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Claire Yubin Oh7/31/25

Somehow, Meta just keeps growing — the company’s added an extra 1.38 billion daily active users since 2019

With Meta’s blockbuster earnings out on Wednesday, many investor eyes were fixated on its AI progress and capex spending — especially after the tech behemoth went on a big shopping spree to establish a “superintelligence team” of AI experts.

But the bread and butter of Meta’s business, its Family of Apps (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger) was still the (un)sung hero of the day, raking in $46.6 billion last quarter and up 21% year on year. That smashed analyst expectations and ended up contributing to some 98% of the tech giant’s revenue.

The ability to sell more expensive ads (average ad pricing was up 9% year on year), certainly helped — but the company is also finding more people to show those ads to, with Meta reporting 3.48 billion daily active users this quarter across its social media empire.

Meta's family of apps keeps growing — Sherwood News

Meta's family of apps keeps growing — Sherwood News

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Judge blocks Pentagon’s move to blacklist Anthropic

A federal judge in Northern California has granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Pentagon from labeling Anthropic as a national security supply chain risk.

The ruling temporarily prevents the Defense Department from restricting the AI company’s access to federal contracts amid a dispute over its refusal to allow certain military and surveillance uses of its technology. The designation could also have shifted lucrative government work toward competitors, including OpenAI.

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