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Well, there goes the metaverse!
Meta’s enormous bet on virtual reality ended last week, with the company reportedly laying off roughly 1,500 employees…
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Threads edges out X in daily mobile users, new data shows
A report from market intelligence firm Similarweb suggests that Meta’s Threads is now seeing more daily usage than…
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US senators demand answers from X, Meta, Alphabet, and others on sexualized deepfakes
The tech world’s nonconsensual, sexualized deepfake problem is now bigger than just X. In a letter to the…
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After Italy, WhatsApp excludes Brazil from rival chatbot ban
WhatsApp is allowing AI providers to continue offering their chatbots to users with Brazilian phone numbers, days after…
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Meta to reportedly lay off 10% of Reality Labs staff
Meta is laying off 10% of staff in its Reality Labs division, which is core to developing the…
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Microsoft announces glut of new data centers but says it won’t let your electricity bill go up
Although public backlash against data centers has been intense over the past twelve months, all of the tech…
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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is launching its own AI infrastructure initiative
When Meta announced capital expenditure projections last year, the company made it known that it planned to spend…
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Meta hires former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chair
Meta announced on Monday that it has appointed former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice…
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Instagram says there’s been ‘no breach’ despite password reset requests
Instagram says that although some users received suspicious-looking password reset requests, it has not been breached. That seemingly…
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Meta signs deals with three nuclear companies for 6-plus GW of power
Meta today announced three deals to provide its data centers with nuclear power: one from a startup, one…