The New York Times

Meta’s New Smart Glasses Sounded Cool at First. But I Was Unimpressed.

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Wall Street Journal

Meta Buys AI Startup Manus for More Than $2 Billion

Meta Platforms has agreed to acquire AI startup Manus, a Singapore-based company with Chinese founders that conducts deep research and performs other tasks for paying users. Meta is closing the deal ...
The Verge

Meta pauses third-party Horizon VR headsets program

Instead, the company plans to focus on ‘world-class first-party hardware and software.’ Instead, the company plans to focus on ‘world-class first-party hardware and software.’ is a senior reporter ...
New York Post

Meta’s billionaire AI star Alexandr Wang thinks boss Mark Zuckerberg’s micromanaging is ‘suffocating’: report

Meta paid billions to bring billionaire AI prodigy Alexandr Wang on board — but the tech wunderkind now privately believes CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s micromanagement of the company’s AI push is ...
Observer

Meta Acquires Limitless, an A.I. Pendant Company Backed by Sam Altman

Meta is acquiring Limitless, the maker of a wearable A.I. pendant that records, transcribes and provides feedback on conversations. The deal comes as Meta, which has been spending heavily on A.I. in ...
Reuters

Meta to cut up to 30% of metaverse budget, Bloomberg News reports

Reality Labs division has burned over $60 billion since 2020 The company has committed as much as $72 billion in capital spending this year Meta shares rise 4% Dec 4 (Reuters) - Meta (META.O), opens ...
The New York Times

Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit

Meta plans to direct its investments to focus on wearables like its augmented reality glasses but does not plan to abandon building the metaverse. By Mike Isaac Reporting from San Francisco. Meta is ...
MacRumors

Meta's Creative Studio Led by Former Apple Design Head to 'Treat Intelligence as a New Design Material'

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced plans to launch a creative studio that will be led by former Apple UI designer Alan Dye. As we learned earlier today, Dye is leaving his position as Vice ...
PC Gamer

Rust's 'Pivot or Die' update was meant to shake up the meta, but it's a nightmare for solo survivors that leaves me no choice but to die

Facepunch demanded that Rust players 'Pivot or Die' with its latest update to progression changes this month, and it's not lookin' too hot for solo survivors or small groups trying to pivot. Opting ...
Snopes.com

Will Meta's planned policy update let it read users' DMs starting December 2025?

In November 2025, an Instagram post (archived) with more than 100,000 likes claimed Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, will start reading users' direct messages once it ...
PC Gamer

Rust doubles down on its 'controversial' meta changes by wiping everyone's crafting blueprints to 'bring back that sense of discovery', and it might become a regular thing

Third Person Shooter Do I regret yeeting my blueprints and loot-filled stash into Arc Raiders Expedition? No, it actually made the game fun again Third Person Shooter Arc Raiders has a cheater problem ...