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US has investigated claims that WhatsApp chats aren’t private

Meta says it cannot see WhatsApp messages because they are encrypted with digital keys on users’ phones

Microsoft dropped 10 per cent, shedding more than US$350 billion in market value after its cloud business failed to impress.

Microsoft plunges, Meta rallies as investors demand AI payoffs

Microsoft is under growing investor pressure to justify its soaring capital outlay

The implementation directive under the Online Criminal Harms Act was issued on Jan 27.

Meta must have facial recognition measures for notable Facebook users in Singapore or risk S$1 million fine

This is to reduce scam advertisements, accounts, profiles and business pages that impersonate two sets of people

In Asia, attention is on the race for leadership in next-generation HBM4, which is set to be integrated with Nvidia’s upcoming flagship Rubin processors.

From Meta to Samsung, global tech unleashes spending to chase AI

Memory manufacturers are reallocating production lines towards lucrative HBM to satisfy the needs of AI data centres

Meta’s advertising business will help it weather some of the AI uncertainties, a separate unit continued its considerable losses.

Meta leans on improved ad business to fuel massive AI spending

Investors have historically been anxious about whether the company’s businesses will benefit meaningfully from its hefty AI investments

The group of plaintiffs alleges that Meta stores the substance of users’ communications and that workers can get access to them. 

Lawsuit claims Meta can see WhatsApp chats in breach of privacy

The complaint cites ‘whistleblowers’ as having helped bring this information to light, though it doesn’t explain who they are

Chinese officials had begun looking into whether the December takeover of the agentic AI startup violated tech export or national security regulations.

China deepens probe into Meta’s landmark US$2 billion buyout of Singapore-based Manus

Manus captured the attention of investors when it released AI agents that help execute tasks for users

A consortium that includes Oracle, Silver Lake and Emirati investment firm MGX will acquire a 50% stake in a TikTok US joint venture, while the platform’s Chinese parent company ByteDance keeps a 19.9% stake.
THINKING ALOUD

The US’ American-ish TikTok awaits

Even as platforms splinter further for users, corporations remain bound by geopolitical ties

Businesses here are open to testing and learning, and are eager to grow, said Ms Nicole Tan, Meta’s country manager for Singapore.

Meta Singapore chief eyes chat apps as next sales frontier

[SINGAPORE] Artificial intelligence (AI) bots that pitch, prattle and sell you stuff in your WhatsApp and Messenger chats are set to helm the future storefronts of Singapore firms, and the tech giant ...

Simon Milner, who is based in Singapore, said that he will leave the company in the first half of the year to retire from full-time work.

Meta’s Asia policy chief Simon Milner to exit as regulatory challenges mount

The company is increasing its focus on artificial intelligence at a time of heightened scrutiny on its core platforms