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Meta was granted a patent in 2023 for the idea, outlining how a large language model (LLM) can "simulate" a user's social media activity.

Meta Patented AI That Takes Over Your Account When You Die, Keeps Posting Forever

By Victor Tangermann

The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.

Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg’s Vision Fails

Software engineer and neuroscientist Viktor Tóth's setup allowing rats to play "Doom II" has received a major upgrade.

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Rats Successfully Trained to Shoot Demons in “Doom”

By Victor Tangermann

A holiday yule log app interrupts the cozy ambiance with annoying ads, begging users to subscribe to premium.

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Holiday Yule Log App Constantly Bombards User With Ads for Premium Version

Meta executives are eying gigantic budget cuts for the teams responsible for its Meta Horizon Worlds and Quest VR headset.

Zuckerberg Basically Giving Up on Metaverse After Renaming Entire Company “Meta”

By Victor Tangermann

According to a lawsuit, Mark Zuckerberg allegedly directed his company to prioritize the metaverse over youth safety, among other violations.

Mark Zuckerberg Allegedly Said Child Safety Was Less Important Than “Building the Metaverse”

The guy who's spearheading Meta's AI-powered smart glasses is named Rocco Basilico — which matches a internet theory called Roko's basilisk.

Zuckerberg’s AI Glasses Guy Is Named Rocco Basilico

By Sharon Adarlo

An engineer made an application for smart glasses that can block billboards and other advertisements in real life.

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New Smart Glasses Block Out All Real-Life Advertising

By Sharon Adarlo

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's dream of creating virtual worlds continues to be a disaster. Over 100 workers were fired from its Reality Labs.

Remember Zuckerberg’s Cherished Metaverse? Now He’s Firing the People He Hired to Build It

By Victor Tangermann

Ingenious researchers have developed a virtual reality program that puts domestic abusers in the position of their victims.

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New VR Program Gives Domestic Abusers a Taste of Their Own Medicine

By Noor Al-Sibai

Meta has released a new "ad" for its Horizon Worlds virtual reality app — and it's so much worse than we expected.

Zuckerberg’s New Metaverse Ad Is So Bad That the People Who Created It Must Be Secretly Trying to Humiliate Him

By Victor Tangermann

As Yahoo Finance reports, Meta's Reality Labs has spent almost $50 billion in just over four years, a staggering amount.

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Facebook’s VR Department Is Apparently a Complete Catastrophe

By Victor Tangermann

Rapper Lupe Fiasco has revealed that he is, apparently, really into using his VR goggles to watch adult content.

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Lupe Fiasco Reveals Strategy for Cranking the Hog With VR Headset

By Noor Al-Sibai

Venture capitalist Matthew Ball retitled his 2022 book on the metaverse after the concept fizzled in the tech world.

The Author of “The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything” Is Changing the Title After It Was Published

By Sharon Adarlo

According to The Information, Apple has suspended work on the next Vision Pro and is looking for ways to cut costs for a cheaper model.

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Apple Reportedly Gives Up on Next-Gen Apple Vision Pro Headset

By Victor Tangermann

Tech company Sightful has fully doubled down on augmented reality glasses by releasing an unusual laptop that doesn't have a screen.

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New Laptop Has No Screen, Just Augmented Reality Glasses

By Victor Tangermann