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Meta is changing the way its employees work together in the office. In early 2026, the company started a brand new plan to change its internal structure. This new plan removes old office rules and creates very small teams. The company calls these small groups AI pods. Meta is testing this new style of working inside its Reality Labs group. Around 1,000 workers who make tools for software developers are using this system right now.

Adam Mosseri, the boss of Instagram, has a smart idea to solve a big problem on social media. AI tools are getting very good at making fake photos and videos that look completely real. Soon, people might not know what is true and what is made by computers.

Russia announced Wednesday it is restricting voice and video calls on WhatsApp and Telegram, claiming the messaging platforms refuse to cooperate with law enforcement in fraud and terrorism cases. The move represents the latest escalation in Moscow's broader campaign to assert control over digital communications while promoting its own state-backed messaging alternative.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's billion-dollar recruitment blitz hit a major roadblock when former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati rejected his $1 billion acquisition offer for her AI startup Thinking Machines Lab. The tech giant's subsequent "full-scale raid" to poach the startup's top talent also failed, with co-founder Andrew Tulloch declining a $1.5 billion compensation package over six years.

Meta is preparing to take a massive leap forward in the world of artificial intelligence with the upcoming launch of Llama 4, the latest in its line of open-source large language models. Expected to arrive later in 2025, Llama 4 is being positioned as a transformative force, potentially changing how businesses and developers interact with AI altogether. And with agentic AI — a system that can autonomously perform multi-step tasks — on the horizon, Llama 4 could unlock a new era of intelligent automation.

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, has begun a new round of job cuts as part of its broader restructuring strategy, marking another phase in the tech giant's ongoing efforts to optimize its workforce and sharpen its focus on artificial intelligence.

The tech industry is experiencing a wave of layoffs as companies restructure their workforce. Many big companies, including Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta, have let go of thousands of employees. Reports suggest that over 71 tech companies have already cut around 7,000 jobs or are planning to do so in 2025. This shift highlights how AI and automation are changing the way businesses operate.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently claimed that the Biden administration pressured Meta to remove content about the side effects of Covid vaccines. Speaking on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Zuckerberg said that while he supports vaccines and believes they are “more positive than negative,” he felt that the government was trying to censor discussions about potential side effects.