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Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced that it approved a change to its bonus policy for executives other than the CEO that will raise payouts from 75% to 200%.

Stocks followed on from the S&P 500s record close with consistent gains in after-market movement.

Stocks tipped higher to start a holiday-shortened week of trading highlighted by Fed minutes and Walmart earnings.

Tech appears poised to benefit from Trump 2.0, according to Investopedia editor in chief Caleb Silver. However, these two sectors may not be so lucky.

It is the latest move from Meta to invest more in global connectivity rather than its apps.

More CEOs fed up with Delaware and its powerful Chancery Court are going the way of Elon Musk, reincorporating their companies elsewhere and publicly airing their frustrations.

Meta stock hasn't had a down day since Donald Trump was inaugurated as president.

Tech stocks are off to a tough start this year. Well, except for Meta.

Kindness influencers give away money and gifts but not everyone supports their work.

The Mag 7 trade has cooled down. Here is the simplest reason why.

Elon Musk has helped bring an esoteric debate around the Delaware Chancery Court to a national stage. Now Dropbox and Meta are contemplating moving their incorporation away from the state.

Meta, Microsoft, and Google parent Alphabet are expecting a cumulative $228 billion in capital expenditures in 2025, driven by their investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure.

The Microsoft co-founder says he enjoys giving away his fortune and it won't leave his kids poor.

In a meeting with Meta employees on Thursday, Mr. Zuckerberg also doubled down on recent changes to the company’s online speech policies and ending its diversity initiatives.

Investors are combing the first batch of Big Tech earnings as they wait for Apple to report.

The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist is taking a break from the future to examine his past — and mulling where the billionaires now fit in.

Meta's Reality Labs division has lost the company more than $60 billion since 2020 as investors and analysts question whether Mark Zuckerberg's "metaverse" will ever pay off.

Days after Chinese upstart DeepSeek revealed a breakthrough in cheap AI computing that shook the U.S. technology industry, the chief executives of Microsoft and Meta defended massive spending that they said was key to staying competitive in the new field. "Investing 'very heavily' in capital expenditure and infrastructure is going to be a strategic advantage over time," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on a post-earnings call. Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, said the spending was needed to overcome the capacity constraints that have hampered the technology giant's ability to capitalize on AI.

The Apprentice star says many young people "just want to sit at home" but should be in the office.

Many companies have left X but it's not always a simple decision.

The Meta boss says it is too soon to have a "really strong opinion" on DeepSeek.

All three major averages slid in Wednesday's regular trading session.

Meta announced fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat expectations, while its outlook for the year ahead showed continued investments around AI.

Meta announced fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat expectations, while its outlook for the year ahead showed continued investments around AI.

Caution prevails as the Fed keeps interest rates unchanged and Nvidia sinks again, weighing on tech stocks.

As Mark Zuckerberg and other tech titans have embraced President Trump and muffled internal dissent at their companies, their mostly left-leaning employees have objected with subtle acts of defiance.

Caution prevails with a Federal Reserve Interest rate decision and earnings from several tech giants in focus.

The Silicon Valley giant was criticized for giving away its core A.I. technology two years ago for anyone to use. Now that bet is having an impact.

President Donald Trump and OpenAI chief Sam Altman weighed in on the buzz surrounding DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup that rocked the U.S. tech sector on Monday.

The artificial intelligence (AI) tool has shocked US markets after bursting onto the scene.

A Chinese startup's promise of cheaper AI has rattled faith in the growth prospects for tech stocks.

It’s not yet known how Donald Trump will resolve TikTok’s complicated legal limbo, but what does seem clear is that the fate of the social media app is increasingly linked in the president's mind to his top issue of tariffs.

Much of the capital investment, a big jump from 2024, will fund expansion of Meta’s data centers, which provide the computing power needed by A.I. products and algorithms.

Wall Street stocks are on track for weekly wins as markets ride the Trump roller-coaster.

Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored.

Big Tech earnings season is coming, and Trump will be top of mind.

Meta's attempt to lure creators to its platforms comes as questions remain over the future of its main rival in the US.

The order was among a slew of directives Trump signed on Monday evening.

Shortly after taking office Monday, the president issued the order to delay the app’s ban by at least 75 days. The law went into effect on Sunday.

GOP Senators are taking a hard line against TikTok and defying President Trump who wants to delay the app from getting banned with Sens. Tom Cotton and Lindsey Graham leading the charge

President Trump reversed course on his efforts to ban TikTok in recent months, now being hailed as the app's savior this week.

President-elect Donald Trump shared his vision for relaunching TikTok in the U.S. during a rally Sunday despite national security concerns related to the app’s Chinese ownership.

No one was injured. The building, which includes a district office of a Wisconsin congressman who has been a critic of TikTok, sustained moderate damage in the fire on Sunday.

Instagram on Sunday rolled out Edits, a video-editing product that appeared similar to CapCut, which is owned by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.

TikTok said Sunday it was beginning to restore service for US users after going dark overnight following a new law that effectively banned the app.

Some users saw the social media app come back online on Sunday, following a shutdown when a federal law went into effect requiring a sale or ban.

Analysts have suggested it is "just matter of time" until the US ban on TikTok spreads.

TikTok is no longer accessible to its US users. For now.

A message appearing for US users said a law banning TikTok had been enacted, meaning "you can't use TikTok for now".

Trump says an announcement will probably come once he takes office on Monday about the app's future in the US.

After a decisive loss at the Supreme Court, the app is set to be blocked in the U.S. starting Sunday, ending its streak of Houdini-like escapes.

