The lawsuit stemmed from Trump’s ban from Facebook and Instagram following the January 6th insurrection. The settlement does not require Meta to admit any wrongdoing. The settlement comes amid a series of moves by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg seen as aligning the company more closely with the political right. Meta, the parent company of Facebook…
Thousands of Meta application users across the country reported issues with apps like Instagram and Facebook on Wednesday afternoon. Many users also reported issues with WhatsApp. “We’re aware that a technical issue is impacting some users’ ability to access our apps,” wrote Meta in a statement to X. “We’re working to get things back to…
Apps owned by Meta, like Facebook, Instagram and Threads were experiencing glitches this afternoon, Wednesday, Dec. 11. Error messages were being reported across the internet around 1 p.m. EST, according to DownDetector. At its peak, the outage reports for Facebook reached more than 100,000, DownDetector shows. At 1:51 p.m., those reports dropped to a little…
Meta apps like Instagram, Facebook and Threads are experiencing issues on Wednesday afternoon as error messages are being reported by people across the internet. Outage tracker Downdetector shows big spikes for Instagram with 70,000 outage reports above average and Facebook, which had over 100,000 outage reports, as of Wednesday afternoon. Outage reports began to decline in…
The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 rose to record closing highs on Friday following upbeat forecasts from Lululemon Athletica and other companies and as U.S. jobs data fueled expectations the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates this month. The Dow finished lower, as a 5.1% drop in UnitedHealth Group UNH.N shares weighed on the index. The S&P 500 consumer discretionary index .SPLRCD…
Oct 31 (Reuters) – Big technology companies including Microsoft MSFT.O and Meta META.O are stepping up spending to build out AI data centers in a rush to meet vast demand, but Wall Street is hungry for a quicker payday on the billions invested. Microsoft and Meta both said on Wednesday their capital expenses were growing due to their AI investments. Alphabet GOOGL.O,…