Meta Platforms News - February 2026
Meta Diversifies AI Hardware with Multi-Billion Dollar Google TPU Agreement
Meta Platforms signed a multi-billion dollar, multi-year agreement to rent custom Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) from Google. This partnership supports the...
Meta Commits $135 Billion to Nvidia-Powered AI Expansion Amid Growing Scrutiny
Meta Platforms announced a capital expenditure plan of $115 billion to $135 billion for 2026. The company intends to purchase millions of Nvidia Blackwell and...
Meta Pivots Horizon Worlds to Mobile to Challenge Roblox Following Reality Labs Cuts
Meta Platforms is shifting its Horizon Worlds strategy from a virtual reality-exclusive application to a mobile-first experience. The company will separate the...
Meta Partners with Nvidia in $50B AI Deal and Revives Smartwatch Project
Meta Platforms shares edged higher following a landmark $50 billion AI chip deal with Nvidia to power its 2026 "Superintelligence Era." The company is also...
Zuckerberg Expresses Regret in Bellwether Trial Over Instagram Addiction
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in a Los Angeles court during a landmark trial regarding social media addiction. A 20-year-old plaintiff alleges that early...
Meta Deploys $2B Manus AI Tech to Ads Manager in Push for Autonomous Agents
Meta Platforms has integrated AI technology from its recent $2 billion acquisition of Manus AI into its Ads Manager platform. The new feature functions as an...
Russia Fully Blocks Meta’s WhatsApp, Forcing 100 Million Users Toward State Apps
Russian authorities have fully blocked Meta Platforms' WhatsApp messaging service, according to reports from Reuters and the Financial Times. The national...
India Slashes Deepfake Takedown Window to 3 Hours in Major IT Rule Overhaul
India has amended its IT rules to require social media platforms to remove deepfakes within three hours of being flagged by a court or government agency. This...
EU Warns Meta Over WhatsApp AI Restrictions to Prevent Irreparable Market Harm
The European Commission issued a formal statement of objections to Meta Platforms regarding its WhatsApp messaging service. The EU executive arm warns that...
EU Charges TikTok Over Addictive Design With Potential Fines Reaching 6% of Global Revenue
The European Commission charged TikTok on Friday with breaching the Digital Services Act (DSA) due to its addictive platform design. Regulators identified...
Meta Internal Memo Reveals Avocado AI Model Outperforming Rivals with Superior Compute Efficiency
Meta Platforms internally announced Avocado, its most capable pre-trained base model to date. The model completed its initial pre-training phase using vast...
Big Tech Slashes Staff to Fund $10M AI Packages as CEO-Led Talent War Intensifies
Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon are competing for a limited pool of elite artificial intelligence researchers. Compensation packages for top...
Meta’s ‘Avocado’ AI Model Deemed ‘Most Capable’ Yet as Company Weighs Proprietary Shift
An internal memo from Meta’s Superintelligence Labs identifies "Avocado," a next-generation large language model, as the company’s most capable pre-trained...
Meta’s ‘Avocado’ AI Surpasses Llama as Internal Memo Signals Shift to Proprietary Model
An internal Meta memo dated January 20 identifies the next-generation AI model 'Avocado' as the company's most capable pre-trained base model to date. The...
US Senators Unveil New Bill Targeting Scam Advertisements on Meta's Social Media Platforms
Meta Platforms (META) shares dropped 3.13% to $670.08 after US Senators unveiled a new bill aimed at preventing scam advertisements across social media...
Meta Faces Growing Regulatory Headwinds in Europe Over Use by Minors
Meta Platforms faces growing regulatory pressure in Europe as more countries consider banning social media services for minors. Spain proposed a ban, following...
Meta Faces Landmark Trial Over Allegations of Youth Addiction on its Platforms
Meta, Google's YouTube, and ByteDance's TikTok face a landmark trial in Los Angeles. The lawsuit claims their platforms are deliberately designed to addict and...