Jeffrey Wigand, Who Blew the Whistle on Big Tobacco, Takes a Lot of Calls

By: David Streitfeld

7 November 2026 at 10:00

Jeffrey Wigand, who took on Big Tobacco, counsels insiders who think they have a story about wrongdoing. There are quite a few of them.

Jeffrey Wigand at home in Mount Pleasant, Mich.

Google, Meta and TikTok Sue California Over Ban on Features for Kids

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By: Kate Conger

5 November 2026 at 22:10

Separate lawsuits were filed by Google, Meta and TikTok, which have been battling a flood of claims that their services are addictive.

A new California law says features like personalized recommendations can be “psychologically exploitative” for minors and cause them to check social media compulsively.

Big Tech’s Data Center Blitz Is Burning Through Cash and Scaring Wall St.

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By: Karen Weise

30 October 2026 at 14:02

Amazon became the latest tech company to announce swelling investments in A.I. amid stumbling share prices.

Amazon is spending heavily on new data centers to operate with this one in Ashburn, Va.

Put Your A.I. Agents to Work with These 5 Killer Tasks

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By: Brian X. Chen

25 October 2026 at 09:01

When you start using Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s dots for these tasks — like applying for jobs and booking hard-to-get restaurant tables — you may never go back.

Put Your A.I. Agents to Work with These 4 Killer Tasks

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By: Brian X. Chen

25 October 2026 at 09:01

When you start using Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s dots for these tasks — like applying for jobs and booking hard-to-get restaurant tables — you may never go back.

A.I. and Its Dangers Are Embedded In the Midterm Elections

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By: Tiffany Hsu， Steven Lee Myers and Julian E. Barnes

22 October 2026 at 15:21

The midterms are the first elections in which artificial intelligence is integrated into every major social media platform. Efforts to blunt its harms are uneven.

One in five voters plan to use A.I. to look into a race on their ballot, according a survey released this month by the American Association of Political Consultants.

How a Legal Backlash Against Big Tech Is Forcing Big Changes

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By: Cecilia Kang

22 October 2026 at 14:33

A series of lawsuits has created a new de facto regulatory regime as courts order companies like Meta and Google to change their business practices — and pay up.

Meta’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg. On Wednesday, a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay a record $25 billion penalty for abusing consumer privacy.

How Mark Zuckerberg Pushed Meta to Shield Him From California’s Proposed Wealth Tax

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By: Eli Tan and Theodore Schleifer

22 October 2026 at 01:21

The billionaire told Meta’s board that he planned to list his Silicon Valley home for sale. The company remade its stock structure to help him pay the tax if voters pass it.

Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, at his home in Lake Tahoe, Calif. He has another California home in Palo Alto, close to Meta’s headquarters.

Meta Earnings Show Increased A.I. Spending, Even as Cash Pressures Grow

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By: Eli Tan

21 October 2026 at 22:42

The spending has hurt the Silicon Valley giant’s cash flow, which turned negative. Meta said it would issue a new class of stock to help it raise more money.

Construction of Meta’s Richland Parish Data Center in Holly Ridge, La.

Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Violations

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By: Eli Tan and Cecilia Kang

21 October 2026 at 22:57

The penalty, one of the largest levied against a tech giant, stemmed from a lawsuit by New Mexico claiming the social media company had misled users about their data privacy.

Meta’s annual Meta Connect event at the company’s Menlo Park, Calif., campus.

Joel Kaplan, Meta’s Global Policy Chief, to Leave After 15 Years

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By: Eli Tan

20 October 2026 at 18:18

Joel Kaplan, a former adviser to George W. Bush known for his Republican ties, had helped Meta build its relationship with the Trump administration.

Joel Kaplan, right, Meta’s chief global affairs officer, in Washington in 2025.

Meta Withdraws $25 Million from Its Midterms Push

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By: Theodore Schleifer

16 October 2026 at 20:58

The company outlined a $65 million budget last year when it embarked on an effort to elect state politicians friendly to the A.I. industry.

Meta’s annual conference last month in Menlo Park, Calif. The company received $22 million back from its American Technology Excellence Project and $3 million from a California advocacy group it funded.

Senators Question Meta’s Data Center Tax Strategy

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By: Kashmir Hill

14 October 2026 at 15:09

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, questioning the company’s $6.6 billion in tax breaks.

Meta has claimed to the Internal Revenue Service that the data centers it is building across the country to power its new generative A.I. efforts are “experimental.”

Meta Unveils New Series of Advanced A.I. Models

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By: Eli Tan

12 October 2026 at 17:00

The new models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, are meant to compete with cutting-edge A.I. models from rivals like Anthropic and OpenAI.

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, revamped his company’s A.I. division last year after setbacks in developing the technology.

Three Mark Zuckerbergs, Three Surprisingly Different Men

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By: Alissa Wilkinson

11 October 2026 at 09:01

Jeremy Strong in “The Social Reckoning,” Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” and the real Meta executive are all playing parts. But only one has changed his approach.