Meta, led by chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (pictured), will be required to unwind its $2 billion takeover of Manus. File Photo by Will Oliver/UPI April 27 (UPI) — The Chinese government is moving to block Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of Manus, a Singaporean artificial intelligence company originally founded in China. China’s National Development and…
In what can be called a major blow to Mark Zuckerberg’s AI ambitions, Chinese regulators have officially blocked Meta Platforms from acquiring AI startup Manus. This comes days after a report claimed that China has ordered its leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies to stop accepting American capital as Beijing aims to prevent sensitive AI breakthroughs…
Mark Zuckerberg has been quietly snapping up massive chunks of real estate for years. The tech billionaire has bought hundreds of acres of Hawaiian land. Recently, he also reportedly bought property in Miami. Mark Zuckerberg is one of the world’s richest people, and his multimillion-dollar real estate portfolio reflects that. The man responsible for Facebook…
Meta has prevailed over an existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued his ruling Tuesday after the historic antitrust trial wrapped up in…
Kris Jenner celebrated her 70th birthday with fellow A-List stars including Kim Kardashian, Meghan Markle, Oprah Winfrey, and more. Kris threw her party at the Beverley Hills home of Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos. Guests turned up in dazzling outfits to help celebrate the reality star’s 7th decade. 1 of 30 Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber…
PayPal cofounder and Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel doubled down on his worries about generational conflict and the future of capitalism after a similar warning he issued in 2020 proved eerily prescient. After Tuesday night’s election victory of democratic socialist Zoran Mamdani as New York City’s mayor, an email Thiel sent five years ago…
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during a dinner with tech leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. US President Donald Trump said he would be imposing tariffs on semiconductor imports “very shortly” but spare goods from companies like Apple…
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett ushered in a new Gilded Era of philanthropic giving, likened in influence to the Rockefellers and Carnegies. But charity work is about to look very different as higher taxes are threatened on liberal institutions, and new methods of giving are popularized by women mega-donors. MacKenzie Scott has become a pioneer…
To his fellow high priests of the church of climate change, Bill Gates has just committed the ultimate heresy. He has told us that we are not all going to die from scorching temperatures, despite in the past having said “we are setting ourselves up for a humanitarian and geopolitical disaster.” In a new essay…
As the rich get richer and their net worth fluctuates every day, billionaires do not shy away from luxuries. While an EV giant sets out to become the world’s first trillionaire, the other conducts speedboat races, these billionaires have spent nine-figure amounts on leisure activities. These aquatic palaces aren’t just luxury rides, but a status…