Why Meta's shiny new dividend and whopping $50 billion buyback plan may divide investors

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Meta spent billions to close offices and lay people off. Now we know why.

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Mark Zuckerberg is smiling: Meta's profit margins are much improved — and that's partly because of a shrinking head count.

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Meet ‘Link History,’ Facebook’s New Way to Track the Websites You Visit

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Facebook recently rolled out a new “Link History” setting that creates a special repository of all the links you click on in the Facebook mobile app. You can opt out if you’re proactive, but the company is pushing Link History on users, and the data is used for targeted ads. As lawmakers introduce tech regulations and…

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Gen Z trusts YouTube more than any other platform

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YouTube reigns supreme with adult Gen Zers, according to a survey conducted by Business Insider in collaboration with YouGov.

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There's a secret WhatsApp group chat with more than 100 Silicon Valley CEOs in it and even they didn't know what Sam Altman did to get fired

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Sam Altman (left) and Mark Zuckerberg (right).

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Meta is finally encrypting all messages and calls on Facebook and Messenger. It took 4 years.

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WhatsApp Will No Longer Butcher Image Quality on iOS

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You no longer have to worry about sending low-quality images on WhatsApp. Well, at least on iPhone.

Apple Will Reportedly Appeal EU's Gatekeeping Claims

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Apple will dispute the European Union’s latest crackdown on Big Tech by appealing the decision to regulate iMessage and the App Store as anticompetitive services, according to

Google Asks Regulators to Liberate Apple's Blue Text Bubbles

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Google sent a letter to European regulators asking them to free up Apple’s iMessage for all platforms, according to a report from the

WhatsApp Finally Got Added to Apple's App Store for Mac

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WhatsApp has recently been added to Apple’s App Store for Mac. I know it seems weird that it wasn’t there this whole time. You’ve not gone crazy, I swear.

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