Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association study data from multiple cohorts worldwide, including UK Biobank, BioBank Japan, TwinGene and Swedish dementia studies, to pinpoint genetic variants linked to Alzheimer's disease. The combined data, drawn from de-identified summary statistics and individually consented participant records, pointed to dysregulation in both microglial cells and neurons as central to the disease's genetic architecture.
nature.com
· 2026-10-28
A new study by Sicorello and colleagues, published in Nature, re-examines a long-standing assumption in emotion-regulation research: that commonly used tasks measuring cognitive reappraisal accurately capture how good someone is at this strategy. Cognitive reappraisal involves reframing one's thinking about an event to change its emotional impact, such as finding a 'silver lining', and has long been linked to social, occupational and health outcomes.
nature.com
· 2026-10-28
A new guide details how to identify smart glasses by their thicker frames, lens-housing bulges near the temples, and recording indicator lights. It also warns that some low-cost smart glasses sold on TikTok Shop and Temu lack recording lights, making them harder to detect by that method alone, while audio-only models like Ray-Ban Meta Audio Glasses have no cameras at all.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-27
Rohit Patel, who spent eight years at Meta and most recently served as a director at Meta Superintelligence Labs, has left the company to start Ndoc, an AI-native workspace meant to replace Microsoft Office and Google Workspace. The product combines presentation, analysis, and underlying data/code into three linked views called Stage, Narrative, and Model, letting users inspect and verify the scripts behind AI-generated documents.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-27
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found the company misled users about data protection and content moderation, stemming from the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal. That figure dwarfs the $17 billion multistate settlement Meta reached with other attorneys general this summer, and far exceeds the roughly $459 million paid under a related children's online safety settlement. Meta's chief legal officer C.J. Mahoney said the company will appeal, calling the lawsuit an attempt to impose 'a tax on speech.'
theverge.com
· 2026-10-27
A WIRED software reporter ran a day-long comparison of six always-on AI agents installed on an iPhone: Meta's Muse, OpenAI's Dots, Instinct, Anthropic's Claude Duet, Google's Gemini Spark and xAI's Grok Bot. The agents vary widely in price and access, from Meta's free Muse app to OpenAI's $100-a-month Dots, with Claude Duet only released as a wait-listed preview the night before testing.
wired.com
· 2026-10-27
Nvidia announced it will invest $3 billion in Meta, part of a broader $95 billion equity raise Meta disclosed to fund AI infrastructure spending. The raise includes $35 billion in underwritten public offerings and $60 billion via an at-the-market program, with Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom together eyeing up to $5 billion in shares. Nvidia also said Meta will expand its Vera Rubin and Vera CPU deployments and deepen collaboration on Meta's AI agent, Muse.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-27
Nvidia confirmed a $3 billion investment in Meta's stock offering, a day after Meta said it would raise $95 billion (later revised to $97.5 billion) to fund AI spending. The two companies said they will deepen collaboration on Meta's Muse AI models, aiming to improve training and inference performance while cutting running costs. Meta also plans to expand use of Nvidia's Vera Rubin systems, Vera CPUs, Spectrum-X networking and BlueField-4 technology.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-27
Meta has issued its own set of rules defining what its AI agents are permitted to do, stepping into a regulatory vacuum where no industry-wide standard exists for AI agent conduct. The move comes as publishers accuse Meta of scraping their content without permission or compensation, deepening tensions between tech platforms and content creators.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-27
Nvidia will invest $3 billion as part of Meta Platforms' equity offering, according to the report. The move accompanies a broader expansion of the two companies' partnership around Meta's AI system Muse.
wsj.com
· 2026-10-27
A CNET writer used Meta's AI assistant Muse to automatically search Facebook Marketplace for an ottoman, air purifier and humidifier within set price ranges and locations. Instead of a one-time search, Muse set up a recurring task that rescans listings every four hours and surfaces matching items, including a specific air purifier brand the writer wanted.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-26
Meta announced plans to raise $95 billion through equity offerings to fund its AI infrastructure and superintelligence efforts, starting with $35 billion in underwritten public equity followed by $60 billion via an at-the-market program. The funds will support AI initiatives including its apps, the Muse AI agent, and data center expansion, alongside operating cash flow, debt, and partnerships. Shares rose 1.6% in premarket trading following the news.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-26
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