Mark Zuckerberg says AI ‘Superintelligence’ vision will help people achieve personal goals but what does that mean?

[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg, the most powerful person in Silicon Valley, doesn’t want to take the path where artificial intelligence automates everything and puts people out of their jobs. Instead, his vision for creating “personal intelligence” is rooted in the idea that people should use AI to achieve their personal goals. “Meta’s vision is to bring […]

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Silicon Valley is ready for a makeover: Why time is running out for iPhone, Google Search and Facebook

[ad_1] If someone asks you about the common thread among the iPhone, Google Search, and Facebook, it’s that all three have changed the tech landscape, and have lasted far longer than the average product. The iPhone debuted in 2007, Google in 1998, and Facebook in 2004. All three tech giants and their core products still […]

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How two queer women created India’s first metaverse platform for LGBTQ+ individuals

[ad_1] For Deepali Lakhanpal and Ayushi Verma, founders of FirstContact, there were several important reasons as queer people to create a safe space to meet others from the community, and hold open discussions about any topic. Started in early 2023 by Lakhanpal and Verma, FirstContact is India’s first metaverse platform where queer people can connect […]

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How two queer women created India’s first metaverse platform for LGBTQ+ individuals

[ad_1] For Deepali Lakhanpal and Ayushi Verma, founders of FirstContact, there were several important reasons as queer people to create a safe space to meet others from the community, and hold open discussions about any topic. Started in early 2023 by Lakhanpal and Verma, FirstContact is India’s first metaverse platform where queer people can connect […]

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Zuckerberg says WhatsApp business chat will drive sales sooner than metaverse

[ad_1] The WhatsApp icon is seen on an iPhone in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Nov. 15, 2018. | Photo Credit: AP Meta Platforms Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday that WhatsApp and Messenger would drive the company’s next wave of sales growth, as he sought to assuage concerns about Meta’s finances after its […]

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Apple’s mixed-reality headset could launch next March for $2000

[ad_1] After spending years developing its mixed-reality headset, Apple could finally start mass production of the device in March 2023. Sources told DigiTimes Asia that the headset could enter production early next year, with the device reportedly costing over $2000. The publication claim Apple supplier Pegatron will mass-produce the device at the end of the […]

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Meta needs to slash Metaverse spending to ‘get mojo back,’ shareholder says

[ad_1] About a year after Facebook changed its name to Meta Platforms Inc. to highlight its new focus on the metaverse, long-term shareholder Altimeter Capital Management has called on the company to rein in its spending on the bet. Meta has lost focus and its shares are underperforming peers, Brad Gerstner, chief executive officer of […]

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Meta’s Horizon Worlds app losing users and falling short of goals, report says

[ad_1] Meta’s flagship Metaverse app Horizon Worlds has been struggling to gain new users,  The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The publication, which reviewed internal documents, reveal Meta had initially targeted 500,000 monthly active users by year’s end, later it revised the goal to 280,000. The current figure is less than 200,000 now, according to […]

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‘Legs’ finally coming to Meta’s Horizon Worlds avatars? Well, the demo was a sham

[ad_1] Avatars are a key part of the metaverse and Meta is one of the many tech companies which is betting big on these. But one critical element has been missing from the 3D avatars in Meta’s Horizon World: legs. Yes, while your avatar in Meta’s virtual Horizon World has a face and upper body, […]

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Inside Zuckerberg’s metaverse struggles

[ad_1] Last October, when Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, announced that the company would change its name to Meta and become a “metaverse company,” he sketched a vision of a utopian future many years off in which billions of people would inhabit immersive digital environments for hours on end, working, socializing and playing […]

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