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Senators Question Meta’s Data Center Tax Strategy

14 October 2026 at 11:09
Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, questioning the company’s $6.6 billion in tax breaks.

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Meta has claimed to the Internal Revenue Service that the data centers it is building across the country to power its new generative A.I. efforts are “experimental.”

Meta Unveils New Series of Advanced A.I. Models

12 October 2026 at 13:00
The new models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, are meant to compete with cutting-edge A.I. models from rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, revamped his company’s A.I. division last year after setbacks in developing the technology.

Three Mark Zuckerbergs, Three Surprisingly Different Men

11 October 2026 at 05:01
Jeremy Strong in “The Social Reckoning,” Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” and the real Meta executive are all playing parts. But only one has changed his approach.

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From top, Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeremy Strong.

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Decision to Pull the Trigger on Meta’s A.I. Agent

9 October 2026 at 05:03
Meta had delayed releasing Muse, its A.I. agent app, for months over safety concerns. Then new competition forced Mr. Zuckerberg’s hand.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, with various iterations of the Muse avatar.

What to Know About the Facebook Whistle-Blowing Case Depicted in ‘The Social Reckoning’

9 October 2026 at 05:01
Aaron Sorkin’s sort-of sequel to the 2010 “Social Network” dramatizes a whistle-blowing case at Facebook. Here’s what to know.

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Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg in a scene from “The Social Reckoning.”

Meta Unveils 3 Smart Glasses With Built-In A.I.

23 September 2026 at 20:16
Artificial intelligence again dominated the company’s annual developer conference, as Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on how the technology can empower people.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, at the company’s developer conference on Wednesday.

Mark Zuckerberg Takes Aim at Anthropic in Debate Over A.I. Slowdown

16 September 2026 at 13:22
On social media, Meta’s chief executive appeared to jab at Anthropic by saying that leading A.I. labs should be focused on safety rather than improving their own technology.

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Mark Zuckerberg in July. In a social media post on Tuesday, he said that leading A.I. labs should be focused on safety rather than improving their own technology.

How Meta’s $17.1 Billion Social Media Settlement Came Together

29 August 2026 at 07:00
State attorneys general spent months in negotiations. Then, as its legal losses mounted, the social media giant’s new top lawyer brought a huge settlement to the table.

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Meta’s $17.1 billion agreement with states followed losses in court over claims that the social media is addictive and harmful to children.

Meta Projected It Could Spend $10 Billion on Anthropic’s A.I.

27 August 2026 at 10:04
The social networking giant projected it could spend $10 billion annually on Anthropic’s tools, illustrating the friend-foe relationships underlying the A.I. race.

Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Make Sure YouTube and TikTok Share His Pain

27 August 2026 at 16:48
Meta, the social media giant, agreed to change the way children interact with its apps. That could be trouble if its competitors don’t abide by the same rules.

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To settle the suits, Meta agreed to drastically rein in children’s’ access to marquee products like Instagram and Facebook.

Mark Zuckerberg Buys an Irish Castle

22 August 2026 at 09:28
The prominent landowner has added a nearly 200-year-old estate to his holdings. Archival information says it can take “a brisk walk of 4½ minutes to reach the dining room from the kitchen.”

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Strancally Castle in Waterford, Ireland, was built around 1830 and renovated in the early 2000s. It now belongs to Mark Zuckerberg.
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