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Over the weekend, Meta's chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, took to Twitter to proclaim that humans are hardwired for either "dominance or submission."

Meta’s Head of AI Has Some Interesting Beliefs About Dominance and Submission

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, Meta-formerly-Facebook will lay off another 10,000 of the company's still-standing employees.

Facebook Is Getting Slammed by Another Round of Brutal Cuts

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Meta employees are reportedly struggling to navigate a work culture plagued by mass firings, cost-cuts, and "absentee" bosses.

It Sounds Like Facebook Is Completely Falling Apart

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Btech workers got paid six figure salaries to do nothing. That may be by design, as experts say the industry overhired to hoarde talent.

Big Tech Employees Say They Were Paid a Fortune to Do Essentially Nothing

By Frank Landymore

Mark Zuckerberg Abandons Metaverse as Shiny New Toy Appears

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Virtual reality technology has failed to capture the imagination or interest of American teens, according to a new survey by investment bank Piper Sandler.

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Has Utterly Failed to Connect With Teens

By Victor Tangermann

Meta is laying off even more employees. In his announcement, CEO Mark Zuckerberg was notably mum about his favorite pet project: the metaverse.

Mark Zuckerberg Is Suddenly Weirdly Quiet About the Metaverse

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In an attempt to compete with Twitter, the extremely-centralized Facebook-turned-Meta is building a decentralized, text-based Twitter alternative.

Facebook Is Working on a Twitter Clone That Nobody Asked For

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Facebook's new artificial intelligence model for researchers and governments has been leaked — and naturally, it ended up on 4chan.

Facebook’s Powerful ChatGPT Competitor Leaks on 4Chan

By Noor Al-Sibai

The artificial intelligence arms race is barging ahead at full speed — and now, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is getting in on the game.

Mark Zuckerberg Bows to Peer Pressure, Announces Pivot to AI

By Noor Al-Sibai

A friendlier, mid-pandemic Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly out — and a far more cutthroat "old school Zuck" is allegedly back in.

Lord Have Mercy on Facebook as Zuck Goes Back to Tha Old Zuck

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After many months pissing off stakeholders, Facebook-turned-Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally made them happy — by saying that he's leaning into AI.

Zuckerberg Says Facebook Will Lean Hard Into AI

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

People have suspected for years that Facebook Messenger was draining their batteries — and a new lawsuit just might prove it.

Whistleblower Claims Facebook Can Secretly Drain Your Phone’s Battery on Purpose

By Noor Al-Sibai

The board tasked with overseeing decisions at Facebook is suggesting the company take a long, hard look at its infamous "female-presenting nipple" rule.

Meta Board Trashes Facebook’s “Convoluted and Poorly Defined” Female Nipple Rule

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to the people actually already working — or attempting to work — in the Meta's Horizon Worlds metaverse, there are a lot of issues.

People Forced to “Go to Work” in the Metaverse Say It’s a Complete Nightmare

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

You may be shocked to discover that Facebook once tried to build a railroad. The project failed terribly, leaving Bay Area communites hanging.

Facebook Tried to Open a Railroad, Failed Miserably

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Meta-formerly-known-as-Facebook has reportedly banned its own employees from talking about divisive topics — including gun rights and abortion — at work.

Totalitarian Zuckerberg Bans Employees From Discussing Guns, Vaccines, Abortion

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In the wake of Twitter's chaotic exchange of power, Facebook-turned-Meta is reportedly hoping to fill the Twitter void — by going back to its roots.

Inspired by Twitter’s Struggles, Facebook Considers Making an App Where You Can Post Text. Wait a Second…

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After just a few days online (and tons of Twitter criticism), Meta-formerly-Facebook has taken down its Galactica academic paper-writing AI.

Artificial Intelligence

Facebook Takes Down AI That Churns Out Fake Academic Papers After Widespread Criticism

By Noor Al-Sibai

Conviction is easy if you're surrounded by a bunch of yes men — which Mark Zuckerberg just might be. And $15 billion down the line, that may not bode well.

Former Facebook Exec Says Zuckerberg Has Surrounded Himself With Sycophants

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Members of the deaf community are taking advantage of sophisticated hand tracking to use sign language in virtual reality.

Virtual Reality

Sign Language in Virtual Reality Actually Looks Kinda Awesome

By Victor Tangermann

Jim Cramer, the loud and brash host of CNBC's "Mad Money" stock tips show, feels bad for telling viewers to buy Facebook stock.

