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Meta Connect 2025: VR still underwhelms; will smart glasses alternatively thrive?
For at least as long as Meta’s been selling conventional “smart” glasses (with partner EssilorLuxottica, whose eyewear brands include the well-known Oakley and Ray-Ban), rumors suggested that the two companies would sooner or later augment them with lens-integrated displays. The idea wasn’t far-fetched; after all, Google Glass had one (standalone, in this case) way back…
Meta Ray-Ban Display fail wasn’t the worst. These tech demos are more cringe.
You may love Mark Zuckerberg for everything he’s built; you may loathe him with a passion for the same reason. But just for a moment, when the Meta CEO stands on stage in his Meta Ray-Ban Displays and fails repeatedly to do the simplest possible task the AI-loaded glasses were designed to do — pick…
Meta AI Researchers Release MapAnything: An End-to-End Transformer Architecture that Directly Regresses Factored, Metric 3D Scene Geometry
A team of researchers from Meta Reality Labs and Carnegie Mellon University has introduced MapAnything, an end-to-end transformer architecture that directly regresses factored metric 3D scene geometry from images and optional sensor inputs. Released under Apache 2.0 with full training and benchmarking code, MapAnything advances beyond specialist pipelines by supporting over 12 distinct 3D vision…
Texas attorney general accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims | TechCrunch
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for “potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves as mental health tools,” according to a press release issued Monday. “In today’s digital age, we must continue to fight to protect Texas kids from deceptive and exploitative…
Oakley Meta glasses review: A familiar formula with some upgrades
If you’re at all familiar with Meta’s Ray-Ban-branded smart glasses, there won’t be many surprises when it comes to its latest Oakley frames. The Oakley Meta glasses rely heavily on what’s already been a successful playbook for the company: the style of a popular eyewear brand mixed with juuust enough tech to let you keep…
Meta says it’s winning the talent war with OpenAI
During a company-wide all-hands meeting on Thursday, some of Meta’s top executives were asked about the “$100 million signing bonuses” that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed they had been offering to poach his employees. “Sam is just being dishonest here,” Andrew Bosworth, Meta’s CTO, said at the meeting when asked about Altman’s remarks. “He’s suggesting…
Judge in ‘Kadrey v. Meta’ AI copyright case rules for Meta, against authors
Meta just won a major ruling in a landmark case about how copyright law and fair use applies to AI model training, the second such loss for authors this week. Just days ago, Anthropic won a fair use case as well. Late Wednesday afternoon, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California Vince Chhabria…
Seven things we learned from WhatsApp vs. NSO Group spyware lawsuit | TechCrunch
On Tuesday, WhatsApp scored a major victory against NSO Group when a jury ordered the infamous spyware maker to pay more than $167 million in damages to the Meta-owned company. The ruling concluded a legal battle spanning more than five years, which started in October 2019 when WhatsApp accused NSO Group of hacking more than…
The near joy of biking with Ray-Ban Meta glasses | TechCrunch
For years, weekend bike rides have been sacred escapes for me. Every pedal stroke helps melt away the stressors that piled up throughout the week, and I’ve collected a few gadgets that make these rides better. However, I’ve learned the hard way that bringing along too much gear takes away from the ride itself, forcing…
What we’ve learned from the FTC v. Meta antitrust trial
Meta is facing its biggest existential threat in its history. Years after the Federal Trade Commission first sued the social network in an attempt to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, the trial that will shape its future is finally underway. FTC v. Meta began last month when CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand,…
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