Category: Consumer Assistance
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Meta lays off an unspecified number of employees in Reality Labs, affecting Oculus Studios teams and, sources say, staff involved in Meta’s hardware efforts (Alex Heath/The Verge)
Alex Heath / The Verge: Meta lays off an unspecified number of employees in Reality Labs, affecting Oculus Studios teams and, sources say, staff involved in Meta’s hardware efforts — The cuts targeted teams working on Supernatural and other Quest apps. … Meta has laid off an unspecified number …
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Infinite Reality, a metaverse startup that claims it is valued at $15.5B, faces questions about the legitimacy of its funding, investor identities, and more (Phoebe Liu/Forbes)
Phoebe Liu / Forbes: Infinite Reality, a metaverse startup that claims it is valued at $15.5B, faces questions about the legitimacy of its funding, investor identities, and more — Florida-based Infinite Reality claims it raised more than $3 billion from a sole unnamed investor.
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Meta moves Threads from Threads.net to Threads.com and updates its web app, including features to more easily access custom feeds, create new columns, and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta moves Threads from Threads.net to Threads.com and updates its web app, including features to more easily access custom feeds, create new columns, and more — Instagram Threads, Meta’s newest social network and X competitor, is officially relocating from the website Threads.net to Threads.com.
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Motorola’s new Razr phones will include Perplexity’s AI search engine, as part of a distribution partnership that lets Perplexity gain users rather than revenue (Hayden Field/CNBC)
Hayden Field / CNBC: Motorola’s new Razr phones will include Perplexity’s AI search engine, as part of a distribution partnership that lets Perplexity gain users rather than revenue — Perplexity AI is getting in on the smartphone game. — The startup on Thursday announced a partnership to bring …
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Motorola unveils three new Razr models, including the $1,300 Razr Ultra flip phone with a 7-inch inner and 4-inch outer screen and wood option, shipping May 15 (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
Allison Johnson / The Verge: Motorola unveils three new Razr models, including the $1,300 Razr Ultra flip phone with a 7-inch inner and 4-inch outer screen and wood option, shipping May 15 — The new high-end Razr Ultra comes with an Ultra price. … Motorola is kicking off hot foldable summer in style — and…
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Sources: earlier in 2025, Chinese authorities refused to let an Apple equipment supplier export machinery to India needed for the iPhone 17’s trial production (Wayne Ma/The Information)
Wayne Ma / The Information: Sources: earlier in 2025, Chinese authorities refused to let an Apple equipment supplier export machinery to India needed for the iPhone 17’s trial production — For several years, Apple has been working hard to make more of its iPhones in India so it can reduce its dependence on China …
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ServiceNow reports Q1 revenue up 19% YoY to $3.09B and gives an upbeat forecast; its CEO says it had “very positive” discussions with DOGE; NOW jumps 14%+ (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
Samantha Subin / CNBC: ServiceNow reports Q1 revenue up 19% YoY to $3.09B and gives an upbeat forecast; its CEO says it had “very positive” discussions with DOGE; NOW jumps 14%+ — ServiceNow shares surged 15% on stronger-than-expected first-quarter results and an upbeat forecast despite the uncertain macroeconomic environment.
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An interview with Kyle Fish, who Anthropic hired in 2024 as a welfare researcher to study AI consciousness and estimates a ~15% chance that models are conscious (Kevin Roose/New York Times)
Kevin Roose / New York Times: An interview with Kyle Fish, who Anthropic hired in 2024 as a welfare researcher to study AI consciousness and estimates a ~15% chance that models are conscious — As artificial intelligence systems become smarter, one A.I. company is trying to figure out what to do if they become conscious.
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On the Apple Watch’s 10th anniversary, a look at how Apple reshaped the watch industry and ushered in a new age of fitness tracking (Adrienne So/Wired)
Adrienne So / Wired: On the Apple Watch’s 10th anniversary, a look at how Apple reshaped the watch industry and ushered in a new age of fitness tracking — When the Apple Watch launched, it was unclear if smartwatches would pan out. Ten years later, Apple has a $100-billion hit that reshaped the watch industry…
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The EU unveils new mandatory labels for smartphones and tablets sold in the bloc that rate energy efficiency, durability, and repairability, starting June 20 (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
Dominic Preston / The Verge: The EU unveils new mandatory labels for smartphones and tablets sold in the bloc that rate energy efficiency, durability, and repairability, starting June 20 — Tablets are also covered by the scheme, which takes effect in June. … The European Union has announced details of new mandatory labels …
