No product can survive public indifference, regardless of the investment behind it. Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds on VR — off the Quest store in March, fully dark by June 15 — after close to $80 billion in losses. Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse was killed not by active rejection but by something arguably worse: the profound, persistent indifference of the public it was built...
The removal of end-to-end encryption from Instagram direct messages, confirmed for May 8, 2026, has raised fears that other platforms might follow suit. Meta disclosed the change through a quiet update to its help documentation. Privacy experts warn that if the trend spreads, the landscape for secure digital communication could deteriorate significantly.
Encryption on Instagram launched in 2023 as an opt-in feature following Zuckerberg's 2019...
The race to put AI datacenters in space is already underway, and Google's "Project Suncatcher" is a strategic response to competitors who are moving...
Elon Musk's Grokipedia exemplifies the dangers of concentrated platform power in the digital information ecosystem. The encyclopedia demonstrates how single individuals can deploy technology...
Google is making a big new play in AI-powered productivity. The company has launched a feature in Gemini Canvas that automatically turns any document...
The physical scale of quantum computing chips belies their computational power, with modest-sized components delivering performance far exceeding massive supercomputers for specific tasks. This...
Spotify has long presented itself as the savior of a music industry ravaged by piracy, a platform that converted illicit downloaders into paying subscribers....
Google is testing its long-standing defense that its market dominance is a product of superior innovation, as the UK imposes a new regulatory clampdown...
After years of complaints about its voracious "data crunching" for advertising purposes, Meta has provided its official answer in the UK: a paid opt-out....
The "Iliad," Amazon's internal codename for its Prime cancellation process, is now under siege in a federal courtroom. The U.S. government has taken the...
"It’s certainly a weird feeling to be outdone by several bots at this point." This single quote from professional forecaster Ben Shindel encapsulates the...
