Great news for monopolists: If you successfully swat away regulators for long enough, a new approach might come along and disrupt your monopoly status after nearly a decade of unfettered domination of your domain, thus rendering you not a monopoly despite enjoying all the benefits of one. On Tuesday, Judge James Boasberg ruled that Meta […]
Meta Loses Its Chief Revenue Officer as Zuckerberg Tries to Win the AI Race
Meta, which has been struggling to keep up with its competitors in the AI race and just lost its Chief AI Scientist, is shedding another key official. The company’s chief revenue officer is leaving, apparently for greener pastures. Bloomberg reports that John Hegeman, who has been with the company for over 17 years, will be […]
‘Imagine a Cube Floating in the Air’: The New AI Dream Allegedly Driving Yann LeCun Away from Meta
One of the most important AI scientists in Big Tech wants to scrap the current approach to building human-level AI. What we need, Yann LeCun has indicated, are not large language models, but “world models.” LeCun, chief AI scientist of “fundamental AI research” at Meta, is expected to resign from Meta soon according to multiple […]
As Spyware Companies Get Chummy with White House, Apple and WhatsApp Say They’ll Protect Your Phone
Statements that they’ll help thwart “mercenary spyware” are putting Apple and Meta on the side of platform users with fears about spying tools. The Guardian reports that two spyware firms with ties to Israel are seeking to “make inroads with the Trump administration.” Those companies include the NSO Group—the notorious seller of the powerful Pegasus […]
Meta’s Top AI Scientist Is Reportedly Quitting to Build His Own Startup
Meta’s AI team might have just taken another major hit. The tech giant’s chief artificial intelligence scientist, Yann LeCun, will be leaving Meta in the coming months to launch his own start-up, according to the Financial Times. LeCun is a big deal in AI. As a Turing Award winner, the scientist is considered one of […]
Smart Glasses Are Already Getting Ridiculously Light
Wearing smart glasses takes a toll on your face—on your nose, on your temples, and on your poor screen-addled eyes. Luckily, makers of smart glasses seem to have taken note of that unique bodily onus, and they’re basically racing to make the lightest pair of smart glasses they possibly can. Take this recent pair from […]
A New Pair of Anti-Meta Smart Glasses Are on the Way
If you’re icked out by cameras in smart glasses, you might be in for some good news. Even Realities, which makes the G1 smart glasses, is readying to drop a new pair next week. And if they’re anything like that pair, they’ll be a lot more privacy-friendly than competitors from Meta and elsewhere. Even G2. […]
Meta’s Use of the Term ‘PG-13’ Has Run Afoul of the U.S. Movie-Rating Organization
The MPA would like a word with Meta about its new filters for young users. Source link
Meta’s Ray-Ban Display Have an App Problem
If you’ve used the Meta Ray-Ban Display for any extended period of time, you’ve probably noticed one major omission in the smart glasses’ capabilities: there’s no app store. That means, while you can still do quite a few things in the Meta Ray-Ban Display, like get turn-by-turn directions, message notifications, and video calls, you can’t […]
The Best Gadgets of October 2025
October was full of frights, but at least the tech on offer proved to be an occasional delight. We started off the month with a new slate of handheld gaming PCs from Lenovo and the dual might of Microsoft and Asus. Then, Apple came along and dumped a whole gaggle of gadgets on our doorstep, […]