https://www.scmp.com/rss/251645/feed Born in 1984, Mark Zuckerberg is chairman and chief executive of social networking site Facebook which he co-founded at Harvard. Initially, he wrote Facemash, in which students were allowed to vote on other students' attractiveness based on their photos. This was the template for Facebook. Since 2010 Zuckerberg has been named among the 100 wealthiest and most influential people in the world by Time magazine and his life was dramatised in the movie, The Social Network. He married Priscilla Chan... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar The first Monday of May has passed, but the Met Gala fever isn’t calming down any time soon. The high-profile event brought together the most prominent names in fashion, entertainment, business and Big Tech in support of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute’s “Costume Art” exhibition. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, served as honorary chairs and lead sponsors for the event, reportedly contributing US$10 million. Their involvement caused major... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3352899/meet-charles-porch-openais-vp-global-creative-partnerships-who-went-met-gala?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3352899/meet-charles-porch-openais-vp-global-creative-partnerships-who-went-met-gala?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 May 2026 10:00:12 +0000 Josiah Ng Josiah Ng April, as always, proves to be a bumper month for the watch community. All eyes were on Geneva as the watch world looked out for huge new releases from brands exhibiting at Watches and Wonders at Palexpo, in addition to independent brands like Rexhep Rexhepi, Fleming and even Universal Genève making splashes outside the main fair this month. Timothée Chalamet takes his relationship with Urban Jürgensen to the next level, while early May saw other stars descend on the Met Gala with wearable art... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/watches/article/3352726/5-biggest-watch-moments-april-and-may-2026-so-far-watches-and-wonders-met-gala?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/watches/article/3352726/5-biggest-watch-moments-april-and-may-2026-so-far-watches-and-wonders-met-gala?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 May 2026 07:55:53 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial A poster hanging in the main office of artificial intelligence (AI) firm Manus in Beijing before it relocated to Singapore reportedly said, “Go big or die.” Its ethos perfectly matched that of Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg’s famous motto: “Move fast and break things.” In December, when it was announced that the social media giant had bought the Chinese start-up for US$2 billion, many industry insiders embraced the deal despite a bitter tech war between China and the United States. It was not to... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3352340/manus-deal-veto-shows-limits-move-fast-and-break-things-ethos-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3352340/manus-deal-veto-shows-limits-move-fast-and-break-things-ethos-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 May 2026 23:15:14 +0000 Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma China has stepped up its tech war with the United States, blocking Facebook owner Meta’s US$2.5 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Manus and raising cybersecurity concerns about Anthropic’s new AI model Claude Mythos Preview. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced it was prohibiting the Manus deal in a one-sentence statement on Monday, which didn’t give a specific reason. Meta is now planning to unwind the acquisition, which means untangling... https://www.scmp.com/plus/tech/big-tech/article/3351705/china-blocks-metas-manus-deal-raises-mythos-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/tech/big-tech/article/3351705/china-blocks-metas-manus-deal-raises-mythos-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:08:11 +0000 Coco Feng,Vincent Chow Coco Feng,Vincent Chow Beijing has blocked the proposed purchase by Meta Platforms of artificial intelligence firm Manus, a start-up that is officially registered in Singapore but developed its products in mainland China. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country’s top economic planner, announced the ruling in a statement on Monday, and asked the parties involved in the deal to cancel the transaction. Neither Meta nor Manus immediately responded to requests for comment on Monday. A... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3351552/china-blocks-metas-manus-deal-after-months-long-probe-thwarting-purchase?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3351552/china-blocks-metas-manus-deal-after-months-long-probe-thwarting-purchase?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:18:45 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow Facebook owner Meta Platforms has recruited a Chinese industry veteran with experience across artificial intelligence, humanoid robots and extended reality to lead a new hardware team in its superintelligence unit. Xu Rui, a former product manager at Tencent Holdings and TikTok owner ByteDance, would lead a team developing AI devices separately from Meta’s Reality Labs division, which was responsible for the company’s popular smart glasses and virtual reality headsets, US outlet Business Insider... