Meta's $25B Privacy Bill, Plus a $1.45B Robot Hand | Tech Arcade Podcast

A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over the Cambridge Analytica case, and we explain how counting the audience turned old privacy statements into nearly 44 million violations. Then: Eka, the startup whose touch-sensing robot gripper just landed a reported $1.45 billion valuation, and the catch behind its demo numbers.

Full story: https://www.techarcade.io/a-judge-just-ordered-meta-to-pay-new-mexico-25-billion-over-cambridge-analytica/

Full story: https://www.techarcade.io/a-robot-hand-that-picks-1-500-objects-an-hour-just-landed-a-1-45-billion-valuation/

Sources

https://nmdoj.gov/press-release/the-new-mexico-department-of-justice-secures-another-landmark-victory-against-big-tech-with-historic-25-billion-penalty-against-facebook/

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/hi/hawaii/business/2026/10/21/meta-ordered-to-pay-new-mexico--25-billion-facebook-privacy

https://abc11.com/story/judge-orders-meta-pay-25-billion-violating-new-mexico-law-cambridge-analytica-data-breach/19965355/

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/meta-ordered-to-pay-25-billion-to-new-mexico-after-jury-finds-company-misled-consumers-about-data-privacy-4963776

https://sourcenm.com/2026/10/21/new-mexico-judge-orders-meta-to-pay-state-25b/

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/20/eka-is-worth-1-45-billion-thanks-to-a-physical-ai-model-that-has-experts-raving/

https://techfundingnews.com/eka-robotics-raises-150m-at-1-45b-valuation-led-by-a16z-and-f-prime-for-dexterous-robots/

https://bgr.com/2184865/eka-robot-could-replace-human-manual-labor/

Where sources differ: AP puts Meta's proposed cap at $3.4 billion and Reuters at $3.45 billion, so we say "a bit under three and a half billion".

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