Sandbar, which is developing the Stream Ring, a $249+ AI-powered wearable that transcribes audio notes, raised a $23M Series A, bringing total funding to $36M
Sandbar, a startup by former Meta employees Mina Fahmi and Kirak Hong, attracted much attention last year when it showed off its note-taking wearable, the Stream ring.
Current and ex-Meta employees submitted documents and affidavits to Congress alleging that Meta suppressed research on child safety risks in its VR platforms
The company's lawyers intervened to shape research that might have shed light on risks in virtual reality, four current and former staffers have told Congress.
OpenAI says ChatGPT Pro users can select old models for now but plans to deprecate them in 60 days; Sam Altman says Plus users will be able to keep using GPT-4o
The “Best Friend” of Many ChatGPT Users Now Comes at a Price Jackson Chen / Engadget : OpenAI brings GPT-4o back online after users melt down over the new model Amanda Caswell / Tom's Guide : ChatGPT-...
Sources, including 30+ current and former Meta employees and 10+ US officials, detail Mark Zuckerberg's embrace of Trump, which has yet to pay major dividends
we don't know what the next costume is going to be, but it will be something different. — “It's whatever gets him closest to power.” — www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... Renee DiResta / @noupside :...
Current and former Meta employees describe GOP lobbyist Joel Kaplan's rise since joining Meta in 2011 to become Mark Zuckerberg's most trusted political fixer
Meta's newly promoted head of global affairs has masterminded social media giant's pivot towards Donald Trump
Leaked all-hands: Mark Zuckerberg said Meta sold more than 1M Ray-Ban smart glasses in 2024, revealing sales figures for the first time
targets 5M this year Hamish Hector / TechRadar : Mark Zuckerberg just teased next-gen Ray-Ban smart glasses - here are 4 things I want to see Threads: Tarun / @noise.in.vacuum : 1 million is a lot of ...
Sources: Instagram and YouTube gear up to welcome TikTok users; two Meta employees say execs discussed resource allocation on January 15 to handle TikTok users
New York Times :
Four current Meta employees, citing internal discussions, say the actual number of full-time staff who will have to relocate from California to Texas is limited
Mark Zuckerberg said content moderation teams in California will relocate to Texas to help reduce bias.
On Joe Rogan's podcast, Mark Zuckerberg said Biden administration officials would “scream” and “curse” at Meta employees to take down vaccine content, and more
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan in a podcast published on Friday that his company was pressured …
Sources: many of Meta's employees are furious about its moderation changes allowing “allegations of mental illness” when based on “gender or sexual orientation”
See Substack as another illustration [embedded post] Olivier Simard-Casanova / @o.simardcasanova.net : While I don't dispute that there's a contingent of fascists in the Silicon Valley, Meta is so big...