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3349081/who-xu-rui-ex-bytedance-executive-tapped-meta-lead-ai-hardware?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3349081/who-xu-rui-ex-bytedance-executive-tapped-meta-lead-ai-hardware?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:52:22 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman because of an addictive design of their social media platforms, ordering the companies to pay US$6 million in damages, including US$3 million in punitive damages. The verdict handed plaintiffs in more than a thousand similar pending cases significant leverage - and signalled to the broader tech industry that juries were prepared to hold social media companies accountable for the mental health toll of their... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347912/jury-finds-meta-and-google-liable-us3-million-damages-social-media-addiction-trial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347912/jury-finds-meta-and-google-liable-us3-million-damages-social-media-addiction-trial?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:07:28 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump appointed Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to a council that will weigh ‌in on AI policy and other issues, the White House said on Wednesday. Google co-founder Sergey Brin and AMD CEO Lisa Su are also part of the initial batch of 13 members from the industry named to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Trump ⁠has made securing US leadership in artificial... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347903/trump-names-ceos-meta-nvidia-13-member-science-and-tech-council?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347903/trump-names-ceos-meta-nvidia-13-member-science-and-tech-council?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:22:02 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A New Mexico jury on Tuesday found social media giant Meta liable for endangering children by making them vulnerable to predators on its platforms and other dangers. The verdict came after roughly a day of deliberations following a six-week trial in which the state accused Facebook and Instagram’s parent company of failing to protect minors from sexual abuse, online solicitation and human trafficking. The state had sought the maximum US$2.2 billion in damages, but the jury awarded a lesser... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347773/meta-ordered-pay-us375-million-over-child-exploitation-and-user-safety-claims?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3347773/meta-ordered-pay-us375-million-over-child-exploitation-and-user-safety-claims?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:10:00 +0000 Reuters Reuters Meta is planning sweeping lay-offs that could affect 20 per cent or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter said, as it seeks to offset costly artificial intelligence infrastructure bets and prepare for greater efficiency brought about by AI-assisted workers. No date has been set for the cuts and the magnitude has not been finalised, the people said. Top executives have recently signalled the plans to other senior leaders at Meta and told them to begin planning how to pare... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346573/16000-meta-jobs-stake-zuckerberg-focuses-ai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346573/16000-meta-jobs-stake-zuckerberg-focuses-ai?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:50:22 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Since the war in the Middle East began nearly two weeks ago, the phone at Ron Hubbard’s bomb shelter company in Texas has not stopped ringing. Foreign and US clients are rushing to buy his bunkers, seeking refuge in case of air raids, nuclear fallout or apocalypse. With the United States and Israel pounding Iran, and Tehran retaliating with strikes across the region, Hubbard has seen demand for his product soar, mostly from Gulf nation clients in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3346295/preparing-worst-us-bunker-maker-claims-big-demand-middle-east?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3346295/preparing-worst-us-bunker-maker-claims-big-demand-middle-east?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Mar 2026 03:09:54 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Elon Musk’s estimated US$839 billion net worth has made him the wealthiest individual ever recorded, Forbes said on Tuesday, as billionaires worldwide saw their combined fortunes surge in the past year to an all-time high of US$20.1 trillion. Musk topped the Forbes World’s Billionaires list for the second consecutive year after his fortune swelled by roughly US$500 billion over the past 12 months, driven by rising valuations at Tesla and SpaceX, which is targeting a public offering in 2026. He... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346162/elon-musk-course-become-worlds-first-trillionaire-wealth-soars?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346162/elon-musk-course-become-worlds-first-trillionaire-wealth-soars?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Mar 2026 02:30:21 +0000 Vincenzo La Torre Vincenzo La Torre Day three of Milan Fashion Week was packed with shows and presentations from brands including Prada and Max Mara but the most awaited show of the day was Marni, where Belgian designer Meryll Rogge made her debut. Here is the lowdown on the three shows. Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons, who co-design Prada, had the simplest yet most clever idea for the fall/winter 2026 show, attended by celebrities such as Love Story’s actress Sarah Pidgeon, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg with his wife... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3344805/milan-fashion-week-2026-pradas-layered-looks-max-mara-and-meryll-rogges-marni-debut?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3344805/milan-fashion-week-2026-pradas-layered-looks-max-mara-and-meryll-rogges-marni-debut?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:59:46 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen The artificial intelligence boom has swept through consumer electronics – from smart wearables and AI-powered home devices to voice-interactive toys and robotic pets – but its most significant impact may be on the interface itself. Technology is moving off the screen and onto the face, with smart glasses increasingly seen as the next frontier. “The next interaction revolution will happen right in front of our eyes – driven by AI agents and the inevitable miniaturisation of hardware,” said Wu... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3344101/next-interface-race-how-ai-bringing-smart-glasses-focus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3344101/next-interface-race-how-ai-bringing-smart-glasses-focus?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:38:47 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday he regretted Meta’s slow progress in identifying underage users on Instagram, as he faced stinging criticism at a landmark social media trial over accusations that his company deliberately hooked children. Asked to comment on complaints from inside the company that not enough was being done to verify whether children under 13 were using the platform, the 41-year-old head of Meta, which also owns Facebook and WhatsApp, said improvements had been made. But “I... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343945/metas-zuckerberg-grilled-lawyers-landmark-us-social-media-addiction-trial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343945/metas-zuckerberg-grilled-lawyers-landmark-us-social-media-addiction-trial?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:39:31 +0000 Reuters Reuters A California state court case ‌over whether Instagram and YouTube harmed a woman’s mental health through addictive app design kicks off on ‍Monday with opening statements, in a test of whether Big Tech platforms can be held liable for harming kids. The 20-year-old woman identified as K.G.M. filed the lawsuit against Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google, which owns YouTube. She says the attention-grabbing design of the platforms got her addicted ⁠to them at a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342967/california-court-begins-social-media-trial-amid-mental-health-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3342967/california-court-begins-social-media-trial-amid-mental-health-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:35:45 +0000 Zoey Zhang Zoey Zhang Not long ago, a humble fruit stall in Shanghai saw its sales skyrocket when Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, dropped by for some food. Meanwhile, a once-obscure village in southern China has become a tourist hotspot, drawing over 10,000 visitors daily, simply for being the hometown of Liang Wenfeng, the founder of the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek. During Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s 44-hour visit to China in 2023, the buzz surrounding his meals and itinerary on mainland social... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3341558/why-tech-billionaires-enjoy-rock-star-treatment-china-compared-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3341558/why-tech-billionaires-enjoy-rock-star-treatment-china-compared-us?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jan 2026 06:00:08 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Meta Platforms said it has shut down almost 550,000 accounts in Australia to comply with the country’s landmark social media ban for children. The social media giant has closed around 330,000 Instagram accounts, 173,000 Facebook accounts and almost 40,000 Threads accounts belonging to people believed to be under 16 years of age, it said in a blog post. The law, which came into effect on December 10, mandates services such as ByteDance’s TikTok and Instagram keep under-16s off their platforms or... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3339534/meta-closes-550000-australian-childrens-accounts-warns-ban-not-meeting-objectives?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3339534/meta-closes-550000-australian-childrens-accounts-warns-ban-not-meeting-objectives?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Jan 2026 03:29:07 +0000 Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma China may be revving up its tech war with the US by reviewing Facebook owner Meta’s US$2.5 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence (AI) agent Manus and by reportedly deterring orders for Nvidia H200 chips. The Manus deal has prompted concerns as it could encourage other Chinese AI companies to shift overseas, sources told the Post before the official review announcement. The parent company of Manus moved to Singapore from China last year, partly because of US regulatory concerns. The... