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Meta Lays Off Around 1,500 VR Workers Following Failure to Turn Profit

Around 1,500 workers under Meta's Reality Labs division have been laid off as part of Meta's shift away from VR and to AI.

International Business Times UK

Exclusive: Meta's Dina Powell McCormick calls for AI rivals to center "humanity"

The new Meta president framed AI as a "transformation" for the human race.

Axios

Oculus founder calls Meta Quest layoffs ‘Not a disaster’ — but I still can’t see it as anything but terrible

'Not a Disaster'? Here's why Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is wrong about the Meta Quest layoffs.

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Who are the most spoofed brands in phishing scams? Let's be honest, you can probably guess most of them - but there are a few surprises

Microsoft is still the most impersonated brand when it comes to phishing attacks – Google, Amazon, Apple and Meta are also in the top five.

TechRadar

‘What are Democrats doing?’: Political strategists break down where the resistance to Trump went wrong

ANALYSIS: Democrats suffered from a ‘fractured’ party and a lack of a clear message throughout Trump’s first year back in office, political strategists tell Katie Hawkinson

The Independent UK

As data centers jostle to get on Texas’ grid, ERCOT promises new rules for planning

ERCOT is making a first attempt at a planning process in which multiple requests will be considered simultaneously.

The Texas Tribune

Mobile Shakeup: Threads Edges Out X in Daily Active Users

A new report from Similarweb suggests that Meta's Threads now has more daily active users than X on mobile devices.

International Business Times UK

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Ed Zitron on big tech, backlash, boom and bust: ‘AI has taught us that people are excited to replace human beings’

His blunt, brash scepticism has made the podcaster and writer something of a cult figure. But as concern over large language models builds, he’s no longer the outsider he once was

The Guardian - UK

As Meta Platforms Looks to Double Smart Ray-Ban Glasses Production, Should You Buy, Sell, or Hold META Stock?

Meta plans to double production of its Ray-Ban smart glasses this year, amid its new focus on AI. Should you buy, sell, or hold the stock now?

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This simple Meta Quest 3 feature just changed how I watch shows in VR — here's the trick

Looking for a new way to experience your Meta Quest 3 or Quest 3S? You can enable a way to watch shows and experience VR in any direction thanks to this simple feature — especially in bed.

Tom’s Guide

Tech companies’ access to UK ministers dwarfs that of child safety groups

Exclusive: Amazon, Meta and X among firms holding hundreds of meetings with people at heart of government, data shows

The Guardian - UK

‘We could hit a wall’: why trillions of dollars of risk is no guarantee of AI reward

Progress of artificial general intelligence could stall, which may lead to a financial crash, says Yoshua Bengio, one of the ‘godfathers’ of modern AI

The Guardian - UK

My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare

I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same danger

The Guardian - US

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories like Apple losing to Google, and Meta giving up on VR

The biggest tech news stories from Meta, Amazon, Apple, and more for January 17, 2026.

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Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are paying up for ‘enterprise’ access to Wikipedia

Wikipedia reminds us how important it is for AI training, which is why many tech firms pay for enterprise subscriptions.

MarketBeat

Why Options Traders Are Loading Up on Pure Storage

Institutional investors are aggressively buying Pure Storage call options as the company secures hyperscaler deals for its energy-efficient AI technology.

Fortune

Behind the defections from Mira Murati's Thinking Machines: money, compute constraints, and a lack of clarity on products and business model

Thinking Machines has lost three members of its founding team to OpenAI, while another cofounder left for Meta and more employees are reportedly heading for the exits too

Your Meta Quest headset just got a huge entertainment upgrade – Disney+ arrives with Dolby Vision and Atmos support

There's a whole world of Star Wars, Marvel and Alien now in VR

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Cathie Wood Is Selling Meta Platforms Stock. Should You?

Even as Wood trims her position, Meta’s accelerating AI infrastructure buildout, strong cash generation, and consensus analyst rating make META stock appear solid.

The Conversation

Will Google be third time lucky with new, AI-powered smart glasses?

It has been over a decade since Google Glass smart glasses were announced in 2013, followed by their swift withdrawal – in part because of low adoption. Their subsequent (and lesser known) second iteration was released in 2017 and aimed at the workplace. They were withdrawn in 2023.

TechRadar

Meta is shutting down its Horizons VR for businesses - I doubt it will be missed

Meta is pulling Horizon Workrooms as it backs out of the commercial VR business to focus on consumer products.

Euronews

Wikipedia signs deals with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, saying AI firms should pay 'fair share'

The founder of the platform says large language models have been ‘hammering’ Wikipedia’s servers and AI companies should “chip in and pay fair share”.

The Independent UK

Social media platforms removed 4.7 million accounts after Australia banned them for children

Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia

TechRadar

Airbnb seemingly confirms Apple’s self-driving car — and what it reveals about Apple’s AI shift, and Airbnb’s future

Airbnb's most recent hiring announcement inadvertently, and seemingly, confirms Apple’s long-rumored self-driving car project while offering new context around Apple’s evolving AI strategy and where Airbnb sees its AI ambitions.

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‘It Makes No Sense To Me’: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Slams Americans Who ‘Vilified Energy,’ Praises Trump for ‘Sticking His Neck Out’

Jensen Huang outlines how energy capacity underpins AI leadership, reframing U.S.–China competition as an infrastructure and industrial challenge.

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