On 7 July 2025, Apple lost a key figure in its artificial intelligence efforts as Ruoming Pang, the executive leading its foundational AI model team, officially left the company to join Meta.

At the annual Conversations event, WhatsApp announced new features for WhatsApp Business. These new features are targeted at larger businesses and enterprises, but what are they, and do you need them? Check the news below for some details.

A New York judge has ruled that Meta and ByteDance (owner of TikTok) can face a lawsuit filed by the mother of a teenager who died while attempting a “subway surfing” stunt.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorised a new law to create a state-backed messaging application, aiming to reduce the country's reliance on foreign-owned platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram.

On 25 June 2025, Meta won a copyright lawsuit in the United States, filed by a group of authors over its AI model training practices. While the court dismissed the claims, the judge issued a warning that the use of copyrighted materials in AI training may still face legal risks in the future.

On 24 June 2025, numerous Facebook group administrators reported sudden bans affecting their communities, many of which were flagged for "terrorism-related content" or nudity—despite focusing on harmless topics like parenting, gaming, pets, and online deals.

Meta has acknowledged the issue and is currently rolling out a fix.

Meta is making bold moves in the artificial intelligence (AI) talent race. According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Meta has reportedly offered signing bonuses of up to RM470 million (approximately USD100 million) to lure top OpenAI engineers.

Meta has started testing a spoiler-hiding feature on Threads, allowing users to blur specific parts of their posts. Announced by Instagram and Threads head Adam Mosseri, the tool gives creators the ability to mark text or images as spoilers during post creation. Once published, this content is blurred, and viewers can choose whether or not to tap and reveal it.

Recently, we mentioned that Meta invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI to take a 49% stake in the company. As a result, Google, Microsoft and xAI are now in the process of ending their business relationships with Scale AI.

Instagram is now introducing a new feature that allows you to set currently playing Spotify songs as Notes. By linking a Spotify account to Notes, Instagram can now identify the song being played and allow you to automatically add it to Notes.