LoginMeta reportedly plans to slash Metaverse budget by up to 30%
The proposal reflects the overall lack of interest in products like Meta's social virtual reality platform, Horizon Worlds.
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Meta poaches Apple design exec Alan Dye to lead new creative studio in Reality Labs
Dye led Apple's user interface team for the last decade.
Could MrBeast IPO? His CEO wants fans to have βa chance to be owners of the companyβ
Three years ago, the idea of a YouTuber with a $1.5 billion valuation left some onlookers incredulous -- but Beast Industries ended up raising at a $5 billion valuation last year. Now we're asking a bigger question: Would you buy stock in a 27-year-old named Jimmy?
Roblox banned in Russia, local media says
Russia's communications agency cited the presence of LGBTQ content on the platform as one of the reasons behind the ban.
The spectacle of Bryan Johnson and his livestreamed shrooms trip
Bryan Johnson livestreamed his shrooms trip -- which included both Grimes and Marc Benioff -- as part of his controversial longevity research.
MKBHDβs wallpaper app Panels is shutting down
From the time Brownlee launched Panels in September 2024, the app struggled to find an audience of its own. "We knew it was niche β¦ and ultimately, we weren't able to turn it into the vision I had," Marques Brownlee said.
OpenAI claims teen circumvented safety features before suicide that ChatGPT helped plan
In August, parents Matthew and Maria Raine sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, over their 16-year-old son Adam's suicide, accusing the company of wrongful death. On Tuesday, OpenAI responded to the lawsuit with a filing of its own, arguing that it shouldn't be held responsible for the teenager's death.
Character AI will offer interactive βStoriesβ to kids instead of open-ended chat
The company announced last month that it would no longer allow minors to use its chat features.
OpenAI and Perplexity are launching AI shopping assistants, but competing startups arenβt sweating it
Startup founders building AI shopping tools think general-purpose models are too broad to deliver truly personalized shopping experiences.
OpenAI learned the hard way that Cameo trademarked the word βcameoβ
OpenAI might have to rename the "cameo" feature in the Sora app.
ChatGPT told them they were special β their families say it led to tragedy
A wave of lawsuits against OpenAI detail how ChatGPT used manipulative language to isolate users from loved ones and make itself into their sole confidant.
Grok says Elon Musk is better than basically everyone, except Shohei Ohtani
According to Grok, Elon Musk can out-slug the MLB's greatest power hitters... except Ohtani.
Amazonβs Prime Video is getting AI-generated Video Recaps for some TV shows
According to Amazon, the feature "utilizes generative AI to create theatrical-quality season recaps with synchronized narration, dialogue, and music."
With upcoming ban, Meta begins to notify Australian teens that their accounts will be shut down
When the ban goes into effect on December 10, Meta will revoke account access for users under the age of 16 in Australia.
Meta wins antitrust trial as judge denies that itβs a monopoly
A federal judge ruled that Meta is not a monopoly in a lawsuit with the FTC.
Cloudflare outage takes down X one month after Musk mocked AWS customers
The infrastructure service Cloudflare faced massive outages on Tuesday morning, cutting off access to ChatGPT, Claude, Spotify, X, and other platforms.
