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Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, is a technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, Calif. The company owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp, among other products and services. Meta is one of the world’s most valuable companies and is among the 10 largest publicly traded corporations in the U.S. It is considered one of the Big Five, alongside Google parent company Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft.

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The Information Finance

Crypto Winter Will Be Different This Time

By Ken Brown · Nov 26, 2025 8:00am PST · 4 comments
Winter is coming, not just in the seasons but in the crypto market. If the current downturn turns into another crypto winter, it will have a bigger impact on the mainstream financial system than it has in the past. Bitcoin has fallen 30% in less than two months and is down for the year, while other cryptocurrencies have crashed by much... Winter is coming, not just in the seasons but in the crypto market. If the current downturn turns...
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Deep Research

Google’s Vertical Assault on the AI Market

By The Information Staff · Nov 26, 2025 8:00am PST
Google is leveraging its financial stamina and vertical integration to take share from markets dominated by OpenAI and Nvidia. We asked Deep Research to analyze how Google’s resurgence this year in AI software and its continued server hardware improvements are reshaping the industry. Here is the response. Google is leveraging its financial stamina and vertical integration to take share from markets...
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AI Agenda

What Trump's AI Manhattan Project Means for the AI Industry

By Rocket Drew · Nov 26, 2025 7:00am PST
On Monday, the President signed an executive order laying out his vision for a “Manhattan Project” for AI. The plan calls for the national labs—the Department of Energy-funded research centers—to work together with AI companies to train AI models based on government science data. For instance, it tasks the Secretary of Energy with assessing the... On Monday, the President signed an executive order laying out his vision for a “Manhattan Project...
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The Briefing

Google’s Meta Talks Put the Ball in Nvidia’s Court

By Martin Peers · Nov 25, 2025 5:00pm PST
We’re getting close to the year’s end, when reporters’ minds turn to predictions for the new year. So here’s one: I predict sometime soon Nvidia will announce it is investing billions of dollars into Meta Platforms, in exchange for Meta committing to continue using Nvidia’s AI chips. This is just a wild guess, to be clear, but it’s based on how... We’re getting close to the year’s end, when reporters’ minds turn to predictions for the new...
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Meta Confirms Yann LeCun Will Leave to Form New AI Startup

By Nick Wingfield · Nov 19, 2025 12:44pm PST
Meta Platforms confirmed that Yann LeCunn, its chief AI scientist, will leave the company at the end of the year to form his own AI startup. A Meta spokesperson said the company plans to partner with LeCun’s startup. Meta Platforms confirmed that Yann LeCunn, its chief AI scientist, will leave the company at the...
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Into the Metaverse

Hands Up, This Is a (Virtual) Robbery!

By Lauren Tara LaCapra · May 6, 2023 7:00am PDT · 2 comments
Until late last year, Bank of America branch staffers would learn how to handle a potential stick-up through guidebooks and online videos. Today, tellers are immersed in a 3D virtual reality environment, in which a gunman aims a weapon at them or furtively hands them a threatening note demanding money. The bank measures tellers’ reactions... Until late last year, Bank of America branch staffers would learn how to handle a potential...