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On February 4, the social media site Facebook turned 20, marking a milestone not lost on its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The 39-year-old tech mogul took to Instagram (owned by Meta) to reflect on the site’s early days and share a video montage. In the video, Zuckerberg is seen with his college buddies Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes as they launched ‘thefacebook.com’ from their Harvard dormitory in 2004. The group later grew the website to include students

The Vision Pro headset, the world’s most iconic device maker’s first significant release since the iPhone launched nine years ago, hits stores on Friday. For the tech giant’s first foray into virtual or augmented reality, the company has a lot riding on the $3,499 model that’s expected to be a gateway into the next chapter in online life after the smartphone. The company has a ton of work to do if it’s going to convince consumers that this headset is

We’re in Silicon Valley at Volkswagen’s Electronic Research Labs, the company’s research arm responsible for many firsts, including integrating Google Maps and Google Earth into cars and many early wins in autonomous car races. In this episode, we will talk with a senior member of the VW ERL who is leading their work in machine learning. As Volkswagen is working to make its e-tron SUV, the car that proves it can produce electric vehicles, people will buy it. Policymakers will

Elon Musk is renowned for his Tesla cars and SpaceX rockets and plans to colonize Mars. But his brain-chip startup Neuralink has taken a significant step toward the billionaire’s far more ambitious goal of one-day enabling people to control computers with their minds. The company says it’s performed its first implant on a human, and the person is recovering well. The announcement came post-Monday on X, the company’s social media-like platform that Musk owns. The company says the trial, called

In response to the proliferation of deepfake images of pop singer Taylor Swift on social media this week, the social media platform X has restricted users from searching for her. The company says it’s a temporary action, done “with abundant caution as we prioritize safety on this issue.” X is the anonymous social media app bought by multibillionaire Elon Musk in 2022 and overhauled with new content moderation policies. It has been criticized for not stopping the spread of nonconsensual

The Italian watchdog overseeing data protection has told Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence chatbot application ChatGPT to stop processing citizens’ personal data in the country. Garante, the watchdog, stands out as one of the European Union’s most proactive entities in evaluating AI platform adherence to the bloc’s data privacy regulations. Last year, it temporarily prohibited ChatGPT due to an alleged violation of EU privacy rules. The ban imposed in March forced the company to turn off the chatbot for users in Italy

In the latest round of job cuts to hit the tech industry, Salesforce is laying off around 700 employees, roughly 1% of its global workforce. The move will impact the company’s global operations and aims to reduce costs. Salesforce announced a 10% reduction of its workforce in January 2023 and has since cut jobs at a rate of about 100 per week. In a Slack message seen by CNBC, co-CEO Marc Benioff told employees that the company’s new hires aren’t

Fifteen semiconductor companies have signaled their intent to invest $8 billion in Vietnam, subject to the nation’s dedication to renewable energy. Jose Fernandez, the undersecretary for economic growth, energy, and the environment at the State Department, noted that these companies have responsibilities to their shareholders, making their investment contingent upon the establishment of a renewable energy framework in the country. “We’re seeing a lot of interest from the industry to expand in this area,” he told reporters after meeting with