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Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, is a technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, Calif. The company owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp, among other products and services. Meta is one of the world’s most valuable companies and is among the 10 largest publicly traded corporations in the U.S. It is considered one of the Big Five, alongside Google parent company Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft.

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Startup GridCare Aims to Tap Hidden Power Capacity
AI Infrastructure

Startup GridCare Aims to Tap Hidden Power Capacity

By Ann Davis Vaughan · Apr 27, 2026 8:00am PDT
Power scarcity is all anyone talks about in the AI world. Funny how we actually have plenty.GridCare, which emerged last year from a Stanford University sustainability accelerator, has surprised AI developers and even utilities by finding power that they can tap even in congested urban markets where the grid appeared sold out.Power grids are... Power scarcity is all anyone talks about in the AI world. Funny how we actually have plenty....
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AI Agenda

The Nuances of Cursor’s Gross Margin; Comparing GPT-5.5 and Claude Mythos

By Stephanie Palazzolo and Cory Weinberg · Apr 27, 2026 7:00am PDT
Before we get to today’s column, we’ve got an update in tech’s favorite relationship: OpenAI and Microsoft. As a result of a revision to their deal, Microsoft Azure no longer has exclusive rights to sell OpenAI models and that Microsoft no longer has to share 20% of the revenue it makes from selling OpenAI models on Azure with OpenAI. Both... Before we get to today’s column, we’ve got an update in tech’s favorite relationship: OpenAI and...
AWS CEO Matt Garman delivers a keynote address during AWS re:Invent 2025. Photo by Noah Berger/Getty Images.

OpenAI’s AWS Push Comes As Customers Embrace Rivals

By Catherine Perloff · Apr 27, 2026 6:00am PDT
Amazon has touted a deal to finally bring OpenAI to its Amazon Web Services cloud unit with a new offering geared toward running AI agents. But some AWS customers have shrugged at the announcement, in part because they’ve come to rely on other model makers in the three years since OpenAI set off the AI boom. Six firms that work with AWS, either... Amazon has touted a deal to finally bring OpenAI to its Amazon Web Services cloud unit with a new...
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Into the Metaverse

Hands Up, This Is a (Virtual) Robbery!

By Lauren Tara LaCapra · May 6, 2023 7:00am PDT · 2 comments
Until late last year, Bank of America branch staffers would learn how to handle a potential stick-up through guidebooks and online videos. Today, tellers are immersed in a 3D virtual reality environment, in which a gunman aims a weapon at them or furtively hands them a threatening note demanding money. The bank measures tellers’ reactions... Until late last year, Bank of America branch staffers would learn how to handle a potential...