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Mark Zuckerberg Continues to Shake Things Up at Meta. This Time, Instead of Layoffs, He’s Increasing Bonuses for Managers

Meta has doubled the target bonus for its executives, raising it to 200% of their base salary. Meanwhile, stock bonuses for employees have been reduced by 10%.

Apple’s Paradox: The World’s Most Valuable Company Has No Interest in the Data Center Boom

Robotics and AI

Apple is taking it slow. Time will tell if this ultimately costs it dearly.

New Meta Emails Reveal That the Company Downloaded 81.7 TB of Copyrighted Books via BitTorrent to Train Its AI Models

Robotics and AI

Tech giants have been continuously extracting data from the Internet to develop their models.

Mark Zuckerberg Threatens to Fire Employees Who Leak Information. We Found Out Because It Was Leaked

Business and Economics

Zuckerberg is frustrated that Meta staff meetings are consistently leaked. This information was also leaked.

Meta Trained Llama Using Copyrighted Books. Mark Zuckerberg Knew It and Didn’t Care

Robotics and AI

Documents revealed in a recent lawsuit show how Zuckerberg made a decision that could pose legal and ethical risks.

Meta to Dismantle Its Anti-Fake News System After Years of Investment

Apps

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the end of the verification program, replacing it with user notes and loosening content restrictions.

This Is How Many Chips Microsoft, Meta, and Tesla Purchased From Nvidia in 2024. It’s Totally Nuts

Robotics and AI

AMD and the development of proprietary chips may challenge Nvidia’s position, both in the short term and particularly in the medium term.

Mark Zuckerberg Has a New Proclamation: Smart Glasses Will Replace Smartphones by 2030

Virtual/Augmented Reality

He believes people will still use phones, but not as much as today.

Mark Zuckerberg Would Need 550 Years to Spend His Entire Fortune if He Spent $1 Million Each Month

Others

Zuckerberg has a fortune of $201.1 billion, while in 2024 alone he earned $73.4 billion. If that were earned income, he would have a monthly salary of $6.13 billion.

China Is Using Meta’s AI Technology for Military Purposes, Prompting the Company to Draw a Line in the Sand

Robotics and AI

This situation is pointing to dangerous war games.

Defining What Is Open Source AI Is Proving to Be a Nightmare, and Purists Are Refusing to Budge

Robotics and AI

The OSI already has a preliminary definition, but it’s not final.

Google Used to Dominate Online Advertising. Now, That’s Changing, and It’s Great News

Business and Economics

Meta and Amazon are gaining strength, but so are Apple and TikTok.

Harvard Students Modified Ray-Ban Meta Glasses to Identify Strangers on the Street. This is a Warning of the Dangerous Type of Doxing We’re in For

Privacy

Imagine walking down the street and being stopped by a stranger that knows your name, what you like, and where you live.

Microsoft Abandons HoloLens, Essentially Telling Meta and Apple That Investing in AR Is a Mistake

Virtual/Augmented Reality

The company will focus on software and its alliance with Meta. However, it will almost completely ignore the hardware segment.

Mark Zuckerberg Saw the Future in 2016. His Roadmap for Meta Is Succeeding With Great Accuracy

Robotics and AI

Mark Zuckerberg’s vision is much more important than improving quarterly results.

Meta Wants to Integrate Llama Into Users’ Smartphones, But It Won’t Be Easy. Just Look at What Happened With Pre-installed Web Browsers

Robotics and AI

If Google, Apple, and Microsoft offer their own AI by default, using other options will be complicated.

Silicon Valley Millionaires Made ‘Dressing Boring’ a Symbol of Power. Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Change That

Business and Economics

There was a time when Mark Zuckerberg’s wardrobe was austere and monotonous, consisting only of simple gray cotton T-shirts and blue jeans. Not anymore.