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3339171/meta-manus-probe-shows-risks-chinas-ai-boom?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3339171/meta-manus-probe-shows-risks-chinas-ai-boom?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jan 2026 09:00:32 +0000 Ji Siqi,Ben Jiang,Vincent Chow,Coco Feng Ji Siqi,Ben Jiang,Vincent Chow,Coco Feng China’s Ministry of Commerce says it will conduct a review and investigation into Meta Platforms’ US$2.5 billion acquisition of Manus, examining whether the deal complies with export controls and technology transfer rules, underscoring Beijing’s determination to assert oversight over cross-border technology transactions. Spokesperson He Yadong said at a briefing on Thursday that the ministry would work with other Chinese regulators to assess whether the deal, announced by Meta and Manus a week... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3339158/china-probe-metas-purchase-manus-regarding-export-control-and-tech-exports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3339158/china-probe-metas-purchase-manus-regarding-export-control-and-tech-exports?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jan 2026 07:29:31 +0000 Zhou Xin,Coco Feng Zhou Xin,Coco Feng Chinese authorities are considering whether to step in over Meta Platforms’ acquisition of Manus – an artificial intellligence agent developer with Chinese roots – amid concerns the deal could breach technology export controls and encourage more start-ups to relocate offshore, according to two sources. One of the sources said officials, including at the Ministry of Commerce, were looking into the transaction and that the review could lead to action. The other said the chances of intervention... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3339008/beijing-mulls-intervention-metas-deal-buy-manus-amid-ai-brain-drain-fears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3339008/beijing-mulls-intervention-metas-deal-buy-manus-amid-ai-brain-drain-fears?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:00:10 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen A China-founded start-up that specialises in artificial intelligence agents was acquired by US tech giant Meta Platforms for billions of dollars, marking a landmark deal amid US-China competition in AI technology. The acquisition of Singapore-based Manus just nine months after its public launch in March underlines China’s AI competitiveness despite Washington’s efforts to deprive its rival of access to advanced US chips and funding. According to announcements from both sides, Manus would... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3338117/china-founded-ai-agent-start-manus-acquired-zuckerbergs-meta-billions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3338117/china-founded-ai-agent-start-manus-acquired-zuckerbergs-meta-billions?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Dec 2025 06:00:15 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow When US tech giant Meta Platforms released its flagship Llama family of artificial intelligence models in February 2023, they were open-sourced, a move that singled it out among global AI model developers at the time. That September, one of the many derivatives of Llama was announced: Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen. The first generation of Qwen adopted Llama’s training process and cited Meta's seminal research findings in its accompanying technical report. Out of deference, the Chinese researchers even... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3336243/role-reversal-meta-adopts-qwen-chinese-ai-becomes-industry-foundation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3336243/role-reversal-meta-adopts-qwen-chinese-ai-becomes-industry-foundation?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Dec 2025 02:00:16 +0000 Jill Lander Jill Lander It’s December 2025, marking the Rat Month from December 7 to January 4. The elements of the month are Yang Earth and Water. The Earth Rat, wu zi, represents the 11th and penultimate month of the Chinese calendar. The energy of 2025 asked for a letting-go attitude; 2026 asks you to rise and shine with an encouraging, renewed perspective. In traditional Chinese culture, the energy of those born under the sign of the Rat (1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008 and 2020) is highly playful and active,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/leisure/article/3335329/your-horoscopes-december-2025-month-earth-rat-work-money-and-health?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/lifestyle/leisure/article/3335329/your-horoscopes-december-2025-month-earth-rat-work-money-and-health?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Dec 2025 06:00:23 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96. Gehry died on Friday in his home in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness, said Meaghan Lloyd, chief of staff at Gehry Partners. Gehry won every major prize that architecture has to offer. His fascination with modern pop art led to the creation of some of the most wildly imaginative buildings ever constructed and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335427/frank-gehry-most-celebrated-architect-his-time-dies-96?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335427/frank-gehry-most-celebrated-architect-his-time-dies-96?