The Web Tech Culture TikTok's rising popularity in news consumption challenges Facebook's reign Thirty percent of US adults still prefer Facebook for their news By Rob Thubron, November 16, 2023, 10:31 AM
Industry Gaming Meta finds its way back into China after 14 years, thanks to Tencent VR deal Tencent will sell a cheaper Meta VR headset in China next year By Rob Thubron, November 10, 2023, 10:22 AM
Industry Tech Culture Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago "This is a classic David and Goliath battle" By Rob Thubron, October 30, 2023, 10:16 AM
Industry Meta's VR division lost $3.7 billion last quarter, bringing total losses to almost $40 billion since 2020 The metaverse division's quarterly revenue was its lowest on record By Rob Thubron, October 26, 2023, 6:55 AM
Tech Culture The Web Over 40 U.S. states are suing Facebook for harming children's mental health The bipartisan group of attorneys general are seeking substantial civil penalties By Kishalaya Kundu, October 25, 2023, 9:12 AM 19 comments
The Web Meta thinks it can charge up to $17 per month to eliminate ads on Facebook and Instagram The move could appease European regulators concerned with data collection practices By Shawn Knight, October 3, 2023, 3:13 PM 33 comments
The Web AI Meta trained its AI assistant using your public Facebook and Instagram posts Private posts and conversations were excluded By Rob Thubron, October 3, 2023, 5:18 AM
The Web AI Watch Mark Zuckerberg awkwardly attempt to hype a Snoop Dogg chatbot Dogg as "The Dungeon Master" is not cool, it's cringe By Cal Jeffrey, September 28, 2023, 4:26 PM 13 comments
Hardware Wearable Tech Meta Quest 3 launches with 'Passthrough' mode and high-res displays, starting at $499.99 It's a significant upgrade over the Quest 2 By Kishalaya Kundu, September 28, 2023, 7:40 AM
Tech Culture Industry Meta pays $181 million to exit a lease on an office it never used Hybrid work schemes have left many offices empty By Rob Thubron, September 27, 2023, 9:33 AM
The Web Industry Meta unveils subtle Facebook logo redesign that you probably didn't notice "Bolder, electric, and everlasting" By Rob Thubron, September 22, 2023, 5:18 AM
The Web Meta might roll out ad-free Instagram and Facebook subscriptions in the EU The social media giant is trying to skirt recent EU privacy regulations by offering an alternative By Cal Jeffrey, September 1, 2023, 3:46 PM
The Web Tech Culture Meta says Chinese law enforcement linked to world's largest covert influence operation Some of the pro-Chinese, anti-US headlines included claims about Covid-19's origins By Rob Thubron, August 29, 2023, 8:59 AM
AI Software Meta AI's new research project is a "universal translator" for 100 different languages Bringing powerful communication tools to a global, interconnected world By Alfonso Maruccia, August 23, 2023, 1:17 PM
AI Software AudioCraft is a new open-source music generation tool from Meta Simple yet powerful tools to create music and audio through textual prompts By Alfonso Maruccia, August 3, 2023, 11:08 AM
The Web AI Meta wants to increase engagement using AI chatbots with personas, including Abraham Lincoln and a surfer Not sure Lincoln would have approved By Rob Thubron, August 1, 2023, 8:38 AM
Tech Culture The Web There's just one month left to claim your share of Meta's $725 million settlement, here's how Cambridge Analytica is still haunting Meta By Rob Thubron, July 30, 2023, 11:13 AM 8 comments
Tech Culture Industry Big Tech coalition challenges Google and Apple's monopoly on maps Overture Maps Foundation's first open map dataset is ready for developers By Alfonso Maruccia, July 27, 2023, 11:43 AM 7 comments
Industry The Web Meta's Reality Labs has now lost $40 billion, yet the company just had its best quarter since 2021 "I do think that this is the direction that the world is going in," said Zuckerberg By Rob Thubron, July 27, 2023, 8:41 AM 8 comments
AI Tech Culture Authors demand credit and compensation from AI companies using their work without permission OpenAI, Alphabet, and Meta have been called out By Rob Thubron, July 19, 2023, 9:04 AM 22 comments
Google The Web Tax prep companies including H&R Block and TaxSlayer found to be tracking users, share sensitive data with Google, Facebook Death, taxes and tracking come for everyone By Alfonso Maruccia, July 14, 2023, 8:10 AM 10 comments
Industry The Web Threads round one: Twitter threatens Meta with lawsuit over "misappropriated" trade secrets Is the warning idle or is Twitter about ready to make things difficult for The Zuck? By Cal Jeffrey, July 6, 2023, 5:46 PM 26 comments
The Web Software Meet Threads: Meta wants to capitalize on Twitter chaos by launching its own competitor Is Elon worried? By Rob Thubron, July 5, 2023, 5:18 AM 11 comments
The Web Tech Culture Canada's "Online News Act" wants social media companies to pay for shared news content The act would require Google and Meta to enter monetary agreements with Canadian publishers By Jimmy Pezzone, June 24, 2023, 1:05 PM 14 comments
Wearable Tech Software Meta Quest 2 update unlocks additional CPU and GPU performance A big performance boost By Shawn Knight, June 22, 2023, 10:53 AM 10 comments