Meta is rolling out new AI software in addition to its Quest 3 virtual reality headset and smart glasses as it tries to move the world to the metaverse.
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Amazon hires former Microsoft product chief to oversee devices unit
Panay is joining Amazon at a precarious moment for its devices and services unit, which was hit with layoffs as part of the largest job cuts in company history.
Flexport fires CFO, HR chief departs weeks after sudden ouster of Dave Clark as CEO
After firing CEO Dave Clark earlier this month, Flexport has removed its finance chief, and its head of human resources has resigned
Barry Diller rips WGA deal with studios, says fair use needs to be redefined to address AI
Copyright law and fair use must be redefined to exclude AI and protect publishers from their content being “sucked up,” Barry Diller said Tuesday on Squawk Box.
Apple’s Eddy Cue defends default search contract with Google as best option for consumers
Apple’s head of services testified in federal court Tuesday about the company’s agreement to make Google the default search engine on iPhones in the U.S.
FTC and 17 states sue Amazon on antitrust charges
The lawsuit is a major milestone for FTC Chair Lina Khan, who rose to prominence for her 2017 Yale Law Journal note, “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox.”
Vitalik Buterin, the man behind ethereum, talks crypto and the U.S. crackdown
The Russia-born coder, who built ethereum in his late teens, doesn’t stay long in one place anymore. Meanwhile, the list of places he won’t go keeps growing.
Scooter company Bird delisted from NYSE after stock collapse, will trade over the counter
Once valued at $2.5 billion by private investors, scooter company Bird is moving its stock off the New York Stock Exchange after the shares collapsed
New York is a tech startup hotbed after almost a decade-long run of IPOs
New York’s successful tech entrepreneurs are helping the next generation raise capital for emerging startups
States announce major push to get to 20 million installed heat pumps, a cleaner alternative to gas furnaces that also provide AC
Heat pumps are energy efficient replacements for fossil fuel powered furnaces and air conditioners. They use electricity to transfer rather than generate heat.