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:25:32 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to cut resources for building the so-called metaverse, an effort that he once framed as the future of the company and the reason for changing its name from Facebook. Executives were considering potential budget cuts as high as 30 per cent for the metaverse group next year, which includes the virtual worlds product Meta Horizon Worlds and its Quest virtual reality (VR) unit, according to people familiar with the talks, who asked not to be named while... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3335264/meta-plans-budget-cuts-high-30-its-metaverse-efforts-2026?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3335264/meta-plans-budget-cuts-high-30-its-metaverse-efforts-2026?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Dec 2025 02:19:38 +0000 Reuters Reuters Yann LeCun, one of the founding figures of modern artificial intelligence and a pivotal force at Meta Platforms, said on Wednesday he plans to leave the company at the end of the year to launch a new AI start-up. LeCun has been a key part of Meta’s AI ambitions for more than a decade. He joined the company in 2013 to create Facebook AI Research (FAIR), the in-house lab that helped transform Meta into one of the AI leaders. Over 12 years, he served five as FAIR’s founding director and seven as... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3333470/yann-lecun-leaving-meta-launch-ai-start-focused-advanced-machine-intelligence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3333470/yann-lecun-leaving-meta-launch-ai-start-focused-advanced-machine-intelligence?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 01:41:06 +0000 Reuters Reuters Facebook parent company Meta Platforms defeated a US attempt to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp on Tuesday when a federal judge ruled the company did not hold a social media monopoly. The ruling gives Big Tech its first decisive win against the antitrust crackdown started in US President Donald Trump’s first term, and is a major setback for the Federal Trade Commission, which is pursuing a separate antitrust case against Amazon.com. The agency sought to force Meta to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333322/meta-defeats-us-antitrust-case-over-instagram-and-whatsapp-acquisitions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333322/meta-defeats-us-antitrust-case-over-instagram-and-whatsapp-acquisitions?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:19:58 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Anthropic plans to spend US$50 billion to build custom data centres for artificial intelligence work in several US locations, including Texas and New York, the latest expensive pledge for infrastructure to support the AI boom. The new sites, which Anthropic is developing with UK-based Fluidstack, would start coming online throughout 2026, the company said Wednesday in a statement. The project marks the first major data centre buildout that the AI firm has taken on directly, rather than through... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3332569/anthropic-commits-us50-billion-build-ai-data-centres-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3332569/anthropic-commits-us50-billion-build-ai-data-centres-us?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:13:23 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa From Beyoncé, Mark Zuckerberg and Oprah Winfrey, to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the guest list for Kris Jenner’s 70th birthday bash on November 8 was a who’s who of America’s elites. However, it was Dr Steven Levine – the plastic surgeon behind Jenner’s viral new facelift – who captured the internet’s attention. Levine was seen on Jenner’s Instagram mingling with the Kardashian-Jenner clan at the James Bond-themed 70th birthday party, hosted at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s Beverly Hills... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3332467/meet-dr-steven-levine-surgeon-behind-kris-jenners-facelift-broke-internet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3332467/meet-dr-steven-levine-surgeon-behind-kris-jenners-facelift-broke-internet?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:00:13 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa Everyone’s favourite momager, Kris Jenner, rang in her 70th birthday this weekend with a wild James Bond-themed birthday bash at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos’ Beverly Hills mansion on November 8. A-list attendees celebrating the Kardashian matriarch’s milestone included Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Adele, Tyler Perry, Vin Diesel, Mark Zuckerberg and others. Jenner’s daughters and stars of Hulu’s The Kardashians were all in attendance alongside extended... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3332175/kris-jenners-70th-birthday-matriarch-kardashian-jenner-clan-through-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3332175/kris-jenners-70th-birthday-matriarch-kardashian-jenner-clan-through-years?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Nov 2025 07:50:31 +0000 Josiah Ng Josiah Ng As Hong Kong gets ready to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, we look back at a September rife with horological activity. Geneva Watch Days kicked off the month as brands released killer timepiece after killer timepiece. Rihanna and Mark Zuckerberg celebrated a new baby and new AI glasses, respectively, while sporting gorgeous watches, while IWC Schaffhausen preserved heritage by launching “IWC. Curated.” We also look ahead to Watches and Wonders 2026 as brands like Audemars Piguet, Credor and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/watches/article/3327652/septembers-biggest-timepiece-moments-geneva-watch-days-rihannas-audemars-piguet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/watches/article/3327652/septembers-biggest-timepiece-moments-geneva-watch-days-rihannas-audemars-piguet?