ZDNet

Tutorial: Facebook 2-factor authentication, step-by-step

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Seattle Times

Meta lays off hundreds amid AI spending, fizzled metaverse plans

Meta said its road to the metaverse ran through Seattle. Recent layoffs point to a dead end. Meta laid off hundreds of employees on Wednesday, about two months after a sweeping workforce reduction at ...
Business Insider

You're laughing. The metaverse is dying, and you're laughing.

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Digi Times

Meta's pullback on Metaverse shows the limits of the virtual world bet

Meta Platforms is retreating further from the metaverse, scaling back a once-central pillar of Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's long-term vision in favor of a renewed focus on artificial intelligence ...
Mashable

Meta reverses course, will keep metaverse partially VR after all

Though still refocusing on its mobile app, Meta will now continue to support Horizon Worlds' existing VR games as well. Now it seems as though Meta has partially reversed its decision, with CTO Andrew ...
Gizmodo

Meta After Killing the Metaverse: ‘Just Kidding’

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Reading time 3 minutes ...
Engadget

Meta isn't shutting down its VR metaverse after all

Meta is backtracking on its plans to shut down the VR version of its metaverse. The company now plans to support Horizon Worlds in VR for the "foreseeable future," though users shouldn't expect new ...
The New York Times

The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

Meta announced changes that effectively leave Mr. Zuckerberg’s vision of an immersive digital world based in virtual reality only on life support. Credit...Paul Windle Supported by By Eli Tan and Mike ...
CNBC

Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse

Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds, the company's virtual reality social network, on June 15. The platform, originally designed for Quest VR headsets, will still be available on a mobile app. The ...
Gizmodo

Please Just Let the Metaverse Go

If you’ve been busy dancing on the grave of Meta’s failed metaverse, I’m going to have to ask you to pause for a moment. In fact, you may just want to sit down and rest your non-virtual legs, because ...
The Verge

Epic and Google have signed a special deal for a new class of ‘metaverse’ apps

The two companies have agreed to terms about a new class of apps that they’re calling ‘metaverse browsers.’ The two companies have agreed to terms about a new class of apps that they’re calling ...