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‘AWS is booming’: Amazon lifts AI spending to $220 billion as cloud sales surge

Amazon shares jumped after AWS recorded its fastest growth in 18 quarters, strengthening CEO Andy Jassy’s argument that corporate AI adoption is still in its early stages; Microsoft’s record $450 billion market-value gain offered further evidence that Wall Street will reward costly AI expansion when revenue follows

Dennis Bihler | 07.31.26

Zuckerberg’s AI bet gets expensive: Meta’s free cash flow plunges 91% in Q2

Meta’s free cash flow plunged 91% in Q2 as the company ramps up AI spending, with its $145 billion infrastructure push weighing on finances despite strong ad revenue growth and rising user numbers

Reuters | 07.30.26

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Fired a day before her water broke: Ex-worker says Meta punished pregnancy leave

Twenty-six current and former employees allege Meta’s AI-assisted performance systems failed to account for legally protected pregnancy, medical and parental leave, recording absences as underperformance and disproportionately harming women and workers with disabilities

News Agencies | 07.15.26

Meta slammed for charging $20 a month for built-in smart glasses feature

Tech giant faces backlash after launching a $20/month Meta One Premium subscription for smart glasses, limiting a local on-device feature to 3 free hours despite no cloud costs, sparking outrage over hardware paywalls

Raphael Kahan | 07.05.26

Report: Meta plans cloud business to sell excess AI compute capacity

The planned service would let developers access Meta-hosted AI models and raw computing capacity, part of a push to recoup massive data center and chip spending, Bloomberg reports

ynet | 07.01.26

Meta AI launches in Israel with Hebrew support and WhatsApp integration

Meta’s new assistant is now available in Hebrew through WhatsApp, desktop and mobile, offering content generation, image analysis and reasoning tasks, but it enters a crowded market already dominated by powerful rivals

Raphael Kahan | 06.30.26

Kids beat Australia’s social media ban by simply lying about their age

Six months after the under-16 ban took effect, most minors are still using TikTok, Instagram and other blocked platforms, exposing the limits of old-style regulation in the digital age

Raphael Kahan | 06.30.26

WhatsApp is changing one of its oldest rules after 17 years, and privacy may never look the same

The update will let users create unique usernames so others can contact them without seeing their phone number, with an optional security key to block unwanted first-time messages

Daniela Ginzburg | 06.29.26

Even Kylie Jenner was recruited: The race to put smartphones on our faces

After Google Glass flopped, smart glasses are back, powered by AI, cameras and billions; Meta leads, Google and Samsung are gearing up and Apple is waiting; but will we swap smartphones for computers on our faces?

Raphael Kahan | 06.28.26

Instagram and Facebook down as users report major Meta outage

Users worldwide, including in Israel, report disruptions on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger overnight Tuesday; Downdetector shows over 21,000 reports for Instagram and 20,000 for Facebook, while Meta has yet to issue a response

ynet Global | 06.24.26

Meta’s AI employee surveillance backfires, exposing workers’ sensitive data

Internal system designed to record keystrokes, mouse clicks and screenshots of Meta employees to train AI models became a major security failure after a permissions flaw exposed personal, medical and financial data inside the company

Raphael Kahan | 06.23.26

Users report global outage on Facebook and Instagram

Users worldwide, including in Israel, report disruptions on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger; Meta says it is working to fix the issue

ynet | 06.12.26

Meta reduced content moderation and threats of violence, hate speech jumped fourfold

New report claims that since Meta reduced its automated filtering, enforcement on its platforms, the volume of threats, harassment and hate speech has skyrocketed; Researchers point to combination of broader 'freedom of expression' policies and increased exposure to political content

Raphael Kahan | 06.10.26

WhatsApp accuses Israel's NSO of renewed spyware campaign against users worldwide

WhatsApp says it identified and blocked a new attack campaign linked to the Israeli offensive cyber firm, alleging victims were lured into clicking malicious links; Meta's messaging platform now seeks further sanctions in US federal court

Daniela Ginzburg | 06.08.26

Guy Rosen has served as Meta’s CISO since 2022

Meta’s top Israeli executive Guy Rosen leaves after 13 years

Guy Rosen, Meta’s most senior Israeli executive and CISO since 2022, is leaving after 13 years; The Onavo co-founder, whose startup was acquired in 2013, will stay for a transition period before focusing on advising Israel’s tech ecosystem

Meir Orbach | 06.03.26

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