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Oct 2025 10:00:16 +0000 Reuters Reuters Meta Platforms on Wednesday launched its first consumer-ready smart glasses with a built-in display, seeking to extend the momentum of its Ray-Ban line, one of the early consumer hits of the artificial intelligence era. CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off what he called the Meta Ray-Ban Display, although some demos of the new technology did not go as planned, with a call to the glasses failing to go through, for instance. “I don’t know what to tell you guys,” Zuckerberg said. “I keep on messing this... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3325936/meta-launches-smart-glasses-built-display-reaching-superintelligence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3325936/meta-launches-smart-glasses-built-display-reaching-superintelligence?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Sep 2025 02:33:55 +0000 Callum Jones,Kurt Sengul Callum Jones,Kurt Sengul Late last month, rallies were staged across various Australian cities under the branding “March for Australia”. The rallies, which were attended by avowed neo-Nazis and elected politicians alike, called for an end to mass migration. These protests are not unique to Australia. Recently, the United Kingdom has seen its own wave of anti-migrant demonstrations in cities such as London, Bristol and Birmingham. Despite claims by some that the Australian rallies were “hijacked” by the neo-Nazi National... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3324549/online-radicalisation-australia-here-and-elon-musk-part-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3324549/online-radicalisation-australia-here-and-elon-musk-part-it?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Sep 2025 02:00:15 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Tech world executives showered Donald Trump with praise on Thursday during a rare dinner that saw the US president host some of the most important players in AI at the White House. “This is quite a group to get together,” said Meta chief and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who was seated at Trump’s right side. At the table were heads of major tech companies including Google-parent Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft and artificial intelligence star OpenAI. Some of those at the dinner had attended Trump’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324421/tech-titans-praise-trump-white-house-dinner-musk-notable-no-show?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324421/tech-titans-praise-trump-white-house-dinner-musk-notable-no-show?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Sep 2025 03:10:08 +0000 dpa dpa “Skibidi”, “tradwife”, “delulu” and other slang terms popularised by social media are among thousands of new words to be added to the Cambridge Dictionary this year. Continued remote working has introduced terms such as “mouse jiggler” and concerns over climate change see the phrase “forever chemical” added, alongside more than 6,000 others words. Slang term “skibidi”, a gibberish word, joined the world’s largest online dictionary in the past 12 months. Defined in the dictionary as “a word that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3322162/cambridge-dictionary-adds-online-terms-skibidi-tradwife-and-delulu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3322162/cambridge-dictionary-adds-online-terms-skibidi-tradwife-and-delulu?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Aug 2025 23:50:18 +0000 Reuters Reuters Jonathan Kim, a would-be US software engineer, began his job search over 50 weeks ago, tracking his efforts on a spreadsheet. He applied for more than 600 software engineering jobs. Six companies replied. Two gave him a technical screening. None have made him an offer. That was not the plan when Kim paid nearly US$20,000 in 2023 for an intensive part-time coding boot camp he thought would equip him to land a software engineering job. “They sold a fake dream of a great job market,” said Kim, 29,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3321404/ai-eliminates-entry-level-software-engineering-roles-coding-boot-camps-are-decline?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3321404/ai-eliminates-entry-level-software-engineering-roles-coding-boot-camps-are-decline?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Aug 2025 03:45:08 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang Facebook parent Meta Platforms, a major proponent of open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models with its Llama family, has indicated it would be more “careful” going down the open-source road, a move that contrasts with China’s embrace of open-source. In fact, China has probably found the path to “surpass the US in AI” thanks to the momentum in the country’s vibrant open-source AI ecosystem, according to Andrew Ng, a renowned computer scientist known for his work in AI and the field of deep... