Meta is letting engineers opt out of AI training work after backlash inside the company. The reversal says less about one internal memo than it does about the broader tension inside Big Tech’s AI race: capital can move quickly, but worker trust does not reassign as easily. Meta is walking back one of its more…
If prediction markets move inside social platforms, public life becomes something users are trained to wager on, even before money enters the app. Lucas Ropek reported for TechCrunch on June 23 that Mark Zuckerberg wants Meta to build a prediction-market app modeled on platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi. The app, internally called Arena, would reportedly start as a standalone smartphone product where users earn…
On Tuesday, Meta unveiled three new smart glasses. Two models—the Adventurer and Fury—cost $299. The Starfire, marketed as a collaboration with celebrity Kylie Jenner, costs $399. All three contain identical AI functionality, 3K video capture, real-time translation, hands-free calling and messaging. Same hardware. Same AI. Different pricing. The $100 premium is not for additional technology….