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Can Meta's massive AI spending pay off?

The social media company will add to the board's irrevocable trust, though the exact amount has not been disclosed

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Meta introduced paid Meta AI tiers while expanding efforts to monetize AI investments beyond advertising.

Meta New Paid AI Push Sends Stock Soaring -- Wall Street Eyes Revenue Boom

For years, investors treated memory-chip companies like airlines or steelmakers — cyclical businesses that boomed when supply tightened and collapsed when too many competitors flooded the market with inventory. That’s why what’s happening with Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) today feels so different. The company just crossed a $1 trillion valuation after a blistering rally, yet the ... Despite Hitting a $1 Trillion Valuation, Micron Remains My Favorite Stock for 2026

A recent episode of Reuters Morning Bid focused on one of the strangest signals in the AI market right now. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) announced an $80 billion stock buyback, raised its dividend sharply, and projected $1 trillion in sales of its most advanced AI chips “just this year and next.” Despite the good news, the stock ... Nvidia Stock Trades Flat Despite $1 Trillion Sales Target as ‘Market Expects Nvidia to Keep Beating Expectations’

Meta Platforms ramps up AI data center spending while maintaining profit growth, outpacing Alibaba's costly cloud push and margin pressure.

The artificial intelligence arms race has turned Silicon Valley into a spending contest. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) are pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into chips, servers, networking gear, and data centers in a scramble to dominate AI infrastructure. The question investors are wrestling with is simple: how much ... Mark Zuckerberg’s $145 Billion AI Gamble Could Spawn Meta’s Next Monster Business

Meta (META) is launching subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. Yahoo Finance's Julie Hyman and Myles Udland discuss more in the video above.

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is one of the 10 Best Stocks in Steve Cohen’s Portfolio. On May 23, 2026, Morningstar reported that Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) had quietly launched a new free app called Forum on Apple’s App Store without a public announcement. This new standalone iOS application, dedicated entirely to Facebook Groups, streamlines group […]

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Eight days ago, I told you that Mark Zuckerberg’s smartest move was sitting in plain sight: rent out Meta’s excess AI compute the way SpaceX is renting its to Anthropic. My May 20 piece argued that SpaceX’s $1.25 billion per month Cloud Services Agreement with Anthropic, running through May 2029 with a 90-day termination clause, ... Mark Zuckerberg Just Revealed Meta’s “Break In Case of Emergency” AI Plan

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We recently compiled a list of the 10 Most Widely Held Stocks by Individuals in 2026. Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is also among the most widely held stocks by individuals. TheFly reported on May 20 that META CEO Mark Zuckerberg informed employees that the company does not expect any additional broad layoffs for the remainder […]

The social media giant is also testing AI subscription tiers under a new brand, Meta One, priced at $7.99 and $19.99 per month

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Nvidia's CEO says that "tokens are now profitable."

Meta on Wednesday launched paid subscription plans for its flagship apps, marking a major push by the tech giant to diversify beyond its long-standing reliance on advertising revenue.View on euronews

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Meta also announced the global rollout of the subscription plans for its flagship apps, Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp.

Microsoft, ticker NasdaqGS:MSFT, is at the center of a new $9.7b, five year enterprise software consolidation contract with the U.S. Department of Defense. The company has also joined Amazon, Google, and Meta in launching the Data Center Innovation Initiative focused on clean energy and sustainable materials for data centers. These moves touch on U.S. government technology adoption, long term software standard setting, and the environmental profile of AI and cloud infrastructure. Microsoft...

Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang has reportedly agreed to join the advisory board of one of China's most prestigious universities. Nvidia CEO Joins Elite Tsinghua Advisory Board Huang accepted an invitation to join the advisory board of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The board includes some of the world's most prominent business leaders. It has Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim C

The company is going the premium route with Plus versions for its popular sites.

Meta Platforms stock was rising on Wednesday after the tech giant announced that it is introducing subscription plans for its social media apps and its Meta AI chatbot. The move could help offset some of the costs of its massive spending on artificial intelligence. Naomi Gleit, head of product at Meta, said in a video posted to Instagram on Wednesday that the company is starting to roll out paid subscription options to users of its social platforms.

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Meta on Wednesday launched paid subscription plans for its flagship apps, marking a major push by the tech giant to diversify beyond its longtime reliance on advertising revenue.Meta in 2023 launched ad-free, paid versions of Facebook and Instagram in Europe to comply with EU data privacy legislation, giving users a choice between a free, ad-supported experience and a paid, ad-free one. arp/md

When the people building something stand next to the people warning about it, that usually means everyone in the room is worried about the same thing. For most of the past three years, the artificial intelligence conversation has split cleanly into two camps. The builders keep raising bigger ...