The future arrived, looked around at the empty virtual rooms, and left. Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds on VR — departing the Quest store in March and going fully dark in VR on June 15 — after close to $80 billion in losses. Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse, the project that was supposed to define the next era of human civilization, has become a historical...
From the perspective of law enforcement agencies, Meta's decision to remove end-to-end encryption from Instagram direct messages is long overdue. The change, confirmed for May 8, 2026, comes after years of sustained pressure from police forces and child safety organizations. Meta disclosed the decision through a quiet update to its help documentation.
The FBI, Interpol, the UK's National Crime Agency, and Australia's federal police had...
A $4 billion merger bringing DigitalBridge Group under SoftBank Group's control is strengthening the Japanese conglomerate's artificial intelligence infrastructure network, both companies confirmed. The...
A major change is coming to ChatGPT on Mac computers. The voice conversation feature in the macOS desktop application will be discontinued beginning January...
A groundbreaking announcement Thursday unveiled plans to integrate artificial intelligence throughout El Salvador's public education system at unprecedented scale. The xAI partnership will deploy...
Elon Musk's aerospace venture is orchestrating what could become a transformative public offering. SpaceX has begun engaging with financial institutions about entering stock markets...
ByteDance's Lemon8 app has taken the unusual step of voluntarily implementing age restrictions before being legally required, demonstrating how Australia's regulatory pressure influences platform...
OpenAI has activated its most severe competitive response protocols as the company confronts challenges that could determine its future trajectory. Leadership has declared the...
Individual citizens trying to resist algorithmic polarization face profound disadvantages. Platforms spend billions optimizing engagement through sophisticated systems informed by massive datasets, while users...
Financial markets are resilient until they aren't. After months of ignoring warning signs, the psychological dam has finally broken. The catalyst was a combination...
Anthropic has exposed the dark side of AI, revealing a state-sponsored Chinese group manipulated its Claude Code model to conduct large-scale cyber warfare against...
