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Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse
The Meta Horizon Worlds logo is displayed on a smartphone screen, and the Meta logo is in the background in Chania, Greece, on Aug. 9, 2024. Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Meta announced Tuesday that it is shutting down Horizon Worlds, the virtual reality social network for Quest VR headsets that was once […]
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Meta will pay Instagram, TikTok and YouTube creators with big followings to post on Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg attends the UFC 320 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Oct. 4, 2025. Chris Unger | Ufc | Getty Images Meta on Wednesday launched a new program aimed at luring top creators from TikTok and YouTube to Facebook, offering guaranteed pay and boosted reach. The Creator Fast Track program offers social media […]
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How the red-hot AI data center boom is igniting demand for a new, lucrative career path: trade workers
Demand for new AI data centers is surging, but they can’t build themselves. Big Tech is funneling billions into building out these specialized facilities, with the four hyperscalers, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon, committing nearly $700 billion in combined capex spending this year to fund these developments. Amazon said last month that it’s committing $12 […]
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Micron rides memory price spike into earnings with stock up 62%, drubbing its tech peers
Sanjay Mehrotra, president and chief executive officer of Micron Technology Inc., during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Micron Technology Inc. semiconductor manufacturing facility in Clay, New York, US, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. Heather Ainsworth | Bloomberg | Getty Images Micron saw its stock triple in 2025, and it’s up nearly 62% so far […]
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Meta’s Manus launches desktop app to bring its AI agent onto personal devices amid OpenClaw craze
The Manus logo is displayed on a smartphone screen, with the Meta logo visible in the background. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Artificial intelligence start-up Manus, recently acquired by Meta, launched a new desktop application Monday that brings its AI agent directly onto personal laptops. The company’s general agent — which […]
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South Korea’s Kospi leads gains in Asia as investors assess Japan trade data, await Fed rate verdict
Low angle view of tall buildings in Tokyo, Japan, showcasing diverse architectural styles George Pachantouris | Moment | Getty Images South Korea’s Kospi led gains in Asia markets on Wednesday as investors assess Japan trade data and await U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision. Markets expect the Fed to keep interest rates steady between 3.5% and […]
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Senators tell ByteDance to ‘immediately shut down’ Seedance AI video app
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Peter Welch are calling for a halt to the new version of ByteDance’s artificial intelligence app, Seedance, which generates videos of real people and licensed characters, raising copyright and intellectual property concerns. Seedance 2.0 “is the most glaring example of copyright infringement from a […]
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Asia-Pacific markets open higher after oil declines sent Wall Street higher overnight
Australia Matteo Colombo | Digitalvision | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets jumped on Tuesday as investors monitor the latest developments in the Iran war, with U.S. President Donald Trump looking to delay his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping by “a month or so” due to the Middle East conflict. Trump was expected to travel to […]
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Nvidia GTC 2026: CEO Jensen Huang sees $1 trillion in orders for Blackwell and Vera Rubin through ’27
At Nvidia’s annual developer conference on Monday, CEO Jensen Huang took the stage to a packed house and said he expects purchase orders between Blackwell and Vera Rubin to reach $1 trillion through 2027. Last year, the company had projections for a $500 billion revenue opportunity between the two chip technologies. Following Nvidia’s earnings report […]
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Dow bounces 400 points to start the week as oil prices fall back to below $95 a barrel: Live updates
Traders works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell on March 5, 2026 in New York City. Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images Stocks rose on Monday, while oil prices pulled back as Wall Street tried to recover from another losing week, with investors monitoring the latest […]
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