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Apple’s AI Brain Drain Continues: Fourth Expert Defects to Meta in a Month
July 30, 2025 – According to a report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman today, Apple Inc. has suffered another setback in its AI strategy as Meta has poached four artificial intelligence experts from the iPhone maker within a month. Insiders revealed that Bowen Zhang, a key researcher in the field of multimodal AI at Apple, left…
Meta Unveils Wristband: Control Computers with Muscle Signals, No Surgery Needed
July 24, 2025 – Meta’s research team is in the process of developing a cutting-edge wristband that enables users to control computers through hand gestures. This innovative device allows for a range of actions, such as moving the cursor, launching applications, and even composing messages by “writing” in the air as if using a pencil….
Meta Finalizes Acquisition: PlayAI Team Joins the Tech Giant This Week
July 14, 2025 – According to a Bloomberg report on the 11th local time, Meta has finalized its acquisition of voice AI startup PlayAI, with the entire PlayAI team set to join Meta this week. It’s worth noting that the scale of this deal is larger than what was previously reported by the same media…
Apple’s AI Model Chief Ruoming Pang Poached by Meta with Multi – Million – Dollar Salary
July 8, 2025 – In a move that poses yet another setback for Apple’s already struggling AI endeavors, the tech giant’s top executive in charge of AI models is set to jump ship to Meta. According to sources familiar with the matter, Ruoming Pang, a well – known engineer and the head of Apple’s foundational…
OpenAI Ex – Researcher Says $100M Meta Signing Bonus a Lie
July 4, 2025 – Yesterday, on July 3, tech media outlet WccFtech dropped a bombshell report. It turns out that Meta did manage to poach researchers from OpenAI, but the whopping “$100 million signing bonus” that Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, had claimed was nothing but a myth. Back on June 21, Altman made a statement…
Meta Secures Over 1 GW of Renewable Energy to Power Its Data Centers
June 28, 2025 – In a significant move to bolster its renewable energy portfolio, Meta announced on Thursday that it has inked deals with energy developer Invenergy to acquire a total of 791 megawatts (MW) of solar and wind power. The projects, spread across Ohio, Arkansas, and Texas, are set to come online between 2027…
Meta Slams U.S. House WhatsApp Ban, Defends Encryption Standards
June 24, 2025 – U.S. House of Representatives staff have been instructed to cease using WhatsApp on government-issued devices following a directive from the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Axios reported. The ban, announced via email on Monday, encompasses all versions of the messaging app—mobile, desktop, and web—across devices managed by the House. In the email,…
Meta CTO Acknowledges OpenAI’s Competitive Offers After Failed $100M Poaching Attempt
June 23, 2025 – OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, revealed on Wednesday that Meta had made an audacious attempt to poach one of their employees with a staggering $100 million offer, though the move ultimately fell through. In response, Meta’s Chief Technology Officer, Andrew Bosworth, who has been with the company since 2006 and took on…
Meta in Talks to Recruit GitHub’s Ex-CEO Nat Friedman for AI Team
June 21, 2025 – Sources familiar with the matter revealed to The Information yesterday that Meta is currently in talks with Nat Friedman, the former CEO of GitHub, aiming to bring him on board its AI division. In addition to Friedman, the social media behemoth has also engaged in discussions with Daniel Gross, Friedman’s partner…
Meta’s Scale AI Investment Sparks OpenAI’s Decision to End Partnership
June 19, 2025 – OpenAI is in the process of winding down its partnership with Scale AI and severing ties with the data supplier following Meta’s recent collaboration with the company, a spokesperson for OpenAI informed Bloomberg on Wednesday. This move represents a significant shift from OpenAI’s earlier stance. Previously, Sarah Friar, the Chief Financial…