In the rapidly evolving landscape of technology, few concepts have captured the collective imagination as powerfully as the metaverse. This virtual universe, an extension of the Web3 framework, is ...

Facebook said it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to work on a new computing platform that promises to connect people virtually but could raise concerns ...

When Facebook changed its name to Meta, the entire tech sector looked towards what seemed to be the future of networks, communication, and commerce... until AI arrived. But the metaverse is still ...

In 2021, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) was so convinced of the potential in the metaverse that it not only invested heavily ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More It’s now two years since Facebook changed its name to Meta, ushering in a ...

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen was “shocked” when she heard the company planned to hire 10,000 engineers in Europe to work on the “metaverse,” a version of the internet based on virtual and ...

In 2021, Mark Zuckerberg recast Facebook as Meta and declared the metaverse—a digital realm where people would work, socialize, and spend much of their lives—the company’s next great frontier. He ...

After changing its name and going all-in on virtual reality, Meta is scaling back its metaverse operations. But that could be ...

Metaverse has undoubtedly been one of the most talked-about concepts of the year. At the start of 2022, the focus was on Facebook’s surprise re-branding of itself to Meta Platforms. Now, as we head ...

Meta’s enormous bet on virtual reality ended last week, with the company reportedly laying off roughly 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs division — about 10% of the unit’s staff — and shutting ...

Now that he’s all but abandoned his capital-M Metaverse, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s pivot to artificial intelligence is in the spotlight — and it’s gonna be hella expensive. In a post on ...