Meta Platforms to deploy in-house custom chips this year to power AI drive: internal memo

Meta Platforms to deploy in-house custom chips this year to power AI drive: internal memo

Facebook owner Meta Platforms plans to deploy into its data centres this year a new version of a custom chip aimed at supporting its artificial intelligence (AI) push, according to an internal company document seen by Reuters on Thursday. The second-generation chip, from an in-house silicon line that Meta announced last year, could help to … Read more

Tech trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat and Meta sues Ohio over state’s new law limiting children’s use of social media apps

Tech trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat and Meta sues Ohio over state’s new law limiting children’s use of social media apps

The NetChoice trade group filed its lawsuit against Republican Attorney General Dave Yost in US District Court for the Southern district of Ohio. It seeks to block the law from taking effect. A pending law in Ohio that requires children to get parental consent to use social media apps forms part of a state budget … Read more

X rival Threads could be about to get millions of more users

X rival Threads could be about to get millions of more users

Meta Threads — Meta’s rival to X, formerly Twitter — has just launched in the European Union (EU), a market with nearly half a billion people. The app launched in the U.S. to much fanfare in July, with Meta hoping to attract X users disillusioned with the turbulence on the platform since Elon Musk acquired … Read more