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marketbeat.com - Promising Virtual Reality Stocks To Follow Now - January 28th
Promising Virtual Reality Stocks To Follow Now - January 28th
MarketBeat

Mega-Cap Earnings Could Decide the Tech Sector's Next Big Move Meta Platforms, zSpace, The Glimpse Group, and DIH Holding US are the five Virtual Reality stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Virtual reality stocks…

techcrunch.com - Lucas Ropek - Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won't be any better
Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won't be any better
TechCrunch

Earlier this month, Meta laid off 10% of the staff for Reality Labs, its virtual reality unit, reportedly cutting as many as 1,000 employees. Now, in a development that seems directly related, the company has revealed that the unit lost many…

nytimes.com - Eli Tan - Meta Forecasts Spending of at Least $115 Billion This Year
Meta Forecasts Spending of at Least $115 Billion This Year
The New York Times

To stay competitive in the artificial intelligence race, Meta increased its spending on data centers last year and began shifting away from virtual reality. On Wednesday, the company said it would bet even bigger this year. Meta, which owns…

theguardian.com - Guardian staff reporter - Meta wows Wall Street despite spending billions on AI and facing social media addiction trial
Meta wows Wall Street despite spending billions on AI and facing social media addiction trial
The Guardian

As Meta spends billions on artificial intelligence data centers and its CEO prepares to testify in a landmark social media trial, the company is earning a pretty penny. Meta reported strong financial results on Wednesday, beating Wall Street…

engadget.com - Karissa Bell - Mark Zuckerberg says Reality Labs will (eventually) stop losing so much money
Mark Zuckerberg says Reality Labs will (eventually) stop losing so much money
Engadget

Mark Zuckerberg says there's an end in sight to Reality Labs' years of multibillion-dollar losses following the company's layoffs to the metaverse division earlier this year. The CEO said he expects to 'gradually reduce' how much money the company…

socialmediatoday.com - Andrew Hutchinson - Zuckerberg Shares Vision of an AI-Powered Future
Zuckerberg Shares Vision of an AI-Powered Future
Social Media Today

Get ready for a new era of digital connection and engagement, where social platforms reflect your personal needs and desires, without you having to do anything more than use them, with AI tools getting increasingly good at understanding a broader…

cnbc.com - Jonathan Vanian - Meta's Reality Labs posts $6.02 billion loss in fourth quarter
Meta's Reality Labs posts $6.02 billion loss in fourth quarter
CNBC

Meta's efforts to create the digital worlds known as the metaverse continue to be costly. The social media giant reported fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday and said that the Reality Labs unit recorded an operating loss of $6.02 billion on $955…

businessinsider.com - Polly Thompson - Anduril is giving $500,000 and a job to whoever wins its AI-powered drone racing grand prix
Anduril is giving $500,000 and a job to whoever wins its AI-powered drone racing grand prix
Business Insider

Lights out and away we go… on your next job application. But for this one, put aside your CV and interview-question AI bot. To secure the job, just place first in a global autonomous drone racing competition. That's how defense industry…

theverge.com - Emma Roth - Mark Zuckerberg is all in on AI as the new social media
Mark Zuckerberg is all in on AI as the new social media
The Verge

Who has time for the metaverse when you can try AI-generated inspo content instead? Who has time for the metaverse when you can try AI-generated inspo content instead? Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Emma Roth is a news writer who…

cnbc.com - Jonathan Vanian - Snap establishes Specs subsidiary for its AR glasses
Snap establishes Specs subsidiary for its AR glasses
CNBC

Snap on Wednesday said its unit working on the development of augmented reality glasses is now housed under a wholly owned subsidiary named Specs Inc. The company said the subsidiary will provide 'greater operational focus and alignment' as Snap…

cnbc.com - Jonathan Vanian - Meta set to report earnings: Update on revamped AI strategy is key to fourth quarter
Meta set to report earnings: Update on revamped AI strategy is key to fourth quarter
CNBC

Meta on Wednesday will report fourth-quarter earnings, and investors will be looking for any signs that its revamped artificial intelligence strategy will benefit the company in 2026. The social media giant spent a large chunk of 2025 overhauling…

tomsguide.com - Dave LeClair - Meta earnings live - latest on AI, smart glasses and all the big news as it happens
Meta earnings live - latest on AI, smart glasses and all the big news as it happens
Tom's Guide

At this point, most of Meta's earnings come from digital advertising. Yet Apple just invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI in June and brought over CEO Alexandr Wang and other top talent from the company. But Meta is spending billions (between $70…

heraldscotland.com - Rose Moncur - Edinburgh University to give robots more human-like abilities thanks to a £50 glove
Edinburgh University to give robots more human-like abilities thanks to a £50 glove
The Herald

The technology, which detects hand gestures and subtle movements with high precision, uses liquid‑metal sensors embedded in silicone to detect changes in electrical charges as the fingers bend or move. Dr Yunjie Yang, who led the study…

courant.com - Staff Report - CT college receives $3 million gift from alumna. It will help fund 'cutting-edge technology'
CT college receives $3 million gift from alumna. It will help fund 'cutting-edge technology'
Hartford Courant

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After a $3 million gift from an alumna, Albertus Magnus College is partnering with Dreamscape Learn, an immersive education technology. According to a statement by the college, the gift will launch a…

indianexpress.com - Tech layoffs in January 2026: From Amazon to Pinterest, list of companies cutting jobs
Tech layoffs in January 2026: From Amazon to Pinterest, list of companies cutting jobs
The Indian Express

5 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google 2026 has begun with a new round of layoffs and firings in the tech industry, as the first few weeks of January saw big tech companies such as Amazon and Meta announce job cuts. Although the…

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