Meta

Auto Added by WPeMatico

Meta signs a deal to beam solar energy from space to its AI data centres

Artificial Intelligence, Digital Marketing, Meta, Next Featured, SEO Tips, Technology /

Overview’s satellites will collect sunlight continuously in geosynchronous orbit and beam it as near-infrared light to existing ground solar installations, which convert it to electricity. The approach extends solar farm output through the night without new land, new grid connections, or new infrastructure on the ground. Meta has signed an agreement with Overview Energy, a […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Meta signs a deal to beam solar energy from space to its AI data centres Read More »

China orders Meta to unwind its $2 billion acquisition of Manus

China, Digital Marketing, Government and policy, Meta, Next Featured, SEO Tips, Technology /

The NDRC’s Office of the Working Mechanism for Foreign Investment Security Review issued a formal cancellation order on Monday, four months after the deal was announced. Manus co-founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao have been barred from leaving China since March.  China’s National Development and Reform Commission has formally ordered Meta to unwind its $2 […]

This story continues at The Next Web

China orders Meta to unwind its $2 billion acquisition of Manus Read More »

Meta signs multibillion-dollar deal for Amazon Graviton5 chips as AI compute demand outstrips $135B capex budget

Amazon, Digital Marketing, Meta, Next Featured, SEO Tips, Technology /

Summary: Meta signed a multibillion-dollar, multi-year deal to deploy tens of millions of Amazon’s Graviton5 ARM CPU cores in AWS data centres for agentic AI workloads. The chips are general-purpose processors, not AI accelerators, handling the CPU-intensive inference and orchestration tasks behind real-time reasoning and multi-step agents. The deal is one piece of a procurement […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Meta signs multibillion-dollar deal for Amazon Graviton5 chips as AI compute demand outstrips $135B capex budget Read More »

Meta is firing 8,000 people. Microsoft is paying 8,750 to leave. Both are spending the savings on AI.

Digital Marketing, Meta, Microsoft, Next Featured, SEO Tips, Technology, United States /

Summary: Meta and Microsoft announced workforce reductions on the same day, April 23, affecting up to 23,000 positions combined. Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs (10% of staff) and cancelling 6,000 open roles effective May 20, while Microsoft launched its first-ever voluntary retirement programme offering buyouts to up to 8,750 US employees whose age plus years […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Meta is firing 8,000 people. Microsoft is paying 8,750 to leave. Both are spending the savings on AI. Read More »

Instagram has launched another Snapchat clone

Apps, Digital Marketing, Instagram, Meta, News, SEO Tips, Snapchat, Technology /
Instagram is testing a new dedicated app that’s focused around Snapchat-like photo sharing features. The app, called “Instants,” was launched in Italy and Spain yesterday, Business Insider reports, and allows users to send each other disappearing photos that are available for 24 hours and can be viewed only once during that window. The app is […]

Instagram has launched another Snapchat clone Read More »

Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs to pay for AI. It is also asking the survivors to train their replacements.

Digital Marketing, Future of work, insights, Meta, Next Featured, SEO Tips, Technology /

Summary: Meta is cutting approximately 8,000 employees (10% of its workforce) beginning 20 May, cancelling 6,000 open roles, and planning additional cuts for H2 2026. The layoffs, announced via an internal memo from HR head Janelle Gale, are structural rather than performance-based, reorganising teams into AI-focused “pods” while Meta spends $115-135 billion on AI infrastructure […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs to pay for AI. It is also asking the survivors to train their replacements. Read More »

Meta is laying off 10 percent of its staff

AI, Digital Marketing, Meta, News, SEO Tips, Tech, Technology /
Meta is planning to layoff around 10 percent of employees in May, according to a memo from the company’s chief people officer, Janelle Gale, published by Bloomberg. That means approximately 8,000 people will see their jobs cut. Meta will also be closing around 6,000 open roles, according to Gale. The cuts follow Meta’s significant investments […]

Meta is laying off 10 percent of its staff Read More »

Shopping Cart