The Reason for Meta’s Massive Layoffs? Ghosts in the Machine
[ad_1] Remember Libra, Meta’s ambitious plan to enter the cryptocurrency market? Or Lasso, Meta’s ambitious attempt to outdo TikTok? Alongside projects like Shops, Meta’s ambitious plan to turn Instagram and…
Inside Meta’s Oversight Board: 2 Years of Pushing Limits
[ad_1] Ultimately, the issue came up in a March 2022 meeting with Clegg, who seemed taken aback by the board members’ frustration. He promised to break the logjam, and a…
Musk’s Twitter Will Not Be the Town Square the World Needs
[ad_1] Consumers have sensed this and are already moving toward a digital social environment of smaller and more governable spaces. You can see this in the rise of Discord, Slack,…
Why Meta Is Tanking—and How Zuckerberg Can Fix It
[ad_1] 2012: Facebook plays catch-up with mobile. Not many people realize that Facebook had an existential scare when the action in computing shifted from the desktop to our pockets. This…
What If the Metaverse Is Better Without Virtual Reality?
[ad_1] Another part of the keynote was a scripted conversation between Meta’s vice president of metaverse, Vishal Shah, and his boss, chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth. After touting the variety…
Meta Is Still Betting on a VR Revolution That May Never Come
[ad_1] Lauren Goode: And I’m sure that Mark Zuckerberg does not like to lose. Steven Levy: Of course not. Lauren Goode: I don’t know him super well, but that is…
The Three-City Problem of Modern Life
[ad_1] But today there is a third city affecting the other two. Silicon Valley, this third city, is not governed primarily by reason (it is practically the mark of a…
A Lawsuit Against Meta Shows the Emptiness of Social Enterprises
[ad_1] Earlier this year, Meta and its largest content moderation partner in Africa, Sama, were accused of union busting, forced labor, and human trafficking. The lawsuit claims that “misleading job…
How China Threatens to Splinter the Metaverse
[ad_1] When Mark Zuckerberg announced in October 2021 that Facebook was changing its name to Meta Platforms, the news made waves well beyond Silicon Valley. Overnight, it became the talk of…