Of all the gambles Mark Zuckerberg has taken in his career, the metaverse was the grandest — and the one that failed most visibly. Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds on VR, removing it from the Quest store in March and terminating VR access on June 15. After close to $80 billion in losses, the gamble has come up empty, and Zuckerberg is quietly...
One of Instagram's most significant privacy features is being quietly retired. Meta has announced that end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages will be discontinued from May 8, 2026. Users who want encrypted messaging will need to switch to WhatsApp, Meta's other platform.
The feature had a complicated history on Instagram. Mark Zuckerberg first promised end-to-end encryption across Meta platforms back in 2019, but it took...
Google has taken offline a search feature that used artificial intelligence to present community health perspectives from anonymous internet users. "What People Suggest" was...
In a strategically significant legal move, Microsoft has filed a court brief supporting Anthropic in its challenge to the Pentagon's supply-chain risk designation, directly...
Mississippi regulators have granted a permanent air permit to Elon Musk’s xAI for its 41-turbine methane power plant in Southaven. The decision by the...
The rhetoric surrounding artificial intelligence has taken a sharp political turn as OpenAI moves to replace Anthropic in the federal government’s tech stack. After...
In an industry full of massive announcements, Nvidia's reported $30 billion equity investment in OpenAI stands out as perhaps the most closely watched deal...
Anthropic has raised $30 billion in fresh capital, driving its valuation to $380 billion and more than doubling the $183 billion figure from September....
WhatsApp has unveiled a groundbreaking security feature providing comprehensive protection against advanced cyber threats. Strict Account Settings offers multiple layers of defense through a...
Artificial intelligence's impact on healthcare varies dramatically across specialties and roles. Diagnostic AI may assist radiologists while potentially displacing some functions; robotic surgery augments...
The widely popular video-sharing platform TikTok has successfully finalized an ownership restructuring that establishes a majority American-owned entity, ending years of regulatory uncertainty for...
Highlighting a critical manufacturing deficit, Donald Trump imposes a 25% tariff on Nvidia AI chips to address what officials call "the 10% problem." The...
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has reached a $4 trillion valuation, overtaking Apple to become the second-most valuable company in the world. This...
