the Cottonwood power plant from a private equity firm, requesting a suspension of the procedural schedule and postponing a September hearing to address complex issues and reduce costs to residents.
Source:Aug 4, 2026, 20:45 UTC
Meta's data center in DeKalb has been operating since 2022, generating significant property tax revenue for the city and school district.
Source:Aug 3, 2026, 19:00 UTC
South African Minister Buthelezi launched the Batho Pele AI chatbot, a public-private partnership between the DPSA, Meta, and Juicetel, to modernize public service delivery.
Source:Aug 3, 2026, 16:45 UTC
Kmart's Anko-branded camera glasses sold out across Australia and online as of Monday, following their launch at a price of $89.
Aug 3, 2026, 15:45 UTC
Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon reported their latest quarterly financial results, revealing a combined $162.2 billion in advertising revenue, a year-over-year increase of nearly $30 billion.
Source:Aug 3, 2026, 09:56 UTC
WhatsApp, owned by Meta, began testing a feature in India that prompts some users to declare their date of birth, citing upcoming Indian regulations under the DPDP Act.
Aug 2, 2026, 19:30 UTC
During earnings week, Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet each reported strong cloud revenue growth, adding nearly $1.5 trillion in combined market value, while Apple, Meta, and Tesla saw market value declines due to various issues.
Aug 2, 2026, 16:30 UTC
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang issued a joint statement on July 24, 2026, co-signed by Amazon, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and other companies, endorsing open-weight AI models as an important part of the AI foundation.
Source:Aug 1, 2026, 13:00 UTC
WhatsApp plans to launch a username feature allowing users to chat without phone numbers, expected to roll out globally in the coming months.
Source:Jul 31, 2026, 22:45 UTC
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Senator Mark Kelly sent a letter to CEOs of major AI companies requesting information about safeguards on AI chatbot companions for at-risk users, and Gillibrand held a hearing on AI-fueled financial scams against seniors.
Source:Jul 31, 2026, 14:39 UTC
Meta is testing a new WhatsApp feature that automatically moves messages from large businesses into a separate 'Offers & Updates' folder after a set number of hours, up to 24 hours.
Source:Jul 31, 2026, 07:42 UTC
US tech companies including NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Meta jointly urged the US government to make open AI a national development priority and formulate a national open-model strategy.
Source:Jul 31, 2026, 03:40 UTC
SoftBank, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta made donations to projects associated with President Trump, including his library, White House ballroom, and a pro-Trump group.
Jul 31, 2026, 01:45 UTC
Meta announced that its new AI-powered recommendation algorithms, including a redesigned Reels algorithm, have increased time spent on Instagram by over 10% year-on-year and boosted Reels viewing time by 15 basis points.
Source:Jul 30, 2026, 04:15 UTC
Meta made its Meta Business Agent platform available globally on WhatsApp and Messenger, and is now rolling out business agents on Instagram.
Jul 29, 2026, 22:23 UTC
Meta launched an enterprise AI agent for businesses in June 2026.
Source:Jul 27, 2026, 09:00 UTC
Nitin Gadkari filed a civil defamation suit in the Bombay High Court against Meta, social media platforms, and unidentified entities over deepfakes linking him to personal profits from India's E20 ethanol programme.
Jul 23, 2026, 23:59 UTC
Meta launched Meta AI, a chatbot powered by Llama 4.
Source:Jul 14, 2026, 10:00 UTC
Meta made its Business AI agent available worldwide on WhatsApp on June 3, 2026.
Source:Jul 10, 2026, 05:40 UTC
WhatsApp submitted its written response to the Indian government's notice regarding the username feature.
Source:Jul 10, 2026, 05:40 UTC
The Indian government issued a notice to Meta, ordering WhatsApp to stop the rollout of its username feature due to concerns over fraud and impersonation.