A law passed last year requires TikTok's Chinese parent company to sell the video platform or face a ban.

Could there be ways to bypass the ban - and could president-elect Donald Trump find a way to stop the law?

A new report details how a covert influence operation linked to the Kremlin continued to place ads on Facebook despite U.S. and E.U. prohibitions on doing business with the organization.

The Supreme Court upheld a US law that bans TikTok on Jan. 19 unless it is sold to an owner not controlled by a foreign adversary, a ruling that creates new uncertainty for a social-media app used by 170 million Americans.

Investors are weighing what a reported gradual rollout of Trump tariff hikes could mean for inflation and the Fed.

(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc. is cutting roughly 5% of its staff through performance-based terminations and plans to hire new people to fill their roles this year, according to an internal memo sent to all employees. Most Read from BloombergThese Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain WhyAs E-Bikes Boom in NYC, Some Call for More RegulationsA Blueprint for Better Bike LanesAs of September, Meta employed about 72,000 people, so a 5% reduction could affect roughly 3,600 jobs. “I’ve

The company will shed roughly 3,600 roles but plans to backfill the roles later in the year.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is cutting the lowest-performing 5% of its workforce and plans to fill those roles later this year, the company said in a memo.

Investors are weighing what a reported gradual rollout of Trump tariff hikes could mean for inflation and the Fed.

Chinese government officials have reportedly discussed selling TikTok's US operations to Elon Musk. Antitrust experts predict that the owner of X could clear any US legal hurdles if such a deal were to happen.

A swarm of "TikTok refugees" has made RedNote the most downloaded app on Apple's US App Store.

Amazon and Meta have now joined the growing list of major corporations that have dialed back their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the past year.

Peter Kyle responds as internet safety campaigner Ian Russell says laws to protect children need fixing.

After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta’s speech policies. He asked a small team to carry out his goals within weeks. The repercussions are just beginning.

It joins Walmart, McDonald's and other companies in a similar move regarding diversity efforts since Trump's re-election.

TikTok and its Chinese parent company are facing off against the Justice Department Friday in a hearing before the Supreme Court that will help determine the fate of the popular social media app.

Billions in advertising flows through TikTok, which could be banned in the U.S. as soon as Jan. 19. Brands and creators are racing to prepare.

Meta is joining X and YouTube in shifting moderation to users. Are you ready?

While Republicans praised the move, some groups cautioned that effectively ending Meta’s fact-checking program would also lead to more conspiracy theories.

The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact-checkers on Facebook, Threads and Instagram and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. It is likely to please President-elect Trump and his allies.

Fact-checking groups that worked with Meta said they had no role in deciding what the company did with the content that was fact-checked.

The longtime Republican lobbyist for Meta was named to the company’s top policy role last week.

Facebook and Instagram will instead rely on "community notes" from its users, an approached pioneered by X.

The move will end a third-party fact-checking system and rely on users to add notes or corrections to posts. It is likely to please the incoming Trump administration and its conservative allies.

Mr. White, a close ally of President-elect Donald J. Trump, further strengthens the social media giant’s connections with the incoming administration.

It comes days after former UK deputy PM Sir Nick Clegg left his top job at the social media giant.

The Supreme Court will hear several cases in 2025 with dramatic implications for corporate America, starting with the question of a looming US ban of the TikTok app.

In a post on Meta's Facebook, Sir Nick Clegg said he was departing after nearly seven years with the company.

Joel Kaplan, who was a former senior adviser to George W. Bush, replaces Nick Clegg, who was a former deputy prime minister of Britain, as Meta’s head of policy.

The major averages posted modest gains on Monday to begin the holiday-shortened trading week.

Palestinian news outlets have seen a steep drop in audience engagement since October 2023.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are now locked in a simultaneous battle to advance AI and prevail in a courtroom fight over the future of OpenAI, the organization they founded together before parting ways.

The social media giant is currently seeking to delay a law that would see it banned or sold in early 2025.

Which companies really delivered the goods for investors in 2024?

The NFIB's small business optimism index confirmed the obvious: Small business owners are feeling good. And that has real-world implications for some of the market's biggest stocks.

It was a week of frenzied activity, as Silicon Valley billionaires and their companies brandished checks and compliments for the President-elect.

It appears to be the latest attempt by the Meta boss to build a closer relationship with the incoming president.

The move follows a visit that Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, made last month to Mar-a-Lago to meet with President-elect Donald Trump.

The Department of Justice asked an appeals court late Wednesday night to reject a temporary block to a law that could result in banning the popular TikTok app in America.

The long-awaited decision follows a standoff with Meta, and succeeds a world-first law from 2021.

Over 22,000 people reported issues with Facebook this evening and over 18,000 struggled to use WhatsApp, according to Downdetector.

Lina Khan’s time may be running out as boss of the Federal Trade Commission, but she is not going quietly.

The app says the Supreme Court - and incoming Trump administration - needs more time to consider the case.

The timing may finally be right for open platforms like Bluesky as social media moves toward a more fragmented future.

Banning TikTok would be a major win for Meta's Instagram.

The social media service was flooded with videos on Friday after a panel of judges upheld a law that could shutter the app in the United States.

The video app is now set to be banned in January unless it makes a new appeal - or Donald Trump intervenes.

The law will ban the video app in the United States by Jan. 19 if its owner, ByteDance, does not sell it to a non-Chinese company.

President-elect Donald Trump is making it clear he doesn't intend to ease up on the nation's technology giants once he is back in the Oval Office.