Capital spending soars in the cloud as Microsoft, Google, and others bet big on AI demand Analysts, investors, and the media are suddenly focused intensely on capital expenditures by tech giants including Microsoft, Meta, Google, and… Read More
Meta fights shutdown of Seattle-area Reality Labs cleanroom by state safety regulators Meta Platforms is asking a judge in Seattle to nullify a Washington State Department of Labor & Industries order that… Read More
Lessons in virtual reality: What these computer science students built (and learned) in 10 weeks The tech world is abuzz about artificial intelligence, but there’s still plenty to learn and accomplish in virtual and augmented… Read More
Meta laying off 10,000 more workers, four months after Facebook parent cut 11,000 Meta announced another round of significant layoffs on Tuesday, as the parent company of Facebook and Instagram said it would… Read More
Filing: Facebook parent Meta to cut 726 jobs in Seattle region as part of broader layoffs Meta, parent company of Facebook, Oculus, WhatsApp, and Instagram, will lay off 419 workers in Seattle and another 307 in… Read More
Play Podcast When Mark Zuckerberg met Seattle: Facebook, Meta, and a turning point for Silicon Valley Play The year was 2011, Facebook was serving a mere 600 million users, and Mark Zuckerberg was making his pitch to… Read More
Meta layoffs ripple through Seattle region, taking some of the luster from ‘Silicon Valley North’ Mark Zuckerberg got it wrong. The Meta CEO and Facebook founder admitted this explicitly Wednesday morning, announcing the layoff of… Read More
Facebook parent Meta fined $24.6M for violating Washington state’s political ad disclosure law Meta, the parent company of Facebook, was fined the maximum penalty of $24.6 million on Wednesday for violating Washington state’s… Read More
Meta officially cuts ribbon on growing Bellevue office space as tech and art merge in Spring District With cranes still swinging overhead and construction continuing on the Spring District in Bellevue, Wash., Meta officially threw open the… Read More
Microsoft goes Meta: Here’s what Nadella and Zuckerberg announced for the new Quest Pro Microsoft will make Windows, Office, Teams and other programs available for the new Meta Quest Pro and existing Meta Quest… Read More
Meta’s new Seattle leader: ‘The road to the metaverse passes through the Pacific Northwest’ In Paresh Rajwat‘s 20-year journey across the tech landscape, he’s held leadership positions at Apple, Criteo, Yahoo!, and Microsoft. For… Read More
Univ. of Washington and Meta partner on program linking PhD students to AI mentors at tech giant Meta has accepted a new friend request from the University of Washington. The tech giant is bolstering its relationship with… Read More
‘Second Life’ creator shares lessons learned from one of the world’s first metaverses Philip Rosedale has spent a lot of time thinking about the “metaverse,” long before it became a buzzword in today’s tech… Read More
Facebook parent Meta delays full return to office to late March, ensuring two years of remote work In case it wasn’t already clear, the tech industry’s Great COVID-19 Remote Work Experiment is destined to last a full… Read More
Meta/Oculus expands in Seattle’s stadium district as tech giants anticipate regional light rail All aboard the Meta Express? The parent company of Facebook and Oculus has renewed and expanded its office leases in… Read More
Christmas was so Meta: Big jump in Oculus app installs signals a tipping point for VR New installations of the Oculus mobile app jumped more than 150% over the Christmas weekend, compared to past years, according… Read More
Seattle startup calls Meta’s VR glove prototype ‘substantively identical’ to its own patented tech Meta made a big announcement Tuesday about how it hopes to bring touch to the virtual world through the use… Read More
