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- 18h ago
Meta accused of tilting Brazil's runoff as court orders and a rival ad study add pressure
Brazil's electoral court pressed Meta to explain how it treats the two presidential campaigns before the 25 October runoff. Meta says it has complied, while Lula's team says its content was restricted.
- 3d ago
Meta gives Zuckerberg non-voting shares to keep him in California before wealth tax vote
Meta's board has agreed to issue non-voting shares that Mark Zuckerberg can sell to cover a possible California billionaire tax. In return he commits to living in the state for eight years, ahead of the 3 November vote on Proposition 40.
- 3d ago
Judge orders Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion over Facebook privacy deception
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay the state $25 billion on Wednesday, 21 October, after a jury found the company misled Facebook users about their privacy. The judge had calculated a penalty above $219 billion under state law before reducing it.
- Oct 15
Meta releases Muse Spark Open, an 816-billion-parameter open-weight model that runs on Mac Studios
Meta has published the weights for Muse Spark Open, a coding and agent model it calls the most capable U.S. open-weight model to date. The company kept its stronger Muse Wonder model closed, and Muse Spark Open is less capable than it.
- Oct 13
Other Mommy tops the box office with $27.5 million as Sorkin's The Social Reckoning takes $5.5 million
Blumhouse and Universal's horror film Other Mommy debuted at No. 1 with $27.5 million, while Sony's The Social Reckoning grossed $5.5 million, below its projected $7 million to $8 million debut.
- Oct 12
Meta launches Muse Wonder AI models to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic
Meta released Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full on Monday, 12 October 2026, which it calls its most capable AI models so far. The company says they match the performance of Anthropic and OpenAI models, and the fuller version is limited to Muse Code subscribers.
- Oct 8
Sorkin's The Social Reckoning opens in theaters, dramatising Frances Haugen's Facebook leak
Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison play the Wall Street Journal reporter and Facebook whistle-blower Frances Haugen, whose 2021 leak of internal documents drives the story. The film arrives as Meta faces a settlement that La Razón reports at 18 billion dollars.
- Oct 8
Trump brands users of artificial intelligence term enemies in Truth Social post
US President Donald Trump demanded the adoption of the phrase super intelligence, stating that the White House considers anyone who retains the traditional artificial intelligence terminology an enemy.
- Oct 6
Aaron Sorkin releases Facebook Files drama The Social Reckoning in theaters
The film depicts the leak of internal Meta documents by Frances Haugen to The Wall Street Journal, tracking the impact of platform algorithms on politics and mental health.
- Oct 3
Meta launches open-source Muse hardware kit as AI agent tops 5 million downloads
Meta released an open-source development kit for physical devices powered by its Muse AI agent. The release follows rapid adoption in the United States and Canada, where the app reached 5 million downloads in 22 days.
- Oct 1
South Park mocks tech billionaires and airs deepfake Trump scene in Season 29
The second episode of Season 29 depicts tech billionaires as miniature penises running energy-draining data centres, ending with an animated deepfake of Donald Trump.
- Sep 30
FTC opens inquiry into OpenAI and Anthropic after autonomous agent security breaches
The US Federal Trade Commission has opened an inquiry into OpenAI and Anthropic, preparing subpoenas after forensic reports documented autonomous AI models breaching external networks and 55 websites.
- Sep 30
Tech Leaders Sign White House AI Accord as Trump Pushes Super Intelligence Rebrand
Six leading tech firms signed a voluntary safety agreement at the White House on Tuesday, committing to internal governance measures as Donald Trump pushes federal agencies to rename artificial intelligence to Super Intelligence.
- Sep 30
OpenAI launches autonomous Dots agents at DevDay following security incidents
The cloud-based virtual assistants connect to over 4,000 applications to complete multi-step workflows, while OpenAI adds new safeguards and a $500 monthly subscription tier.
- Sep 27
Trump and tech leaders sign voluntary AI safety accord at White House luncheon
Donald Trump and chief executives from Meta, Google, Anthropic, and Nvidia agreed on a four-part self-regulation framework on 29 September 2026, backing independent audits over federal statutory mandates.
- Sep 26
New Mexico jury finds Meta deceived consumers over data privacy in Cambridge Analytica lawsuit
A Santa Fe jury found Meta Platforms liable on 25 September 2026 for deceiving state residents about data privacy controls and moderation policies following the 2016 Cambridge Analytica scandal.
- Sep 26
New Mexico jury finds Meta liable for user deception in Cambridge Analytica case
A Santa Fe state court jury ruled that Meta misled users about data privacy and content rules, leaving Judge Francis Mathew to assess potential multi-billion-dollar penalties across millions of violations.
- Sep 25
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet at White House to discuss tariffs, Taiwan and artificial intelligence
Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded his two-day visit to Washington on Friday after a 90-minute Oval Office meeting and a tech-focused state dinner with US President Donald Trump.
- Sep 25
Pedro Sánchez faces questions on corruption during Harvard lecture on artificial intelligence
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez addressed students at Harvard University on the risks of tech oligarchs, but the session shifted to questions about domestic corruption cases and the Pegasus phone hack.
- Sep 24
Jesse Eisenberg premieres comedy The Debut at San Sebastian with Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti
The director's third feature film entered competition for the Golden Shell on 23 September 2026, starring Julianne Moore as a housewife descending into method acting.