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3320523/meta-changes-course-open-source-ai-china-pushes-ahead-advanced-models?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3320523/meta-changes-course-open-source-ai-china-pushes-ahead-advanced-models?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Aug 2025 23:00:08 +0000 Jeffrey Wu Jeffrey Wu Windsurf was a rising artificial intelligence (AI) start-up – until it wasn’t. Days after OpenAI’s US$3 billion acquisition deal collapsed, Windsurf’s founders and top researchers joined Google DeepMind under a non-exclusive licensing agreement. What remained was sold to another company. Windsurf, as an independent innovator, ceased to exist. This is how many AI start-ups today end. Not through product failure but talent extraction. Big Tech no longer needs to buy companies to consolidate power... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3319195/where-us-jealously-guards-tech-china-offers-collaborative-ecosystem?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3319195/where-us-jealously-guards-tech-china-offers-collaborative-ecosystem?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:30:08 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg and other company board members settled a shareholder lawsuit on Thursday concerning decisions made in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. A trial over the long-running case had just begun on Wednesday, with defendants accused of overpaying the US government in 2019 when they engineered a US$5 billion settlement for alleged privacy violations in the scandal. Sources familiar with the matter confirmed the settlement to Agence France-Presse, without... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318646/metas-zuckerberg-settles-facebook-lawsuit-over-cambridge-analytica-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318646/metas-zuckerberg-settles-facebook-lawsuit-over-cambridge-analytica-scandal?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:18:51 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang Facebook parent Meta Platforms is adding another Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) expert to its newly established research facility, underscoring how researchers from China are increasingly sought after in the competitive global race for top tech talent. The social media giant has recruited Pang Ruoming, who held the title of distinguished software engineer at Apple and was leading its foundation models team, according to a Bloomberg News report on Tuesday that was confirmed by Meta. Neither... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3317370/metas-ai-lab-scoops-more-chinese-experts-apple-openai-aggressive-talent-grab?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3317370/metas-ai-lab-scoops-more-chinese-experts-apple-openai-aggressive-talent-grab?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Jul 2025 10:30:07 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen Meta Platforms’ announcement that several prominent Chinese names working in artificial intelligence (AI) would be joining the company has triggered an outpouring of admiration back home, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg races to fill his new Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL) with top industry talent. Zuckerberg announced the formation of MSL in a memo on Monday, tasking it with developing Meta’s next-generation models, and emphasised the company’s vision of delivering “personal superintelligence”... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3316858/metas-ai-lab-stacked-chinese-talent-drawing-attention-back-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3316858/metas-ai-lab-stacked-chinese-talent-drawing-attention-back-home?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Jul 2025 23:00:08 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo It was Jean-Jacques Rousseau who wrote, “The extreme inequality of our ways of life, the excess of idleness among some and the excess of toil among others, the ease of stimulating and gratifying our appetites and our senses, the over-elaborate foods of the rich … These are the fatal proofs that most of our ills are of our own making.” If you were a Martian who landed in Venice last week, you might think Rousseau was a contemporary writer complaining about a city overrun by rich tourists. The... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3316670/rich-guys-ostentatious-weddings-are-reflection-human-condition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3316670/rich-guys-ostentatious-weddings-are-reflection-human-condition?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:00:18 +0000 Sam Phillips Sam Phillips The expertise of Chinese researchers in artificial intelligence (AI) is in the spotlight, as US tech giant Meta Platforms has recruited four leading scientists from OpenAI to enhance its competitive edge in the global AI race. Meta’s hiring of Zhao Shengjia, Ren Hongyu, Yu Jiahui and Bi Shuchao, reported by US tech news outlet The Information, was partially confirmed by Alexandr Wang, head of Meta’s AI unit and former CEO of Scale AI, in a social media post over the weekend. Wang expressed... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3316350/top-openai-talent-china-joins-meta-zuckerberg-bolsters-ai-team-tech-battle?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3316350/top-openai-talent-china-joins-meta-zuckerberg-bolsters-ai-team-tech-battle?