Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta says its first-quarter profit more than doubled, boosted by higher advertising revenue and a 6% increase on the average price of ads on its platforms
U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish
Asian benchmarks extend gains after U.S. stocks claw back some of their losses from last week
Apple says it has removed Meta’s WhatsApp messaging app and its Threads social media app from the App Store in China on Beijing’s orders
Generative AI is advancing so quickly that the latest chatbots available today could be out of date tomorrow
Instagram says it’s deploying new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion
Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies of contributing to high rates of suicides that disproportionately affect Native American youth
There’s a race underway to build artificial general intelligence, a futuristic vision of machines that are broadly as smart as humans or at least can do many things as well as people can
Four of the largest school boards in the Canadian province of Ontario have launched lawsuits against TikTok, Meta and SnapChat alleging the social media platforms are disrupting student learning