Meta Shifts Metaverse Executive to AI Following Job Cuts

Meta Platforms Inc. moved its top metaverse executive to oversee AI products following hundreds of job cuts last week, a sign the company is still working to structure its teams even as it spends ...
Wired

Meta Tells Its Metaverse Workers to Use AI to ‘Go 5X Faster’

Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse chief is urging employees to adopt AI across every workflow as part of a broader shift inside the company. A Meta executive in charge of building the company’s metaverse ...
Reuters

Dutch court orders Meta to change Facebook and Instagram timeline settings

AMSTERDAM, Oct 2 (Reuters) - A Dutch court on Thursday ordered Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab to provide Facebook and Instagram users with simpler options for a timeline that does not rely on ...
Reuters

Meta cuts 11,000 jobs as it sinks more money into the metaverse

(Reuters) - Meta Platforms Inc said on Wednesday it would cut more than 11,000 jobs, or 13% of its workforce, as the Facebook parent doubled down on its risky metaverse bet amid a crumbling ...
Wired

The Dream of the Metaverse Is Dying. Manufacturing Is Keeping It Alive

It used to be that when BMW would refit a factory to build a new car, the only way the automaker could check if the chassis would fit through the production line was to fly a team out and physically ...