Meta’s loss is Thinking Machines’ gain

Weiyao Wang spent eight years at Meta — his first job out of college — helping build multimodal perception systems and ...

Ray-Ban Meta’s 2026 Roadmap Reveals Sci-Fi Features You’ll Actually Use

Explore the 2026 Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses roadmap, featuring AI food tracking, iOS neural handwriting, and expanded US ...

Meta introduces Muse Spark with multimodal reasoning; claims it outperforms Gemini, GPT and Grok

Meta unveils Muse Spark, an AI model with multimodal reasoning, improved efficiency, and safety checks, claiming performance gains over Gemini, GPT, and Grok in key benchmarks ...
Road to VR

Meta Shows Confidence in EMG Input for Wearables by Funding Six External Studies

Meta announced it’s tapped six external teams to receive a research grant in order to advance work on its surface electromyography (sEMG) based wristband controller. Meta revealed in a blog post it’s ...
Lifehacker

I'm Learning How to (Virtually) Sail on the Meta Quest 3

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Credit: Virtual Reality Sailing Pty Ltd, Meta We're highlighting the small changes—from useful new gadgets, to fresh productivity techniques, to ...
New Scientist

Single-celled organism with no brain is capable of Pavlovian learning

Much more difficult is learning to connect different types of stimuli or events, and predicting that one is linked to another. Such associative learning was most famously demonstrated when Ivan Pavlov ...
CNBC

Meta's VR layoffs, studio closures underscore Zuckerberg's massive pivot to AI

Just over four years after Facebook changed its name to Meta, the company is scaling back its virtual reality ambitions. Meta is cutting about 10% of staff who focus on metaverse-related VR projects ...
The Verge

Meta is closing down three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts

Developers from Twisted Pixel Games and Sanzaru Games have posted about their studios being closed down. Developers from Twisted Pixel Games and Sanzaru Games have posted about their studios being ...
The Verge

Meta confirms Reality Labs layoffs and shifts to invest more in wearables

At least 1,000 jobs were cut as Meta pivots its attention away from the metaverse. At least 1,000 jobs were cut as Meta pivots its attention away from the metaverse. is a news writer covering all ...
Road to VR

Meta’s Language Learning App for Quest Combines Mixed Reality and AI

Meta released an open source language learning app for Quest 3 that combines mixed reality passthrough and AI-powered object recognition. Called Spatial Lingo: Language Practice, the app not only aims ...
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Meta (META) Stock Pops Following Metaverse Cuts Announcement – Could it Hit $1,000 In 2026?

Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META) is cutting spending on the underperforming Metaverse and redirecting resources toward AI initiatives. The stock popped on the news as Wall Street has grown concerned the ...