Meta's decision to deprioritize VR in favor of AI and internet-connected glasses has chilled the VR industry, leading to concerns about its future
Meta's deprioritizing virtual reality in favor of artificial intelligence and Internet-connected smart glasses has chilled the industry, leading to concerns about its future.
Meta's decision to deprioritize VR in favor of AI and internet-connected glasses has chilled the VR industry, leading to concerns about its future
Meta's deprioritizing virtual reality in favor of artificial intelligence and Internet-connected smart glasses has chilled the industry, leading to concerns about its future.
A profile of Josh Woodward, the head of Google Labs who is credited with turning around the Gemini app, growing its MAUs from 350M in March to 650M by October
Josh Woodward may not be a household name in Silicon Valley. But inside Google, everybody knows about him.
A look at AI-powered “nudify” tools, which make it fast and easy to make nonconsensual, deepfake porn, and the limited legal options available to their victims
In June of last year, Jessica Guistolise received a text message that would change her life.
Sources: Meta plans to launch its first glasses with a display and a wristband that lets users control the glasses with hand gestures, at Connect in September
Meta is planning to use its annual Connect conference next month to announce a deeper push into smart glasses …
Sources: Meta and EssilorLuxottica plan to release AI smart glasses aimed at athletes under the Oakley and Prada brands; the Oakley version could cost ~$360
www.cnbc.com/2025/06/17/m... with @jonathanvanian.bsky.social Instagram: Meta : The next evolution is coming on June 20. X: Robert Scoble / @scobleizer : Anyone remember Oakley's ...
OpenAI launches the “Safety evaluations hub”, a webpage showing how its models score on tests for harmful content generation, jailbreaks, and hallucinations
OpenAI is moving to publish the results of its internal AI model safety evaluations more regularly in what the outfit …
OpenAI releases GPT-4.1 in ChatGPT for Plus, Pro, and Team subscribers “by popular request”, and replaces GPT-4o mini with GPT-4.1 mini for all ChatGPT users
OpenAI is releasing its GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini AI models in ChatGPT, the company announced in a post on X Wednesday.
Meta adds a Friends tab on Facebook that will show content just from users' friends, with no recommended posts, as it brings back “OG” Facebook experiences
Here's How to See Posts From Your Friends Instead of Algorithms Jonathan Vanian / CNBC : Meta debuts Friends tab, Mark Zuckerberg pushes ‘throwback to OG Facebook’ Emma Crabtree / ...
A profile of Lisa Su, as AMD vies for a bigger chunk of the AI market; CTO Mark Papermaster says AMD had $5B in AI chip sales in 2024, up from $100M in 2023
When Lisa Su became CEO of Advanced Micro Devices in late 2014, the company was in dire straits and on the brink of potential bankruptcy.
Google and other companies are considering bringing back in-person job interviews, as some startups sell AI tools that let engineers cheat in virtual interviews
After landing internship offers from Amazon, Meta and TikTok, computer science student Chungin “Roy” Lee has decided to move to San Francisco.
Sources: Meta plans to launch a standalone Meta AI app in Q2 and test a paid subscription service for Meta AI, as Zuckerberg tries to make Meta the leader in AI
Meta AI will soon become one of the social media company's standalone apps, joining Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, CNBC has learned.
Memo: Disney plans to stop using Slack in most units by the end of 2024, after a hacking group leaked 1TB+ of its data, including 44M Slack messages, in July
The company said in a memo that most of its businesses would stop using the tool by the end of this year
Meta removed hundreds of Facebook accounts linked to influence campaigns from China, Israel, Iran, and others, some of which used AI to generate disinformation
Aisha Counts / Bloomberg :
Meta reports Q1 revenue up 27% YoY to $36.46B, net income up 117% YoY to $12.37B, and family daily active people up 7% YoY to 3.24B on average for March 2024
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
Meta's stock drops 10%+ on weak Q2 revenue guidance and increasing FY 2024 capital expenditures from $30B-$37B to $35B-$40B due to AI infrastructure investments
should investors consider buying? Kathleen Gallagher / Business Post : Shares in Meta plummet as it forecasts spending spree TJ Denzer / Shacknews : Facebook (META) issues Q2 2024 ...
Sources: US prosecutors in Virginia, with FDA's help, are investigating whether Meta's platforms are facilitating and profiting from the illegal sale of drugs
Federal prosecutors are looking into whether platforms including Facebook facilitate and profit from illicit sale of drugs
Meta plans to start charging a 30% fee for boosting Facebook and Instagram posts on iOS later in February, after Apple extended its 30% cut to boosting in 2022
Emma Roth / The Verge :
Sources: Meta plans to launch Threads in Europe in December, the largest expansion since its July debut, offering a choice of using Threads without a profile
Expansion is expected in December, a signal of company's commitment to microblogging service — Facebook parent Meta Platforms plans …
Meta expands Threads' keyword search feature to all markets where the app is available, with support for “all languages”, after testing in English and Spanish
news, posts, hot takes, etc — on whatever is breaking. … Steven L Herman / @newsguyusa : Good news for those who want to follow news despite the platform's owner ambivalence about ...