Facebook-owner Meta Platforms is bracing for a leaner second half of the year, as it copes with macroeconomic pressures and data privacy hits to its ads business, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Thursday. The company must “prioritize more ruthlessly” and “operate leaner, meaner, better executing teams,” Chief Product Officer Chris Cox …
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June 30 (Reuters) – Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) is bracing for a leaner second half of the year, as it copes with macroeconomic pressures and data privacy hits to its ads business, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Thursday. The company must “prioritize more ruthlessly” and “operate leaner, meaner, better executing …
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Meta VR and the metaverse are two terms that we’ve all heard a lot about over the last year or so. The metaverse is something, but what exactly is VR? Is it really the future? While I don’t have an answer about virtual reality being a daily way of computing in the future, I do …
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The direct-to-consumer brand has long utilized a network of online influencers to promote its products. Now several influencers, who say they were sickened, say the company’s lackluster handling of the crisis is putting new responsibility on the influencer community to warn the public. It’s also exposing the swift fallout that can emerge when you aggrieve …
The company announced on Wednesday during its annual re: MARS conference, which focuses on artificial intelligence innovation, that it’s working on an update to its Alexa system that would allow the technology to mimic any voice, even a deceased family member. In a video shown on stage, Amazon (AMZN) Demonstrated how, instead of Alexa’s signature …
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The landmark union election concluded on Saturday evening with 65 workers voting for unionization and 33 against it, a nearly two-to-one margin in favor of the union, according to a preliminary tally from the National Labor Relations Board. The victory for union organizers at the Apple (AAPL) store in the Towson Town Center, a mall …
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Crypto lender BlockFi is struggling to raise cash despite offering to take a steep discount on its valuation, raising the risk that it could be forced into a financial restructuring. The Jersey City, NJ-based startup, which last fall raised $400 million in a funding round that valued the company at $5 billion, has for at …
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A Southwest commercial aircraft flies past a cell phone tower as it approaches to land at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California US January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) – The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday urged the executive chiefs …
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Are you bored of your average, everyday life? Do you like playing video games a little too much? Do you live in the Triangle area? If you answered yes to these questions, you’re in luck: Meta is coming to the Triangle and will transform what was once a bustling urban landscape into a complete virtual …
According to an eye-opening tale in the Washington Post on Saturday, one Google engineer said that after hundreds of interactions with a cutting edge, an unreleased AI system called LaMDA, he believed the program had achieved a level of consciousness. In interviews and public statements, many in the AI community pushed back at the engineer’s …