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Meta is rumored to be working on an AI pendant, and smart glasses different to what we've seen before

We've got a couple of Meta hardware rumors to sort through, and AI is of course central to them.

TechRadar · May 31

'Insane bubble and bigger than 1999': Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has a scary warning about the future of AI

Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu warns of a potential market bubble driven by AI enthusiasm, citing high price-to-sales ratios for tech giants like Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft. He argues these valuations are disconnected from fundamentals, drawing parallels to the dot-com era and suggesting the current bubble could be even larger.

The Economic Times · May 31

Meta Platforms Investors Reject Proposals as Zuckerberg Bets Big on AI

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) shareholders rejected a slate of outside investor proposals at the company’s 2026 annual meeting, while Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined what he described as four major opportunities tied to artificial intelligence: improving Meta’s core apps and advertising, pe

MarketBeat · May 31

ICYMI: the 8 biggest tech stories of the week, from Oura's new smart ring to the Pope's take on AI

It's been a frenetic week of tech — here are some of the major stories we published over the past seven days.

TechRadar · May 30

Social media companies pay $27 million to settle Kentucky school district's lawsuit over social media harms, records show

Meta settled the case brought by Breathitt County School District on May 21, a few weeks before a planned June trial, following earlier settlements by co-defendants Snap Inc , YouTube parent Alphabet and TikTok parent ByteDance. Terms of the deals ‌had not been disclosed ⁠in court.

The Economic Times · May 30

AI Costs Are Forcing Big Companies to Put Limits on Workers: Report

Some of the country's biggest companies are beginning to ration access to AI for employers, track their usage more aggressively, and steer tem toward cheaper tools as costs rise faster than expected.

International Business Times · May 29

Meta Platforms Is Testing AI Chatbot Subscriptions. What to Know.

Meta Platforms reveals plans of testing paid tiers for its AI chatbot. But does that warrant buying META shares at current levels? Let’s find out.

Barchart · May 29

The world is becoming training data for AI, for which everyone is unprotected

Pronto, a home services startup, is facing criticism for using body-camera footage from workers inside customers’ homes to train AI and robotics systems. The company says customers can opt in for discounts, but critics argue the real business is collecting valuable in-home data for humanoid robots.

The Economic Times · May 29

Meta tool to track employee mouse clicks on collision course with EU privacy rules

Meta's AI training tool, Model Capability Initiative (MCI), is reportedly capturing extensive U.S. employee computer usage, including non-U.S. data from communications. This extensive data collection could lead to new European privacy violations under GDPR, as employees express concerns about the tool's scope and impact on their internet usage and sensitive…

The Economic Times · May 29

The 180-Day Lease Holding Up SpaceX's $2 Trillion IPO

SpaceX's reported $2 trillion valuation is being propped up by a 180-day lease to Anthropic.

Barchart · May 29