28 h. ago World's second richest man promised to 'give away 95%' of £186bn fortune

Larry Ellison leapfrogged Mark Zuckerberg in the Bloomberg wealth index this week to be declared the second richest person in the world with a net worth of $251.2billion (£186bn)

Economics

49 h. ago Settlement reached in investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other company leaders

A settlement has been reached in a class action investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leaders over claims stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm

Economics

52 h. ago Zuckerberg and Meta officers settle claim they lost company billions by violating privacy laws

Shareholders sued Zuckerberg and others in hopes of holding them liable for fines and legal costs that Meta paidMark Zuckerberg and current and former directors and officers of Meta Platforms agreed on Thursday to settle claims seeking $8bn for the damage they allegedly caused the company by allowing repeated violations of Facebook users’ privacy, a lawyer for the shareholders told a Delaware judge on Thursday.The parties did not disclose details of the settlement and defense lawyers did not address the judge, Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware court of chancery. McCormick adjourned the trial just as it was to enter its second day and she congratulated the parties. Continue reading...

Society

3 d. ago Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expected to testify in $8 billion Facebook privacy lawsuit

A $8 billion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leaders begins, with claims stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm

Economics

4 d. ago Democrats demand Pam Bondi and Kash Patel be summoned for Epstein hearing

Letter calls for AG and FBI chief amid rift between Trump and supporters over files on notorious sex criminalDemocratic members of the House judiciary committee on Thursday demanded that Republicans summon the attorney general, Pam Bondi, the FBI director, Kash Patel, and their deputies for a hearing into the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s death and the sex-trafficking case against him.The letter from all 19 Democratic members on the committee to its Republican chair, Jim Jordan, comes amid a rift between Donald Trump and some of his supporters over the justice department’s conclusion, announced last week, that Epstein’s death in federal custody six years ago was a suicide, and that there is no secret list of his clients to be made public. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Mark Zuckerberg to invest hundreds of billions into AI that can outperform humans

Mark Zuckerberg has revealed Meta Platforms is set to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into constructing vast AI data centers, aiming to achieve superintelligence.

Economics

1 week ago Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide, justice department and FBI review confirms

Memo says investigators didn’t find evidence to ‘predicate an investigations against uncharged third parties’A review of files held by the US government on the financier Jeffrey Epstein has said there is no secret client list to be released, and confirmed his August 2019 death by suicide while in federal custody, both of which contradict conspiracy theories.A memo said that a Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) review of the files – which has for years been teased as a treasure trove of information about a larger network of wrongdoing – concluded that no further charges are expected, as investigators “did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties”. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago What links The Birds, Working Girl and Fifty Shades of Grey? The Saturday quiz

From Jane Goodall, Steve Jobs and Immanuel Kant to Erik Satie and Mark Zuckerberg, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Whose big mistake was to believe Sinon?2 The Hungarian Mudi has been recognised as the 225th what?3 What space station was launched by Nasa in 1973?4 Claudia Jones and Rhaune Laslett were founders of which annual celebration?5 What is Steven Spielberg’s only film musical?6 What stands on the top of Mount Corcovado?7 Which religion is based on the teachings of the 24 Tirthankara?8 What County Durham town is named after a miners’ leader?What links: 9 British empire, 1833; Russia, 1861; US, 1865; Brazil, 1888?10 Mbappé (4); Vavá, Pelé, Hurst, Zidane (3); Breitner, Messi et al (2)?11 Jane Goodall; Steve Jobs; Immanuel Kant; Erik Satie; Mark Zuckerberg?12 An Mhumhain; Connachta; Laighin; Ulaidh?13 Udo Jürgens; Conchita Wurst; JJ?14 The Birds; Working Girl; Fifty Shades of Grey?15 Anguilla; Colombia; Libya; Montenegro; Tuvalu (online)? Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Military leaders aghast as Meta founder Zuckerberg crashes classified Oval Office meeting on fighter jets: report

Facebook mogul’s sudden appearance is increasingly typical of freewheeling West Wing during Donald Trump’s second term, which president has reportedly nicknamed ‘Grand Central Terminal’

Events

2 w. ago 'Maga Mark' Zuckerberg unceremoniously kicked out of Oval Office after White House tour

Mark Zuckerberg, who has seemingly aligned himself with Trump, was reportedly asked to leave an Oval Office meeting.

