During the first-quarter earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta plans to integrate generative AI into all its products. The company reported a revenue of $28.6 billion and a record 2 billion daily users of the Facebook app, beating Wall Street’s estimates. Zuckerberg believes that Meta sees an opportunity to introduce AI agents to
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Dropbox has announced that it is letting go of about 500 employees, which accounts for around 16% of its workforce. Drew Houston, the CEO of Dropbox, has attributed the layoffs to a shaky economy, but also said that it will enable the company to establish its AI division. Houston said that “our next stage of
Bluesky, a decentralized Twitter alternative, has been gaining popularity in recent days, with many users of the bird-themed social network moving to it. However, Bluesky might start to feel like a new Twitter now that Dril, the Twitter legend who recently gave an interview as his real-life human self, has officially joined the platform. Although
Meta has released its latest update, version 53, for Quest devices, and it includes a highly anticipated new feature – automatic app updates. This feature will allow users to update apps when the headset is shut down, making it possible to download updates at a time when you aren’t using the device. The update also
Valve has recently introduced a significant UI overhaul to the Steam Beta’s In-Game Overlay, among other updates. The update includes a new note-taking feature, which Valve claims is a notable addition, as it automatically pops up a corresponding file for each game played, can be overlaid on top of the game, and can sync across
Intellovations, a company that runs the website Forecast Advisor, compares the accuracy of 12 of the largest weather forecasters in the US. Users enter their ZIP code, and the website provides a ranking of the services based on their accuracy over the past month and year. The website has become a useful tool for third-party
Verizon has announced plans to extend its C-band 5G network to more rural and suburban areas by December 2023. During its quarterly earnings call, the telecommunications giant revealed that it will be concentrating on suburban and rural areas for the majority of its network expansion later this year. Although the specific areas to be covered
Netflix has announced that it plans to invest $2.5 billion in the creation of Korean series, films, and unscripted shows over the next four years. This amount is double what Netflix has invested in K-dramas since 2016, and it comes as no surprise, given the success of recent Korean productions like Squid Game, The Glory,
Google is planning to introduce new privacy controls for Chromebooks that will allow users to instantly block all apps and sites from accessing the computer’s camera and microphone. The move will provide an efficient software replacement for the physical camera and mic kill switch found on various PC laptops. New Camera and Mic Toggles The
OpenAI has introduced a new feature that allows users to turn off their chat history while using its chatbot, ChatGPT. According to the company, when this feature is turned off, previous conversations will not be saved, and the AI models will not use them for training. However, any new conversations will be stored for up