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:00:15 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa After nearly seven years together and a two-year engagement, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez are tying the knot this week in the grandest wedding money can buy. Dubbed the “wedding of the century”, the multi-day event, beginning today, is reportedly setting the Amazon founder back more than US$10 million, per The Hollywood Reporter. The couple have rented out the entire island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Italy, with the wedding itself set to take place on Bezos’ US$500 million megayacht,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3315595/meet-planners-behind-jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchezs-venice-wedding-london-based-lanza-baucinas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3315595/meet-planners-behind-jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchezs-venice-wedding-london-based-lanza-baucinas?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Jun 2025 05:00:00 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Meta Platforms is in talks to make a multibillion-dollar investment into artificial intelligence start-up Scale AI, according to people familiar with the matter. The financing could exceed US$10 billion in value, some of the people said, making it one of the largest private company funding events of all time. The terms of the deal are not finalised and could still change, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private information. Representatives for Scale and Meta... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3313589/meta-talks-scale-ai-investment-could-top-us10-billion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3313589/meta-talks-scale-ai-investment-could-top-us10-billion?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Jun 2025 02:41:31 +0000 Chandran Nair Chandran Nair In early May, as Roman Catholic cardinals convened for their conclave, US President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as the pope. Shortly afterwards, he declared that he would like to become a pontiff. Reactions from around the globe were swift, though not everyone was shocked. After all, this was American crassness at its finest – a spectacle the world has grown accustomed to. Trump is neither the first nor the only US figure to inure the world to such behaviour; there is a... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3312520/why-us-exceptionalism-and-export-crassness-finally-losing-its-shallow-appeal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3312520/why-us-exceptionalism-and-export-crassness-finally-losing-its-shallow-appeal?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 May 2025 04:00:16 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Meta Platforms is partnering with defence contractor Anduril Industries to develop new products for the US military, including an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered helmet with virtual and augmented reality features. Anduril is working with Meta “to design, build, and field a range of integrated [extended-reality (XR)] products that provide warfighters with enhanced perception and enable intuitive control of autonomous platforms on the battlefield,” according to a company blog post published... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3312398/meta-partners-us-military-contractor-anduril-develop-ai-powered-vr-combat-helmets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3312398/meta-partners-us-military-contractor-anduril-develop-ai-powered-vr-combat-helmets?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 May 2025 04:45:11 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Meta Platforms chief executive Mark Zuckerberg touted the tech company’s generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) assistant on Wednesday, telling shareholders it was used by a billion people each month across its platforms. Zuckerberg noted the milestone anew at Meta’s annual gathering of shareholders and as the social media behemoth vies with Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and others to be a leader in GenAI. It was not clear how much Meta AI use involved people seeking out the chatbot versus... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3312235/meta-ai-bot-used-billion-times-monthly-mark-zuckerberg?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3312235/meta-ai-bot-used-billion-times-monthly-mark-zuckerberg?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 May 2025 05:15:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The internet would not be the same without the “like” button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip. Like it or not, the button has served as a creative catalyst, a dopamine delivery system and an emotional battering ram. It also became an international tourist attraction after Facebook plastered the symbol on a giant sign that stood outside its Silicon Valley headquarters until the company rebranded itself as Meta Platforms in 2021. A new book,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/gadgets/article/3310893/history-internets-button-and-why-facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-opposed-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/gadgets/article/3310893/history-internets-button-and-why-facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-opposed-it?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 May 2025 20:15:08 +0000