A man attempted to ditch the police during a high-speed chase by jumping from the top of a bridge into the river below. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, it reportedly all started on October 29 when deputies attempted pulling over the Bryan Gray‘s vehicle in Fort Myers, Florida, and the 34-year-old driver “sped […]
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Will Meta’s bet on the metaverse work?
Meta is gambling on the future Mark Zuckerberg envisions for society. But is it the right one? Read More
After tagging people for 10 years, Facebook to stop most uses of facial recognition
Enlarge / With an image of himself on a screen in the background, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill October 23, 2019, in Washington, DC. (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Facebook introduced facial recognition in 2010, allowing users to automatically […]
Facebook wanted to hook 6-year-olds with new apps, documents show
Enlarge / Facebook’s Messenger for Kids app is available to children as young as six. (credit: Hakan Nural / Anadolu Agency) Facebook has a demographic problem. Even before investigations revealed that the company’s products were destroying teens’ mental health, interest in its flagship product was dropping off a cliff . Since 2019, teen usage of […]
69% of full-time remote employees say they also have another job, new survey says. Here’s how they pull it off.
Second jobs are widespread, a survey suggests. Read More
69% of full-time remote employees say they have a second job, new survey shows. It’s another reason for CEOs to be paranoid about WFH.
Second jobs are widespread, a survey suggests. Read More
New data may add to the paranoia of CEOs who wonder what their employees are doing at home
Second jobs are widespread, a survey suggests. Read More
John Carmack sounds a skeptical note over Meta’s metaverse plans
John Carmack, seen here wearing an early prototype Oculus Rift headset. Oculus consulting CTO John Carmack has been bullish on the idea of “the metaverse” for a long time, as he’ll be among the first to point out. But the id Software co-founder spent a good chunk of his wide-ranging Connect keynote Thursday sounding pretty […]
Image in Facebook app may show Meta’s upcoming Apple Watch rival
Enlarge (credit: Meta ) Facebook just won’t stay idle. After announcing on Thursday that Facebook’s parent company will be changing its name to Meta , it seems the tech giant may be planning another big move that it hasn’t even mentioned yet. An image spotted on one of its apps suggests that will the company […]
Meta removing Facebook login requirement for Quest headsets by next year
Enlarge / By next year, you won’t need a Facebook account to log in to your Quest headset. Last year, Facebook started requiring new Oculus Quest users to log in with their personal Facebook accounts rather than a separate Oculus account. Now, in the face of customer backlash and amid Facebook’s metaverse-focused rebranding as Meta, […]