Society

2 w. ago Mark Zuckerberg unveils superintelligence lab to build superhuman AI

Artificial intelligence effort includes high-profile hires from OpenAI’s ChatGPT team

Politics

3 w. ago Mark Zuckerberg’s secret list of top AI talent to poach has tech world atwitter

Meta CEO reportedly to offer pay packages worth up to $100m, a gambit OpenAI’s Sam Altman calls ‘crazy’Mark Zuckerberg reportedly spent months putting together a list of the top AI engineers and researchers across the globe, preparing to offer potential recruits lucrative compensation packages in Meta’s attempt to poach AI talent from key competitors.Silicon Valley has been talking for weeks about the Meta CEO’s quest to attract top AI talent, including by offering pay packages worth up to $100m. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Mark Zuckerberg’s charity backing away from DEI and political spending after Trump criticisms and staff tensions: report

Changes in spending come as Meta has instituted Trump-friendly changes like a new board member and ending fact-checking

Politics

3 w. ago Joe Rogan's dystopian theory about why Mark Zuckerberg could transform America into 'dictatorship'

Joe Rogan laid out a nightmare scenario where social media giants turn the US into an oppressive dictatorship, and warned that the first steps have already taken place .

Politics

3 w. ago WhatsApp AI update means you no longer have to read your messages

Message Summaries feature comes as Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg says AI chatbots can serve as friends or therapists

Politics

3 w. ago ‘Send them to Mars’: Led By Donkeys Glastonbury exhibit takes aim at Musk

Campaign group say piece responds to tech billionaires’ ‘dangerous’ mission to make humans interplanetaryIn the psychedelic south-east corner of the Glastonbury festival site a rocket has been built to carry Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos on a one-way journey to Mars.The construction is not a hallucinatory vision but a installation designed by the political campaign group Led By Donkeys in collaboration with Block9, an area of Worthy Farm known for its immersive stage designs and diverse music genres. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Top Meta exec joins US army’s ‘next generation’ tech team Detachment 201

Longtime Zuckerberg lieutenant Andrew Bosworth calls donning fatigues with Palantir and OpenAI brass ‘great honor’Meta’s chief technology officer has called it “the great honor of my life” to be enlisted in a new US army corps that defence chiefs set up to better integrate military and tech industry expertise, including senior figures from top tech firms that also include Palantir and OpenAI.Andrew Bosworth, a long-term lieutenant to Mark Zuckerberg known widely as “Boz”, is one of several senior Silicon Valley executives commissioned to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the corps, called Detachment 201, which the US army says will “fuse cutting-edge tech expertise with military innovation”. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Meta boss praises new US army division enlisting tech execs as lieutenant colonels

Longtime Zuckerberg lieutenant Andrew Bosworth calls donning fatigues with Palantir and OpenAI brass ‘great honor’Meta’s chief technology officer has called it “the great honor of my life” to be enlisted in a new US army corps that defence chiefs set up to better integrate military and tech industry expertise, including senior figures from top tech firms that also include Palantir and OpenAI.Andrew Bosworth, a long-term lieutenant to Mark Zuckerberg known widely as “Boz”, is one of several senior Silicon Valley executives commissioned to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the corps, called Detachment 201, which the US army says will “fuse cutting-edge tech expertise with military innovation”. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago 'MAGA Mark' Zuckerberg leaves Meta staff horrified after Joe Rogan chat

The billionaire tech mogul has been dubbed 'MAGA Mark' by staffers following his January appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience.

Politics

4 w. ago Zuckerberg’s political shift didn’t shock Meta staff: ‘The whole time this was all one inch underneath’

Meta has implemented policy shifts that are more closely aligned with the administration since Trump was elected

Politics