Meta provides former Trump advisor to its board

From left, U.S. President Donald Trump, Senator Dave McCormick, his spouse Dina Powell McCormick and Elon Musk watch the lads’s NCAA wrestling competitors on the Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia,…

Silicon Valley’s early return on Trump funding: Plunging valuations, delayed IPOs

The Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, June 9, 2023. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Photographs Silicon Valley executives and financiers publicly opened their wallets in assist of President Donald…

China’s open-source embrace upends standard knowledge round synthetic intelligence

China is specializing in giant language fashions (LLMs) within the synthetic intelligence house.  Blackdovfx | Istock | Getty Photographs China is embracing open-source AI fashions in a development market watchers…

DeepSeek’s AI claims have shaken the world — but not everyone’s convinced

Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek rocked markets this week with claims its new AI model outperforms OpenAI’s and cost a fraction of the price to build. The assertions — specifically…

Instagram head Mosseri says app will prioritize original content, with potential TikTok ban days away

Adam Mosseri, Facebook Beck Diefenbach | Reuters Adam Mosseri, head of Meta’s Instagram, said Monday that the app will focus on prioritizing original and creative content in its algorithmic rankings…

Amazon aims to expand advertising business by letting retailers use its ad tools on their stores

BARCELONA, SPAIN – MARCH 2: The Amazon ads logo, the advertising solutions service formerly known as AMD or Amazon Marketing Services, during the Mobile World Congress 2023 on March 2,…

Washington Post cartoonist quits after drawing of Bezos, other billionaires with Trump rejected

Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes Courtesy of Ann Telnaes A Washington Post cartoonist has quit her role at the paper, saying that her bosses blocked publication of a satirical cartoon that…

Meta says it found WhatsApp accounts linked to Iranian hackers targeting Biden, Trump officials

Meta said Friday that it blocked a “small cluster” of WhatsApp accounts linked to an Iranian hacking group that was targeting officials associated with President Joe Biden and former President…