Stocks Asian stocks slip on Thursday Aya Anwar Oct 30, 2025 0 Asian equities edged lower on Thursday as investors assessed news of a trade understanding between the United…
Stocks Asian stocks surge on Monday Aya Anwar Oct 27, 2025 0 Asian stocks surged on Monday as easing trade tensions between China and the United States lifted investor…
Featured EU fines Apple, Meta in 1st big tech crackdown Aya El Sayed Apr 23, 2025 0 The European Union (EU) fined Apple €500 million ($570 million) and Meta €200 million on Wednesday, marking the…
Tech/AI Meta hits 3.3b daily users, plans AI expansion to 1b in 2025 Aya Anwar Jan 30, 2025 0 Meta closed 2024 with an impressive 3.3 billion daily active users and is gearing up to expand Meta AI to 1 billion…
Featured EU investigations into tech giants under review Aya El Sayed Jan 14, 2025 0 The European Commission is reassessing its investigations into major tech companies, including Apple, Meta, and…
Tech news Australia to charge large tech firms for news content Nada Ali Dec 12, 2024 0 The Australian government has unveiled new regulations designed to compel tech giants like Meta and Google to pay…
Stocks S. Korea’s turmoil fallout impacts Asian shares Nada Ali Dec 4, 2024 0 Asian stocks fell on Wednesday and currencies were unstable as traders tried to navigate the political turmoil in…
Stocks Asian stocks up on tech rally Nada Ali Dec 3, 2024 0 Asian stocks rallied on Tuesday, driven by a surge in the tech sector following record highs on Wall Street.
Tech/AI Amazon leads companies in $180m deal to conserve rainforest Nada Ali Sep 24, 2024 0 Amazon and other companies are buying carbon offset credits to support the conservation of the Amazon rainforest in…
Featured Polish billionaire secures ban on fake Meta ads Aya El Sayed Aug 13, 2024 0 Polish billionaire Rafal Brzoska has obtained a temporary injunction banning Meta Platforms Inc. from publishing…
Stocks Asian markets rally on tech surge Nada Ali Aug 1, 2024 0 Asian stocks surged on Thursday, mirroring a powerful rebound in global technology shares led by Meta and Nvidia.
forex news Yen surges amid escalating Middle East tensions Nada Ali Jul 29, 2024 0 The Japanese yen surged on Monday, reversing earlier losses, as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East prompted…
Featured EU to charge Meta over new digital regulations violation Aya El Sayed Jul 1, 2024 0 The European Union (EU) is set to charge Meta, the parent company of Facebook, with violating its new digital…
Featured Meta, Apple discuss AI integration for iPhones Aya El Sayed Jun 23, 2024 0 Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, has engaged in discussions with Apple Inc. about integrating its…
Tech news Amazon invests $230m in AI start-ups Nada Ali Jun 13, 2024 0 Amazon is upping its ante in the artificial intelligence (AI) race, announcing a $230 million investment in the…
Featured Italian watchdog penalises Meta for data practices Aya El Sayed Jun 5, 2024 0 Italy's antitrust regulator AGCM has fined Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, for unfair commercial…
Money Uber profits soar, buyback expected Aya El Sayed Feb 7, 2024 0 Uber announced on Wednesday its first full year of profits, reporting earnings that exceeded analysts’…
Featured Snap loses ground to bigger competitors Aya Anwar Feb 7, 2024 0 Snap's stock fell 31 per cent on Wednesday as its revenue for the fourth quarter fell short of Wall Street's…
Featured Meta’s AI-supported Ad campaigns boost returns by 32% Sama Mousa Jan 18, 2024 0 Ads on applications from Meta Platforms Inc. saw an increase in return on spending by an average of 32 per cent,…
Featured Zuckerberg sells $428mln worth of Meta shares in 2 months Sama Mousa Jan 4, 2024 0 Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Meta Platforms Inc., sold around $428 million of the company’s shares in the final…
Featured Meta, Google, Tiktok debts removed from Russian database Sama Mousa Jan 3, 2024 0 Alphabet’s Google and YouTube, along with Meta, TikTok, and Telegram are no longer registered as debtors in the…
Featured HRW attacks Meta for ‘silencing’ pro-Palestinian voices Sama Mousa Dec 21, 2023 0 Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Meta of "silencing" pro-Palestinian voices on Facebook and Instagram.
