Tech giants are spending more on AI amid slow returns, and that's spooking investors
Zuckerberg is once again asking investors to be patient
Russia sentences Meta's communications director to six years in prison over "terrorism" charges
Andy Stone will be avoiding Russia for a while
What just happened? Andy Stone, Meta's communications director, has been sentenced in absentia to six years of imprisonment by a Russian court for "publicly defending terrorism." Stone is accused of posting a Twitter/X comment in March 2022, advocating aggressive, hostile, and violent actions against "Russian servicemen participating in the special military operation," which is what Russia calls its invasion of Ukraine.
Zuckerberg opens up Meta Quest operating system to third-parties, Asus and Lenovo headsets planned
Open vs. closed VR ecosystems
Something to look forward to: After spending tens of billions on virtual and augmented reality, Meta aims to position itself as the more accessible alternative to Apple's $3,500 Vision Pro headset and its visionOS. Competing with the Cupertino giant will prove challenging, but opening up the Meta Quest operating system and evolve into an open ecosystem could go a long way toward broadening its appeal.
Meta Quest 2 gets a permanent price drop to just $199
The Meta Quest 2 is a great standalone VR headset with an extensive game and app library. In addition to the Quest headset, its accessories have also received permanent price cuts.
Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from the App Store in China following government order
Telegram and Signal have also been removed due to national security concerns
Meta's Llama 2 LLM is still prone to hallucinations and other severe security vulnerabilities
It failed most tests put to it by researchers
Meta will blur images containing nudity in Instagram messages to under 18s
Over 18s can enable the feature if they want
Mark Zuckerberg meets with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, calls him the "Taylor Swift of Tech"
Zuck also confirmed that Meta is planning to Buy Nvidia's B100 AI accelerators
In a nutshell: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently met up with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and shared a photo of the two of them together. The viral Instagram post, which has already received over 170,000 likes, shows the two billionaires wearing each other's jackets.
WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable with third-party apps using the Signal protocol
The interoperability, however, is only meant for EU residents
Facebook to remove the News tab in US and Australia as company shifts its focus
Meta continues prioritizing user content over news
Threads appears to be winning the Twitter succession war
Daily downloads have doubled or even tripled X's for three months
Meta is seeking chip engineers to develop new AI and ML specialized accelerators
The Facebook parent is struggling to get enough GPUs for its algorithm-crunching jobs
Mark Zuckerberg says the Meta Quest 3 is a "better product" than Apple Vision Pro... period
The Vision Pro costs $3,500, while the Quest 3 starts at $500
Real-time, AI monitoring at work: Major brands are snooping on employee conversations
Be "Aware" of what you post to Teams or Slack
WhatsApp will soon offer third-party chat support to comply with the EU
The feature will also be available on Messenger
Meta will start detecting and labeling AI-generated images from other companies
The feature will arrive on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads in the coming months
Meta's VR/AR division had its best and worst quarter as total losses pass $42 billion
Reality Labs is costing Meta a lot of cash
Meta Quest receives spatial video and gesture support as company hopes the Apple Vision Pro can save mixed reality
Meta to become the Android of mixed reality headsets
Tech layoffs and share prices don't add up: Cutting costs at financial peaks?
Could this be the start of the great AI replacement?
Zuckerberg and Meta set to purchase 350,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs by the end of 2024
The billionaire investment would support Meta's plans to build its new open-source artificial general intelligence
Meta admits using pirated books to train AI, but won't pay for it
The company is preparing a fair use-based defense after using copyrighted material
Meta Quest owners can now play Xbox games on their headsets
Xbox Cloud Gaming gives VR holdouts more of a reason to invest in a VR headset
Meta starts enabling default end-to-end encryption on Facebook and Messenger
Law enforcements have just a few more weeks to keep spying on users' personal comms
Lattice showcases real-world FPGA usage by BMW, Meta and Nvidia
Lattice Semi expands offerings of midrange FPGAs