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Global social media and AI company committing $125-145 billion to AI infrastructure in 2026.
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#11 31 Jul
Signed Section 1 and disclosed EU AI Act exposure to the SEC
Media's AI Pivot: Marking code draws 190, none of them TV#11 31 Jul
Signed Section 1 and disclosed EU AI Act exposure to the SEC
Media's AI Pivot: Meta tells the SEC what broadcasters do not#11 30 Jul
Mentioned in: Time starts selling ads to the machines
Media's AI Pivot#12 29 Jul
Reported quarterly capex and narrowed full-year 2026 guidance to $130bn-$145bn
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: The big four's combined capex holds near $732bn#12 28 Jul
Mentioned in: Dublin slips to 15% as growth heads north
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#11 22 Jul
Mentioned in: Alphabet lifts 2026 capex to $205bn
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#18 21 Jul
Confirmed roughly 8,000 engineering cuts in May while raising capital spending
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Alphabet adds 11,830 staff in a year#18 20 Jul
Mentioned in: Anthropic now outspends Nvidia in Washington
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#12 20 Jul
Mentioned in: CuspAI names 45 partners for lab access
UK Startups and Innovation#10 12 Jul
Mentioned in: Indianapolis backs freezing new data centres
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#9 30 Jun
Mentioned in: A third of Indiana counties resist
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#8 22 Jun
Mentioned in: Chevron builds Microsoft a gas plant
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#9 20 Jun
CuspAI raising $400m on Bezos money
UK Startups and Innovation#7 18 Jun
Mentioned in: WPP convenes six rivals on AI buying
Media's AI Pivot#7 18 Jun
Mentioned in: Horizon ships its own buying layer
Media's AI Pivot#7 15 Jun
Indiana freezes its 12th county on AI
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#9 9 Jun
received an order to restore WhatsApp Business API access for rival AI assistants
European Tech Sovereignty: Brussels used antitrust to reopen WhatsApp#7 3 Jun
Mentioned in: Apoha bets £26.7m on lab data
UK Startups and Innovation#6 3 Jun
Mentioned in: CMA orders a Google AI opt-out tool
Media's AI Pivot#10 1 Jun
Submitted a third WhatsApp interoperability proposal offering free access up to a usage threshold then fees
European Tech Sovereignty: Meta makes a third WhatsApp access offer#4 27 May
Launched Meta One subscription tiers globally, ending the pure ad-funded model
Media's AI Pivot: Meta puts a price on AI access#6 25 May
Mentioned in: Brussels readies record Google DMA fine
European Tech Sovereignty#11 20 May
Mentioned in: Nvidia adds 6,000 staff as rivals cut
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#4 18 May
DOE lets PJM switch off data centres
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#4 18 May
contracted Enbridge to build a 365 MW solar and 200 MW storage project in Wyoming
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Meta buys Wyoming solar from Enbridge#4 18 May
signed as anchor customer for the XGS Energy 150 MW enhanced-geothermal project in New Mexico
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Baker Hughes drills geothermal for Meta#9 11 May
Mentioned in: GitLab rewrites engineering around AI agents
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 8 May
Executed AI content licensing deal with News Corp alongside OpenAI
Media's AI Pivot: News Corp names $1.5bn Anthropic settlement#5 7 May
Mentioned in: AI Omnibus deal splits enforcement into two speeds
European Tech Sovereignty#1 6 May
Disney declares AI strategy, drops $1bn OpenAI stake
Media's AI Pivot#4 1 May
Mentioned in: Brussels keeps Google DMA replies sealed
European Tech Sovereignty#5 1 May
Mentioned in: Brussels moves Article 50 to December
Media's AI Pivot#8 30 Apr
Mentioned in: Apple R&D up 33% as Tim Cook announces exit
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#2 30 Apr
Raised 2026 capex guidance by $10bn at both ends to $125-145bn
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Hyperscalers raise 2026 capex to $725 billion#3 29 Apr
Raised FY guidance to $125-145bn citing higher component costs
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Hyperscalers post record $110.75bn Q1 capex#4 29 Apr
Found in breach of DSA for insufficient child safety protections on Instagram and Facebook
European Tech Sovereignty: Meta breaches DSA on child safety#8 29 Apr
Raised 2026 capex to $125-145B and confirmed 8,000 May engineering layoffs with 6,000 roles unfilled
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Meta raises capex twice, confirms 8k May cuts#4 28 Apr
Mentioned in: Commission says DMA is fit, eyes cloud
European Tech Sovereignty#8 27 Apr
Mentioned in: Salesforce hires 1,000 graduates, but for sales
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#7 23 Apr
Mentioned in: BLS still absent; NY Fed fills the gap
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#2 22 Apr
Mentioned in: ENISA scores NIS2 maturity with NCAF 2.0
