Mark Zuckerberg taking the fight to OpenAI and Google by pouring billions into Meta's open-source AI models shows his recent transformation is about more than improving his fashion sense.
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A growing cohort of independent publishers are urging the government against taking action against Meta under the media code, fearing it will result in a news ban that could devastate their businesses.
Microsoft, Meta, Google and Amazon are likely to double their electricity needs in the next five years. Increasingly, they are looking to nuclear power.
This week saw even more pain for the struggling media industry, criticism of Big Tech's treatment of news and a Biden-Trump clash on the debate stage. Is it 2016 all over again?
Confirmation of Meta’s consideration of an all-out news ban marks a pronounced escalation in the company’s engagement with both local media companies and representatives of the Australian parliament.
Antigone Davis, global head of safety at Meta, will face lawmakers as Labor nears a decision on whether to designate the company under the news media bargaining code.
A string of documents obtained by Capital Brief provide the most detailed account yet of what the government has called on the ACCC to provide and how, as it considers its next steps in Australia's standoff with Meta.
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland will hold critical talks with her Canadian counterpart as governments in both countries look for a unified response to social media behemoth Meta.
If the government takes the strongest action possible against Meta under the media code, some of its lucrative agreements with publishers could be voided months ahead of expiry.
Amid a cacophony of noise over Meta's decision to walk away from funding the news media in Australia, one calm voice has prevailed.
The top editor of Nine's newspapers has expressed confidence the company has the PM in its corner as it gears up for a fight with social media behemoth Meta in Canberra.
In the three years since it struck lucrative deals with Australian publishers, Meta has made a rapid retreat from news in the country and abroad. On Friday, it took another giant step away from the industry.
The Albanese government wants to tackle scams with mandatory codes of conduct for banks, telcos and digital platforms. In a new written submission, Meta is calling instead for an industry-led code.
PC and phone sales are winding down. Both Apple and Meta have bet billions that mixed-reality headsets are next.
Just as Google launched Gemini to compete with OpenAI, the European Union has opened the door to a new kind of AI competition.
The last remaining executive in Meta's Australian news partnerships team is moving to a new role.
Smaller publishers have joined the effort to secure compensation for use of their content in generative AI platforms, but have split with media giants over the way it should work.
Publishing executives are losing confidence in their ability to renew lucrative deals with social media giant Meta without government intervention.
LaCroix cans are back in the fridge at Meta as the tech giant tries to encourage staff to return to the office.
The competition regulator is looking into whether the US$200 billion industry is harming Australian consumers.
Tech companies embraced remote work with a fervour. Now Amazon has joined Tesla, Meta and Apple in demanding employees return to the office.