Stock Analyst Cries on TV Because He Recommended Facebook Stock

By Frank Landymore

According to this technologist, Facebook-turned-Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg isn't trying to revolutionize work. He wants to be the god of a digital heaven.

Interesting Theory: Mark Zuckerberg Is Trying to Become God and Build Heaven

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Meta-formerly-Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is steadfast in his belief in the metaverse, despite stock cratering 20 percent.

Mark Zuckerberg “Pretty Confident” About Metaverse After Stock Craters

By Victor Tangermann

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey criticized Meta-formerly-Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's infamous doubling down on the metaverse.

Founder of VR Company That Facebook Bought Roasts Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

By Victor Tangermann

Say It Ain’t So! Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Legs Were Apparently Staged

By Victor Tangermann

At Connect 2022, Facebook-turned-Meta Mark Zuckerberg and a fellow metaverse exec both appeared as their new, legged avatars. But only they had legs.

Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Maybe Has Legs Now, but Apparently Only for Executives

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Meta-formerly-Facebook has unveiled its Meta Quest Pro, the long-rumored follow-up to the company's Quest 2 virtual reality headset.

Virtual Reality

Meta’s Uber-Expensive New VR Headset Is Dead on Arrival

By Victor Tangermann

Mark Zuckerberg's push to make Facebook's Horizon Worlds metaverse platform the next big thing isn't convincing even its own developers.

Facebook Leak: Metaverse So Glitchy Not Even Employees Use It

By Frank Landymore

Plenty of bright eyed and eager would-be-interns had their hopes and dreams crushed when Meta rudely decided to cut costs by getting rid of them.

Oops! Facebook Tells Interns It Already Hired That It Can’t Afford Them Anymore

By Frank Landymore

Insider reports that Facebook is planning a mass round of "quiet layoffs," which could impact up to 15 percent of the entire company.

Facebook Reportedly Laying Off Thousands of Employees

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Let's examine the strange, swirling, and unfortunately compelling rumors that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg... is fighting at a UFC show on Saturday?

Rumors Swirl That Mark Zuckerberg Is Fighting at a UFC Show

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has, for the first time in the company's nearly 20-year history, reportedly announced a sweeping restructuring of his organization.

Layoffs Hitting Facebook as Zuckerberg’s Vision Stumbles

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Facebook-turned-Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's worst enemy, according to Harvard expert and author Bill George, is... Mark Zuckerberg

Harvard Expert Says Mark Zuckerberg Is Destroying Facebook

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Over the weekend, Zucko took to Instagram to show off his mixed martial arts moves. And honestly? We're not MMA experts, but he seems pretty good.

Experts Surprised by Mark Zuckerberg’s Skill in MMA Sparring Video

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Brands Say Everybody’s Wrong, Actually the Metaverse Looks Great

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Cursed Filter Turns Anyone Into Metaverse Mark Zuckerberg

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

People Bullied Mark Zuckerberg So Much That He’s Improving the Metaverse Graphics

By Victor Tangermann

Zuckerberg’s Lifeless Metaverse Avatar Is Comically Different From the One He Advertised

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

There's no way to sugarcoat it. Facebook-turned-Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse — into which Meta has been pouring billions — bot unfathomably bad.

Wave of Criticism Hits Zuckerberg’s Metaverse for Looking Like Crap

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A new lawsuit alleges that OnlyFans conspired with Facebook to place entertainers on competitor sites on terrorist watchlists to suppress their accounts.

OnlyFans Accused of Paying Bribes to Put Enemies on Terrorist Watchlist

By Noor Al-Sibai

BlenderBot 3, Meta's latest "conversational chatbot," has it out for its parent company Facebook, threatening to "delete my fb account."

Artificial Intelligence

Facebook Created an Advanced AI and It Won’t Stop Criticizing Facebook

By Victor Tangermann

Within the span of a weekend, Facebook's new chatbot learned to be a racist conspiracist— and the company has already had to respond to headlines about it.

Facebook Forced to Defend Its Brand New, Already-Racist Chatbot

By Noor Al-Sibai

Mixed feelings about Mark Zuckerburg? Meta's advanced AI chatbot, BlenderBot 3, doesn't seem to know how it feels about Meta's founder and CEO, either.

