Tech giants and news organizations sparring over news reporting isn’t new. Companies often complain to journalists about getting nuances wrong and usually air their dismay “off the record.” Journalists usually agree to include the rebuttals provided the companies can offer the same assertions on-record. The companies don’t follow through and the conversation typically ends there…
Meta didn’t hold back with their announcements at Meta Connect this year. As Facebook has done every year or so, the company is shaking up their avatar products. This year as Meta focuses more heavily on the metaverse, the company made a big addition to their updated higher-detail avatars: legs. The announcement that the avatars,…
At Meta Connect 2022, the company’s annual developer conference for its VR efforts and Oculus hardware platform, the company announced a lot of stuff — but what it communicated more effectively than anything else was just how incredibly thirsty — one might even say desperate — Mark Zuckerberg is for his metaverse bet to pay…
Corporate spend management startup Brex has laid off 136 people, or 11% of its staff, across all departments as part of a restructuring, the company has told TechCrunch exclusively. After the layoffs, Brex has just over 1,150 employees. It’s been a tumultuous year for Brex, which announced in April that it was leaning into the…
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Darrell and Jordan talk with Scott Gravelle, the CEO and co-founder of Attabotics, a robotics company that specializes in distribution and supply chain. Scott talks about how he was inspired by the Cutter Ants to design a vertical warehouse and create…
What happens when you’re working away from your office, so you don’t have your big desk and multiple large monitors with you? You could just use your laptop and make do. Or, you could buy a $1,499 Quest Pro, which Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says is built with work specifically in mind. Today, in Horizon…
At Meta Connect 2022, the company officially unveiled the Meta Quest Pro, a mixed-reality headset made for “collaboration and creativity,” according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. “Open periphery design” lets you see the world around you, which means the headset is open on the side. Magnetic light blockers are available as well. The use of pancake…
From the brutally hilarious minds of Rob McElhenny and Charlie Day, Mythic Quest returns for a third season! The office workplace comedy following the tumultuous lives of game developers arrives for the ultimate competition. Ian, played by McElhenny, and his associate Poppy (Charlotte Nicdao) wrestle under their new partnership at Grimpop Studios with Dana (Imani…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced a new, more detailed kind of Meta Horizons avatar today that he called a “mode between video off and video on.” And it has legs! Zuckerberg says you’ll be able to use these avatars across the app and, via a partnership with Zoom, you can even show up as your…
ALL-TIME LOW PRICE ALERT: As of Oct. 11, Amazon has the Bose Noise Canceling Headphones 700 on sale for $269 and the Bose QuietComfort 45 Headphones on sale for $229 during its Prime Early Access Sale. Prime members can save up to 30%. While headphone deals weren’t among the early Prime Day 2 discounts we…