Why you can trust Android Central Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how we test. Ever since rumors started swirling of Meta partnering with more EssilorLuxottica brands, we’ve been salivating over the idea of having Oakley-branded smart glasses on our faces. That day …
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Meta shared more details about its Boba 3 ultra-wide FOV VR & MR research prototypes, as well as a “hyperrealistic VR” prototype called Tiramisu. Meta Shows Off Practical Ultra-Wide Field Of View Headset Prototypes Meta built two prototype headsets with 180°×120° field of view in a comparable form factor to today’s Quests, and will demo them at SIGGRAPH 2025. If …
Read More »Meta some of its latest virtual reality prototypes this week, with concepts that are compelling on the specs and long on the design. Literally. The company shared some details on its Tiramisu project, dubbing it “hyperrealistic VR.” This set promises three times the contrast, 14 times the maximum brightness and 3.6 times the angular resolution of the Meta Quest 3. …
Read More »Meta eavesdropped on period-tracker app’s users, SF jury rules SFGATE Jury rules Meta violated California privacy laws by quietly collecting Flo users’ menstrual health data Yahoo Finance Meta found liable for abusing consumer reproductive health data to run targeted ads Fierce Healthcare Meta illegally collected data from Flo period and pregnancy app, jury finds Ars Technica Meta used Flo menstruation app data to sell …
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A federal jury found on Friday that Meta violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act, the state’s wiretap law, by collecting data from a period-tracker app without user consent. Plaintiffs in a class-action case proved by a preponderance of evidence that Meta intentionally eavesdropped on and/or recorded conversations using an electronic device, said a verdict form released yesterday in US …
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A car customization company located not too far outside of Atlanta is promoting a product on the TikTok Shop that’s made out of the same vinyl used to wrap vehicles but is designed for a very different purpose. “Have a pair of Meta glasses and you want to get rid of this indicator, right here?” asks a man in a …
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A California jury has found Meta in violation of state user privacy laws in a class-action suit brought by users of period tracking app, Flo, who alleged that the tech giant collected private menstrual health data without users’ consent and used it for ad-tracking purposes. The plaintiffs, claiming to represent millions of Flo users, had accused Flo and Meta of …
Read More »Meta is making headlines for poaching leading AI researchers and offering some compensation packages that reach into the nine figures. Hiring AI-focused software engineers is becoming intensely competitive across Big Tech and AI startups. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Yangshun Tay, a 35-year-old AI engineer in Singapore. Tay previously worked for five years at Meta and …
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making some very grandiose statements amid his ludicrously expensive quest to gain a lead in the AI industry. It’s easy to get caught up in the human drama of his talent hunt. But in the very first lines of a new public letter about his so-called Superintelligence Lab, the tech founder made a claim that’s either …
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It has been another busy week. GPT-5 appears to be just around the corner… This week, I decode the meaning behind Mark Zuckerberg’s “personal superintelligence” manifesto, and what it means for the broader AI race. Keep reading for my chat with a Figma exec on the company’s IPO day, a bunch of good links, and some feedback from last week’s …
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