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The digital ad market, helped by US political ads, AI ad tools, and consumer spending, drove strong Q3 revenue growth for Alphabet, Meta, Snap, Reddit, and Roku (Sara Fischer/Axios)

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The digital ad market, helped by US political ads, AI ad tools, and consumer spending, drove strong Q3 revenue growth for Alphabet, Meta, Snap, Reddit, and Roku (Sara Fischer/Axios)

XPChronicle November 2, 2024

Sara Fischer / Axios: The digital ad market, helped by US political ads, AI ad tools, and...

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Meta rolls out its Quest v71 update, including a redesign of Meta Horizon OS, a calendar app, and the ability to use Travel Mode on a train (Jay Peters/The Verge)

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Meta rolls out its Quest v71 update, including a redesign of Meta Horizon OS, a calendar app, and the ability to use Travel Mode on a train (Jay Peters/The Verge)

XPChronicle November 1, 2024

Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta rolls out its Quest v71 update, including a redesign of Meta...

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Zuckerberg says Meta is training Llama 4 models on a cluster of 100K+ H100 chips, "or bigger than anything that I've seen reported for what others are doing" (Wired)

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Zuckerberg says Meta is training Llama 4 models on a cluster of 100K+ H100 chips, "or bigger than anything that I've seen reported for what others are doing" (Wired)

XPChronicle October 31, 2024

Wired: Zuckerberg says Meta is training Llama 4 models on a cluster of 100K+ H100 chips, “or...

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EssilorLuxottica CFO says Ray-Ban Meta glasses are a "success" in the US and the best-seller "in 60%" of Ray-Ban stores in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (David Heaney/UploadVR)

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EssilorLuxottica CFO says Ray-Ban Meta glasses are a "success" in the US and the best-seller "in 60%" of Ray-Ban stores in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (David Heaney/UploadVR)

XPChronicle October 21, 2024

David Heaney / UploadVR: EssilorLuxottica CFO says Ray-Ban Meta glasses are a “success” in the US and...

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Meta Quest 3S teardown: has the same single LCD panel and cheap Fresnel optics as Quest 2 but uses two IR flood illuminators for depth mapping instead of one (Shahram Mokhtari/iFixit News)

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Meta Quest 3S teardown: has the same single LCD panel and cheap Fresnel optics as Quest 2 but uses two IR flood illuminators for depth mapping instead of one (Shahram Mokhtari/iFixit News)

XPChronicle October 19, 2024

Shahram Mokhtari / iFixit News: Meta Quest 3S teardown: has the same single LCD panel and cheap...

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Sources: last week, Meta fired ~24 staff in LA for using $25 meal credits to buy household items, as it restructures WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs teams (Financial Times)

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Sources: last week, Meta fired ~24 staff in LA for using $25 meal credits to buy household items, as it restructures WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs teams (Financial Times)

XPChronicle October 17, 2024

Financial Times: Sources: last week, Meta fired ~24 staff in LA for using $25 meal credits to...

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Meta lays off employees across multiple teams

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Meta lays off employees across multiple teams

Maxwell Zeff October 17, 2024

Multiple teams at Meta were hit by layoffs on Wednesday, the company confirmed in a statement to...

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Threads users criticize Meta after the company posted AI-generated images of the Aurora Borealis on its Threads account (Wes Davis/The Verge)

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Threads users criticize Meta after the company posted AI-generated images of the Aurora Borealis on its Threads account (Wes Davis/The Verge)

XPChronicle October 12, 2024

Wes Davis / The Verge: Threads users criticize Meta after the company posted AI-generated images of the...

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Meta rolls out Meta AI in six more countries, including the UK, and plans 15 more in the coming weeks, and adds it to Ray-Ban glasses in Australia and the UK (Anna Washenko/Engadget)

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Meta rolls out Meta AI in six more countries, including the UK, and plans 15 more in the coming weeks, and adds it to Ray-Ban glasses in Australia and the UK (Anna Washenko/Engadget)

XPChronicle October 9, 2024

Anna Washenko / Engadget: Meta rolls out Meta AI in six more countries, including the UK, and...

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Among US companies founded in the past 20 years, only Meta and Uber have become "scale insurgent", with $10B in annual revenue and $1B of operating cash flow (John Foley/Financial Times)

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Among US companies founded in the past 20 years, only Meta and Uber have become "scale insurgent", with $10B in annual revenue and $1B of operating cash flow (John Foley/Financial Times)

XPChronicle October 7, 2024

John Foley / Financial Times: Among US companies founded in the past 20 years, only Meta and...

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