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Meta Axes Contractors Who Had to Review Explicit Video From Smart Glasses (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-01 | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: meta, smart glasses, whistleblowers

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Meta Platforms Acquires Humanoid Robot Startup Assured Robot Intelligence (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-01 | get Humanoid Robot Kit → | tags: meta platforms, assured robot intelligence, humanoid robot

933.

Mark Zuckerberg says AI spending and war drove Meta layoffs (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-01 | get Meta AI Developer Kit → | tags: meta, mark zuckerberg, iran war

934.

The market isn't grading all Big Tech earnings the same — here's why (cnbc.com)

2026-05-01 | by Paulina Likos Zev Fima | get Tech Earnings Analysis Book → | tags: alphabet, microsoft, meta platforms

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Skyrocketing component prices push Big Tech capex to record $725 billion — Microsoft alone attributes $25 billion of AI budget to increased memory and chip costs (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-01 | by Luke James | get High-Performance Computer Memory Kit → | tags: microsoft, memory chips, ai models

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Big Tech capex ranked: What Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft are spending as AI investment surges (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-01 | get AI Development Kit → | tags: alphabet, amazon, apple

937.

The Morning After: Instagram will try to penalize 'unoriginal' posts (engadget.com)

2026-05-01 | by Mat Smith | get Instagram Content Creator Kit → | tags: instagram, meta, reels

938.

This is the critical part of work leaders keep missing (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-01 | get Leadership Skills Book → | tags: employee motivation, workplace leaders, human well-being

939.

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs to pay for AI infrastructure — insatiable compute demand means the company can't rule out further headcount reductions (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-01 | by Luke James | get Meta AI Infrastructure Kit → | tags: meta, ai infrastructure, mark zuckerberg

940.

Oura adds birth control support to its period tracker (theverge.com)

2026-05-01 | by Jess Weatherbed | get Oura Ring Sleep Tracker → | tags: oura, cycle insights, hormonal birth control

941.

Apple CEO Tim Cook warns of extended memory crunch. 'We'll look at a range of options' (cnbc.com)

2026-05-01 | by Jennifer Elias | get Apple Memory Expansion Kit → | tags: apple, tim cook, memory crunch

942.

It’s Toasted (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-01 | get Toasted Sandwich Maker → | tags: meta, social media, infinite scroll

943.

Meta contractor fires 1,100 AI trainers after they revealed Ray-Ban glasses recorded private and intimate footage (techspot.com)

2026-05-01 | get Ray-Ban Stories Smart Glasses → | tags: meta, ray-ban, ai trainers

944.

The news is not all bad: five inspiring science stories to lift your mood (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-01 | by Fieldhouse | get Science Inspiration Wall Art → | tags: world health organization, artemether-lumefantrine, malaria treatment

945.

This organoid can menstruate — and shows how tissue can repair itself (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-01 | by Steiner | get Organoid Tissue Repair Kit → | tags: endometrium, organoids, tissue repair

946.

Mark Zuckerberg Blames Slower Sales on War, Layoffs on AI Costs in Meeting (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-04-30 | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: mark zuckerberg, meta, layoffs

947.

Meta says it may withdraw its apps from New Mexico if judge agrees to the state's demands (engadget.com)

2026-04-30 | by Will Shanklin | get Meta Portal Video Calling Device → | tags: meta, new mexico, age verification

948.

Discovering hard disk physical geometry through microbenchmarking (2019) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-30 | by Leela Kamalesh | get SSD Diagnostic Tool Kit → | tags: hard disk, microbenchmarking, disk geometry

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Alibaba's Metis agent cuts redundant AI tool calls from 98% to 2% — and gets more accurate doing it (venturebeat.com)

2026-04-30 | get AI Call Optimization Tool → | tags: alibaba, metis, hdpo

950.

Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates (cnbc.com)

2026-04-30 | by Jonathan Vanian | get Reddit Premium Membership → | tags: reddit, meta, alphabet

951.

Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-30 | tags: meta, ray-ban, sama

952.

Musk v. Altman Kicks Off, DOJ Guts Voting Rights Unit, and Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped? (wired.com)

2026-04-30 | by Brian Barrett | get AI Safety and Ethics Book → | tags: meta, microsoft, lockheed martin

953.

AI boom: Big Tech capital expenditures now seen topping $1 trillion in 2027 (cnbc.com)

2026-04-30 | by Tobias Burns | get AI Development Kit → | tags: microsoft, google, meta

954.

Kubereboot/Kured: Kubernetes Reboot Daemon (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-30 | get Kubernetes Reboot Management Tool → | tags: kubernetes, kured, cloud native

955.

Meta tanks 9%, Alphabet climbs 7% as each company raises capex spend (cnbc.com)

2026-04-30 | by Annie Palmer | get Meta Portal Video Calling → | tags: meta, alphabet, google cloud

956.

Meta threatens to pull its apps from New Mexico if forced to make ‘technologically impractical’ changes (theverge.com)

2026-04-30 | by Lauren Feiner | get Meta App Developer Kit → | tags: meta, facebook, instagram

957.

Jim Cramer sees these 2 stocks as buys after a busy night of Big Tech earnings (cnbc.com)

2026-04-30 | by Matthew J. Belvedere | get Amazon Echo Dot → | tags: alphabet, amazon, nvidia

958.

Meta tanks 10%, Alphabet climbs 5% as each company raises capex spend (cnbc.com)

2026-04-30 | by Annie Palmer | get Meta Portal Video Calling Device → | tags: alphabet, google cloud, meta

959.

EU is considering new rules for cloud and AI under the Digital Markets Act (techspot.com)

2026-04-30 | get AI Ethics and Privacy Book → | tags: digital markets act, alphabet, amazon

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Even Realities' G2 smart glasses will keep an eye on your AI agent (engadget.com)

2026-04-30 | by Daniel Cooper | get G2 Smart Glasses → | tags: even realities, g2 smart glasses, terminal mode