Microsoft vs Meta
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Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windows, and has since expanded to Internet services, cloud computing, artificial i
Meta
Meta Platforms, Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms and communication services, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Threads and Manus. The company also operates a
Recent Events
Microsoft
Released GigaTIME AI model for generating protein maps from medical images
Released GigaTIME AI model for predicting protein maps from cheap tissue slides
Part of tech giants spending $650 billion on data centers and semiconductors for AI compute
VS Code AI Toolkit's Tool Catalog added MCP server scaffolding capability
Launched Copilot Health, an AI health assistant that aggregates data from wearables, medical records, and labs.
Meta
Meta changes privacy strategy by removing E2EE from Instagram, directing users to WhatsApp
Plans to lay off 20% of workforce (approx. 15,770 employees) citing AI-driven efficiency
Shifting toward proprietary models under new leadership amid competitive pressure
Part of tech giants spending $650 billion on data centers and semiconductors for AI compute
Internal AI model 'Avocado' reportedly underperforms, barely surpassing Google's Gemini 2.5
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2026-03-13The Silent Data Harvest: Stanford Exposes How AI Giants Use Your Private Conversations
2026-03-03Marc Andreessen's Warning: AI's Value Could Shift Entirely to Hardware and Energy
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