Track the latest developments from Meta, covering Facebook, Instagram, Llama AI models, and the evolution of the Metaverse. Analysis of Meta’s impact on social media and virtual reality technologies.
Meta's data centers used over 18,000 GWh in 2024, and the company has reserved 1 gigawatt of power from satellites that beam infrared light to solar farms at night. The first orbital power transmission test is planned for 2028, but the fleet of 1,000 spacecraft is not expected to launch until 2030.
Meta will lay off 10% of its workforce in May, affecting 8,000 employees, while eliminating 6,000 open positions. The cuts are intended to offset billions in new AI investments. The company says it cannot share details with staff until later in May.
FGF21 reversed obesity in mice by activating a hindbrain circuit that increases energy burning rather than suppressing hunger. The mechanism differs from GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic. Whether the same circuit reverses fatty liver disease remains untested.
For the first time, Arm is selling finished silicon, not just IP. The Arm AGI CPU co-developed with Meta, claims double the rack performance of x86 and $10 billion in capital savings for every gigawatt of AI data-center capacity.
After touting private communication as the future, Meta is quietly retiring Instagram's encrypted chats. Users have until May 8, 2026 to save their messages before the feature disappears.
Meta’s 2027 custom inference chips, built with Broadcom, threaten Nvidia’s data-center dominance.
Meta and AMD announced a 6GW GPU partnership to scale AI infrastructure, leveraging AMD's Instinct GPUs and Meta's Helios architecture. The collaboration aims to diversify compute suppliers and integrate with Meta's silicon program.
Meta and NVIDIA’s AI partnership targets energy efficiency and privacy through cutting-edge hardware and networking solutions, with Vera CPUs set for 2027 deployment.
