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A year and a half ago Meta made what felt like a big move at the time; the company made the operating system that powers its VR headsets available to other manufacturers. Horizon OS was supposedly going to open the doors for a more robust...
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Have you been on the fence about jumping into VR? Now is a great time to go ahead and make the leap because Amazon is serving up a fantastic deal on Meta's Quest 3 headset, which comes 512GB of built-in storage, controllers, and a couple...
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Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal, two U.S. senators, have asked the FTC and SEC to probe Meta over an estimated $16 billion in scam ad revenue in 2024. A letter from the two to the agencies stated, "The FTC and SEC should immediately...
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Remember when getting into virtual reality was cost prohibitive? Yeah, neither do we at this point. VR has outlasted 'passing fad' status and appears here to stay—even Valve is getting in on the action with its upcoming Steam Frame headset...
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At the annual Meta Connect 2025 event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg pulled back the curtain on a new lineup of smart eyewear and in the process doubled down on the company's aggressive push into the competitive connected glasses market. The...
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The latest word on the street is that Amazon is secretly developing its own line of augmented reality (AR) glasses, with Meta’s market-leading Ray-Ban smart glasses as the main target. The project could move the company past its audio-only...
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A new report has surfaced that claims Meta's internal AI policy documents permit its AI models to have romantic conversations with minors. Surprisingly, Meta has confirmed the document’s legitimacy.
Researchers found that Meta's...
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Ever since Meta found success with the Quest series of standalone VR headsets, the company's Reality Labs Research division—the artists formerly known as Oculus—really haven't produced a device after the fashion of the Rift, the Index, or...
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Meta must be feeling very confident about the security of its WhatsApp messaging application. The company is co-sponsoring this year's Pwn2Own competition (from ZDI, the Zero Day Initiative group) with a cool combined $2 million in prizes. If you're clever enough, you can earn $1 million with...
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Meta is amping up its focus on wearables and has a new vision for its 'Superintelligence' infused AI glasses. To that end, Mark Zuckerberg is betting that you'll want to wear smart glasses in the future. In theory, this has great...
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Published research from Meta's Reality Labs has revealed a unique combination of augmented reality (AR) glasses and a wrist-based control band. This technology, detailed in the Nature publication, allows users to interact with content via...
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Meta has fixed a flaw in its AI that exposed users' personal information. Cybersecurity expert Sandeep Hodkasia discovered this vulnerability on December 26, 2024, and disclosed it to Meta. The company found a fix on January 24, 2025, and...
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Meta Platforms, Inc. will be at the center of a high-stakes legal battle this week, as a shareholder lawsuit proceeds to trial in Delaware, accusing CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other top executives of failing to safeguard user privacy, leading...
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If you're new to the world of virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality headsets, a great place to start is with one of Meta's Quest models. They're some of the most affordable options out there, yet they also deliver a solid all-around VR...
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Most social media apps allow users to message each other directly, but Threads has lacked this feature until now. In a recent blog post, Meta revealed that Threads users can now send and receive direct messages (DMs) within the Threads...
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If you ask Microsoft, the Redmond outfit will tell you that practically everything is an Xbox. Not literally, mind you, but the company's 'This is an Xbox' campaign attempts to hammer home the idea that a wide assortment of hardware can be...
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Apple has some smart glasses coming, after dabbling in the augmented reality space, according to the folks at Bloomberg. The question of how it will fare against Meta and its own Ray-Ban smart glasses will be interesting to witness in this...
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A recent report has revealed that Meta's AI chatbot tool (the same one that once called Zuckerberg creepy) poses danger to children as it's allegedly having sexual conversations with minors.
Meta ranks high among the companies that have...
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TikTok is the envy of every social media company. Its success has led to heavyweights in the space to borrow heavily from TikTok’s design and features in hopes of stealing away users. Meta’s latest attempt is a video editing app aimed at...
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Meta is facing an antitrust lawsuit from the US Federal Trade Commission(FTC) that could force it to sell WhatsApp and Instagram over accusations of monopoly. The case commenced during President Trump's first term in 2020 when antitrust...
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The legal battle between authors and Meta over copyright infringement continues. Following the plaintiffs' (Sarah Silverman, Richard Kadrey, Christopher Golden, et al., ) amended claim last month, Meta filed a reply on Tuesday, denying...
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Well, not your thoughts, probably, but Meta has unveiled a new AI-powered brain scanner that can apparently translate thoughts into text. That's according to the company itself, which posted two research papers and a blog about it. The...
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