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Google plans to announce its next Gemini model soon

Alex HeathOct 25, 2024

How Google is changing to compete with ChatGPT

Alex HeathOct 18, 2024

Alex HeathOct 17, 2024

Snapchat to the Trump campaign: We’ll take your money but not your posts.

An interesting look at how Snap has diverted from other platforms in its handling of former President Trump:

Unlike other major tech platforms, Snap has not lifted the ban on Mr. Trump’s personal account, which has drawn angry pushback from his campaign. Despite not allowing Mr. Trump to post personally, the company has said it would sell his campaign political advertisements, which must all go through an internal fact-check.

Trump Wants Young Voters, but He’s Nowhere to Be Seen on Snapchat

[The New York Times]

Meta is laying off employees at WhatsApp, Instagram, and more

Alex Heath and Jay PetersOct 16, 2024

Facebook put us out there

Alex HeathOct 16, 2024

The kinds of devices Meta wants to make next

Alex HeathOct 11, 2024

Alex HeathSep 25, 2024

Meta’s CTO gives developers an apology.

We’re in the developer-focused section of Meta’s Connect keynote. CTO Andrew Bosworth is onstage and starts with an apology: “We have not made it easy to develop for our platforms. I want you to know that we know that, and we’re sorry.”

He goes on to say that the “ground has constantly been shifting under your feet for years now.” Meta just recently killed Spark, its AR effects platform, without warning and has made more changes than I can count to the Quest’s software.

Alex HeathSep 25, 2024

Here is Orion, Meta’s first AR glasses prototype.

Zuckerberg just pulled a pair out of a suitcase brought out to him onstage at Meta Connect. He calls them “our first fully functional prototype” and the “most advanced AR glasses the world has ever seen.”

I’ve got a deep dive on Orion you can read and watch below, which includes a demo I did with Zuckerberg last week. And here’s my full interview with Zuckerberg that just dropped on Decoder.