Few corporate retreats in history have been as expensive or as public as Meta's withdrawal from the metaverse. Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed that Horizon Worlds will exit VR platforms entirely by June 15, with its removal from the Quest store beginning at the end of March. What remains will be a pared-down mobile app, a faint echo of the boundless digital world Zuckerberg once...
Instagram is making a change in May 2026 that every user of the platform's messaging feature should be aware of. Meta has confirmed that end-to-end encryption for direct messages will be removed on May 8, 2026. The company disclosed the change quietly, but the implications are anything but quiet.
The feature was introduced in 2023 following Mark Zuckerberg's 2019 commitment to encrypted messaging across Meta's...
An AI-powered feature on Google Search that surfaced amateur health advice from internet forums has been shut down, with minimal public communication from the...
Microsoft has filed an urgent amicus brief in a San Francisco federal court in support of Anthropic's legal battle against the Pentagon, arguing that...
Mississippi officials have granted a permit to Elon Musk’s xAI to operate 41 methane gas turbines at its Southaven datacenter. The permit allows the...
There are quieter ways to signal confidence in a company than a $30 billion investment. Nvidia, apparently, is not interested in being quiet. Despite...
The controversy over Elon Musk's Grok chatbot generating sexualised imagery of children could have remained a social media story. Emmanuel Macron made it something...
In a funding round that ranks among the largest private capital raises in corporate history, Anthropic has secured $30 billion from investors, propelling its...
The popular messaging platform WhatsApp has introduced Strict Account Settings, providing users with powerful protection against elite-level cyber threats. This feature combines multiple security...
TikTok announced Thursday that it has completed a landmark ownership restructuring establishing a majority American-owned entity, successfully avoiding a federal ban that threatened to...
YouTube has introduced a feature designed to bring mindfulness to the typically unconscious activity of scrolling through short-form videos. The platform now offers users...
Nvidia's dominant position in AI technology faces challenges from multiple directions, prompting announcements that showcase both its current capabilities and its strategy for maintaining...
