Meta Avatar Upgrade Could Use an Upgrade
It’s been about 20 years since the life-simulator game, Second Life, came out. Nintendo Miis first emerged on the scene more than a decade and a half ago. We live…
Watch Republicans Grill FBI Over Alleged Domestic Surveillance Abuses
House lawmakers are holding a hearing today that foreshadows months of fierce debate over one of the country’s most controversial warrantless surveillance programs. Rainn Wilson Would Be the Best Dungeon…
Meta to ‘introduce AI agents to billions of people’
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg said that recent advances in artificial technology present an “opportunity to introduce AI agents to billions of people in ways that will be useful and meaningful.”…
Meta Begins to Dig Itself Out of ‘Year of Efficiency’ Hole
Meta has had a lot to prove about its future ambitions. First it was all about the “metaverse,” but now it’s AI. Before, the company could sit back and let…
Not Even Jeopardy Contestants Know What the Metaverse Is
Mark Zuckerberg isn’t the only person who’s lost a lot of money on the metaverse. On Thursday, three additional public figures made the mistake of betting their cash on the…
Proton Expands Its Privacy Ecosystem With a Password Manager
Encrypted email company Proton has announced one of the biggest new additions to its growing suite of privacy-focused apps: Proton Pass, an end-to-end encrypted password manager. TikTok Bans Are Dumb…
Tech CEO Applauds an Employee Selling Off Their Pet Dog to Accommodate Return-to-Office Push
Meet the new hero of hustle culture: James Clarke, CEO of Clearlink, a Utah-based digital marketing company. This champion of capital had his grindset on lock in a video call…
The Utah and Arkansas Social Media Bans Won’t Protect Us
This week, Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders signed into law a bill that requires parents or guardians to grant permission for their child to have a social media account. Last month,…
Meta Layoffs Begin and Even the Game Developers Aren’t Safe
Meta has once again taken up the scythe and struck a wide swathe of staff from its field of developers. The first in what’s expected to be a total of…
Kids on BeReal Are Exposed to Sexual Content More Often Than Other Social Networks, Survey Finds
BeReal, a popular new spontaneous image-sharing app designed to show life, “without filters,” had the highest proportion of child users exposed to sexual content of any major social media app,…