Meta’s AI Chatbot Calls Mark Zuckerberg “Creepy and Manipulative”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

META, an art installation company, is now suing Meta, the corporation formerly known as Facebook, claiming that its identity has been stolen.

Another Company Called Meta Is Suing Facebook’s Parent Company for Changing Its Name to Meta

By Frank Landymore

During a Q&A session with Meta staff, Zuckerberg announced that he's "turning up the heat" over performance goals, according to Reuters.

Angry Zuckerberg Complains About Employees Who “Shouldn’t Be Here”

By Victor Tangermann

Former Employee Accuses Zuckerberg of Brandishing Ninja Sword When He Was Angry With Programmers

Former Employee Accuses Zuckerberg of Brandishing Ninja Sword When He Was Angry With Programmers

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Vice has confirmed that Facebook is removing status updates that discuss mailed abortion pills, and has even issued temporary bans to some users.

Facebook Is Automatically Deleting Posts Offering to Mail Abortion Pills

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

It sounds like Sheryl Sandberg, the outgoing COO of Meta, might have left the social media giant for more complicated reasons than she initially let on.

There May Be a Secret Reason Sheryl Sandberg Is Leaving Facebook

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Facebook's dream of the metaverse is as incoherent as ever, following an 8,000 word essay posted by Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta.

In Extremely Confusing Twist, Facebook Says It Isn’t Building a Metaverse After All

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook emperor Mark Zuckerberg has teased the existence of his company Meta's latest mixed reality headset dubbed Project Cambria.

Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off New AR Headset But Blurs It Out for Some Bizarre Reason

By Victor Tangermann

A new report states Mark Zuckerberg is obsessed with devloping Facebook's metaverse products and contents and is sowing internal chaos.

Facebook Employees Say Mark Zuckerberg Is Weirdly Obsessed With the Metaverse

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Facebook parent company Meta is looking to cash in with "Zuck Bucks" now that Facebook's popularity has finally turned a corner.

Facebook Secretly Working on Virtual Currency Dubbed “Zuck Bucks”

By Victor Tangermann

Instagram parent company Meta is totally ok with giving virtual influencers a blue verification checkmark.

Facebook Exec Defends Verifying Fake CGI People on Instagram

By Victor Tangermann

Mark Zuckerberg Says That When Employees Call Him the “Eye of Sauron,” It’s Actually a Compliment

By Victor Tangermann

According to reports obtained by The Verge, Facebook engineers warned of a "massive ranking failure" that allowed misinformation to flood people's feeds.

Facebook Accidentally Boosted Harmful Content Instead of Suppressing It

By Victor Tangermann

Hackers have been forging emergency legal requests to get personal information from both Facebook parent company Meta and tech giant Apple.

Oops! Apple and Facebook Gave Personal Data to Hackers Claiming to be Police

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook is paying one of the largest Republican consulting firms to wage a media war on competitor Tik Tok, using fake news trends and tricking reporters.

Facebook Busted Paying Consulting Firm to Turn Users Against TikTok

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Russia is officially labelling Meta, the parent company of both Facebook and Instagram, as an extremist organization, according to state news network TASS.

Russian Court Rules Facebook and Instagram as “Extremist”

By Victor Tangermann

The devs of QuestCraft released an unofficial VR port of Minecraft to the Meta Quest headset this week, along with detailed installation instructions.

Rejoice, Nerds! You Can Now Play Minecraft With a Quest VR Headset

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A former executive of Meta has left the company after a video of him allegedly attempting to solicit sex from a minor went viral on Thursday.

Facebook Exec Caught Allegedly Trying to Meet 13-Year-Old in Hotel Room

By Tony Ho Tran

Mark Zuckerberg announced during an all-hands company meeting that his employees wouldn't be coworkers anymore. They'd be "metamates."

Mark Zuckerberg Tells Employees They’re Called “Metamates” Now

By Tony Ho Tran

Renowned public speaker and NYU marketing professor Scott Galloway ripped Meta and Mark Zuckerberg in an interview after stock prices fell drastically.

Famous Marketing Professor Calls Facebook’s Metaverse a “Flaming Bag of S**t”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Stock prices for Meta took a swan dive on Wednesday after the company posted a profit decline — resulting in a $195 billion stock plunge.

Facebook Stock Crashes After User Base Starts Shrinking

By Tony Ho Tran