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences#2 22 Apr
Mentioned in: Airbnb files motion against Madrid fine
Nomads & Communities#7 22 Apr
Mentioned in: Snap cuts 16%, AI writes the code
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#7 19 Apr
Announced 8,000 engineering cuts and replaced job titles with AI-native role architecture
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Meta codes its own org chart#1 16 Apr
Mentioned in: IEA: 17% growth, $700B capex run-rate
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#2 15 Apr
Received DMA Supplementary Statement of Objections requiring reinstatement of third-party AI access to WhatsApp
European Tech Sovereignty: Meta faces DMA order on WhatsApp AI#6 15 Apr
Confirmed in Ukrainian service since 2023 with 1,080nm range and 150kg payload
Drones: Industry & Defence: Malloy revealed as BAE subsidiary as Tekever scale emerges#2 15 Apr
European Tech Sovereignty · source event
#7 9 Apr
Mentioned in: SAG-AFTRA opens the AI royalty fight
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#6 7 Apr
Mentioned in: Anthropic drops ASL, expands Glasswing partners
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#11 4 Apr
Mentioned in: Ukraine Revealed Operating from Libya in Mediterranean Sea War
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#8 1 Apr
Mentioned in: Alphabet books $35.7bn Q1 capex; backlog hits $460bn
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 31 Mar
Signal, WhatsApp hit by three states
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences#1 28 Mar
Mentioned in: Granola hits $1.5bn in three years
UK Startups and Innovation#3 26 Mar
Mentioned in: Azure up 40%, Microsoft posts $77.7bn
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#2 22 Mar
Mentioned in: IRS loses a third of its revenue agents
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#2 22 Mar
Mentioned in: Dell quietly cut 36,000 over three years
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#2 22 Mar
Mentioned in: 'We went too far': Klarna rehires staff
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#2 22 Mar
Mentioned in: Only 2% of layoffs tied to real AI: HBR
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#2 22 Mar
Mentioned in: IMF: AI stocks heading to dot-com levels
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#2 22 Mar
Cited in Morgan Stanley rebuttal dismissing AI bubble fears
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Morgan Stanley dismisses AI bubble fears#2 22 Mar
Named in Bank of England warning on AI correction risk
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Bank of England flags AI correction risk#2 22 Mar
Mentioned in: 55% of firms regret their AI layoffs
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#44 20 Mar
Mentioned in: 3,000 vessels stranded in Middle East
Iran Conflict 2026#1 19 Mar
Mentioned in: BuzzFeed bets the company on Branch Office AI apps
Media's AI Pivot#1 17 Mar
Joined Big Five planning $650-690bn in AI spend for 2026
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Big Five to spend $650bn on AI in 2026#1 17 Mar
Mentioned in: Oxford Economics: AI layoffs overstated
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 17 Mar
Mentioned in: Pinterest cuts 15%, stock falls anyway
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 17 Mar
Mentioned in: Four governments, four AI jobs answers
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 17 Mar
Mentioned in: US payrolls miss by 142,000 in February
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#40 16 Mar
Mentioned in: Leaked tape: Khamenei wife, son killed
Iran Conflict 2026#1 13 Mar
Planned layoffs of up to 16,000 staff, 20% of workforce
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Meta plans to cut 16,000 jobs#2 10 Mar
Warner-Rounds bill creates AI jobs body
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#2 10 Mar
Mentioned in: Atlassian cuts 1,600 to self-fund AI bet
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 4 Mar
Mentioned in: Oracle may cut up to 30,000 jobs
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 2 Mar
Fined Capita £14m citing absent PAM controls and AD tiering as GDPR-breaching security failures, establishing NCSC guidance as the GDPR technical baseline
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences: UK 24-hour reporting bill at Report#1 1 Mar
Contracted 366 MW behind-the-meter natural gas array for El Paso data centre
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: xAI wins 41 gas turbines for Colossus#1 1 Mar
Mentioned in: Nscale raises $2bn in record European round
UK Startups and Innovation#6 24 Feb
Mentioned in: Dimon: JPMorgan displaced workers from AI
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#2 5 Feb
AI capex binge drains Big Tech cash flow
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 1 Jan
received €200m DMA fine for pay-or-consent advertising model
European Tech Sovereignty: Brussels fines Apple, Meta, and X €820m#1 1 Jan
#2 15 Oct
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#2 15 Oct
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#2 15 Oct
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#1 1 Oct