Tech/AI Meta accused of removing Gaza content Sama Mousa Dec 20, 2023 0 Meta’s independent oversight board criticised the company on Wednesday for removing posts showing the suffering of…
Featured Meta removes Egyptian show from live Facebook over Gaza coverage Aya Anwar Nov 29, 2023 0 Kaswaa El-Khelaly stated that Meta, had removed the live broadcast of her show "In the Evening with Kuswah" over…
Tech news Meta bans Eye on Palestine in attempt to silence Palestinians Sama Mousa Oct 26, 2023 0 Meta deleted the Eye on Palestine account, which has more than six million followers on Instagram on Wednesday.
Tech news Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave resigns after posting an anti-Israel post on X Mennatullah Hamzawy Oct 22, 2023 0 Tech conference Web Summit CEO, Paddy Cosgrave has resigned a week after his pro-Palestine post on X, formerly…
Tech/AI Meta to lay off employees in metaverse silicon unit Sama Mousa Oct 4, 2023 0 Meta is set to lay off employees in the metaverse silicon unit on Wednesday, informed sources told Reuters on…
Tech news Meta retires Messenger Lite for Android starting in September Nada Ali Aug 28, 2023 0 Meta’s Messenger Lite app for Android is being shut down next month, according to 9to5Google on Wednesday.
Tech/AI WhatsApp launches Channels in Egypt Sama Mousa Jul 26, 2023 0 Meta's WhatsApp announced on Wednesday the launch of Channels in Egypt, a new way for people and organisations to…
Tech news Meta’s Threads sees 70% dip in traffic – report Nada Ali Jul 24, 2023 0 Meta’s social media app Threads has reported a nearly 70 percent decline in the number of daily active users, since…
Tech news Meta’s Threads introduces first set of updates Yassmine Elbehnaihy Jul 19, 2023 0 Meta’s newest app, Threads, has introduces its first set of updates since its launch two weeks ago on Tuesday,…
Tech news Norwegian Datatilsynet fines Meta over privacy breaches Yassmine Elbehnaihy Jul 17, 2023 0 Meta has been fined $100,000 per day from August 4 to November 3 over privacy breaching unless it takes remedial…
Tech news Meta’s Threads beats ChatGPT’s user record Yassmine Elbehnaihy Jul 11, 2023 0 Meta’s Threads has reached 100 million users in less than a week since its launch, beating Open-AI’s ChatGPT’s…
Tech news Meta’s platforms down briefly Yassmine Elbehnaihy Jul 11, 2023 0 Meta’s social media platforms, Instagram, Threads and Facebook, and messaging app, WhatsApp, were down briefly and…
Tech news Jack Dorsey criticizes Twitter rival, Threads Yassmine Elbehnaihy Jul 9, 2023 0 Jack Dorsey, former Twitter CEO, has criticised Meta’s new app, Threads, in a tweet on Thursday, drawing attention…
Tech news Twitter threatens to sue Meta following Threads launch Yassmine Elbehnaihy Jul 9, 2023 0 Twitter is threatening Meta with a lawsuit, as an attorney representing the company sent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg a…
Tech news Meta officially launches Threads Yassmine Elbehnaihy Jul 6, 2023 0 Meta has officially launched its newest app, Threads, on Wednesday, which is set to rival Twitter by offering a…
Tech/AI Meta to launch Twitter-like app Threads Sama Mousa Jul 4, 2023 0 Meta Platforms announced on Tuesday that it is planning to launch Threads, a microblogging app, to be a Twitter…
Internet News Meta lowers Quest headset recommended age to 10 Yassmine Elbehnaihy Jun 18, 2023 0 Meta has lowered the minimum age for its virtual reality headset, Quest, from 13 years old to 10 years old,…
Tech/AI Meta introduces Channels on WhatsApp Sama Mousa Jun 8, 2023 0 Meta Platforms announced WhatsApp Channels on Thursday, a feature that the social media giant said would help make…