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Meta rolls out Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus, and WhatsApp Plus with monthly fees ($3.99 for Facebook/Instagram, $2.99 for WhatsApp), signaling a monetization push to offset AI spending.
Meta launches paid subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp (Plus) worldwide, plus tests of broader 'Meta One' AI/creator/business plans with tiered pricing and phased market rollout.
Self-sovereign PKI is not here yet; Spaces proposes a non-custodial, Bitcoin-backed identity layer with zk-certificates, but key management, adoption, and regulatory dynamics remain unresolved.
TechCrunch covers Google Cloud COO Francis de Souza’s warnings on AI security, stressing a platform-and-data-security duet and a need for multi-cloud governance, while also detailing concrete security infringements and defenses (API billing anomalies, rapid breach timelines, spyware protection features) and adjacent hardware progress (XREAL Aura; Bee/Wearable) with IPO and margin signals.
The collection aggregates high-signal investment data across solar, nuclear, AI hardware, and mobility, including SolarSquare’s near-term Series C and high valuation, Deep Fission’s Nasdaq IPO plans and funding gaps, SpaceX/xAI-related capital flows, plus assorted hardware pricing and security features that hint at broader TAM and regulatory dynamics.
Texas AG sues Meta over WhatsApp encryption claims; critics say the lawsuit lacks factual support.
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