Salesforce cuts explicit diversity hiring goals following Trump's executive orders, joining Amazon, Meta, and Google in scaling back DEI initiatives.

Key Takeaways Meta plans to release a standalone Meta AI app in the second quarter, CNBC reported Thursday.CEO Mark Zuckerberg said last month that Meta AI could reach 1 billion people this year.Meta reportedly intends to test a paid subscription version of the app,

Meta Platforms aims to keep up with its competitors, particularly OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini and is set to release a standalone AI application. This strategic move shows Meta is committed to advancing AI capabilities to maintain a relevant presence in the AI chatbot market.

Meta Platforms keeps rallying in 2025 despite the uncertain environment and other Magnificent 7 stocks struggling. See why I rate META stock a strong buy.

Tesla and Meta Platforms are both Magnificent 7 stocks with the potential to continue their growth trajectories in the future.

The action fits Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's larger plan to by year-end position Meta as a leader in artificial intelligence. Launched in September 2023, Meta AI is now replacing conventional search capabilities on Facebook,

Google could be required to pay up to 500 million rand ($27.29 million) a year in compensation to South African media outlets after the country's competition watchdog found the tech giant guilty of anti-competitive practices,

South Africa’s antitrust watchdog penalized technology companies including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook for anti-competitive practices it said hurt local media companies.

Sergey Brin is urging employees working on AI to spend at least 60 hours per week in the office as Google faces heated competition from OpenAI, Meta, DeepSeek and others.