The future I saw through the Meta Ray-Ban Display amazes and terrifies me
The future I saw through the Meta Ray-Ban Display amazes and terrifies me Can you tell if I’m looking at a display, or just pretending for the camera? Outside a florist-cum-coffee shop in upstate New York, a row of vintage cars gleam in the sun. It’s unseasonably warm for early October, so there’s a veritable […]
Facebook’s new button lets its AI look at photos you haven’t uploaded yet
Facebook's new button lets its AI look at photos you haven't uploaded yet Meta has rolled out an opt-in AI feature to its US and Canadian Facebook users that claims to make their photos and videos more “shareworthy.” The only catch is that the feature is designed for your phone’s camera roll — not the […]
Meta is adding more parental controls for teen AI use
Meta is adding more parental controls for teen AI use An early look at Instagram’s parental controls for teen AI use. After enthusiastically rolling AI chatbots out everywhere, Meta has announced new options for parents to get an idea of how teens are chatting with the digital characters and set some limits on use. The […]
Meta is building a smart TV — in VR
Meta is building a smart TV — in VR This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Big hero images highlighting select TV shows and movies, a row of app icons, a bunch of additional content recommendations: At […]
Threads now has group chats
Threads now has group chats The ability to add users to group chats via shared links is coming in a future update. Meta is adding group chats to Threads, allowing users to message multiple friends in shared conversations instead of sending separate DMs. Threads users can create a group chat by starting a new message […]
Facebook removes ICE-tracking page after US government ‘outreach’
Facebook removes ICE-tracking page after US government 'outreach' Meta has removed a Facebook page dedicated to tracking Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) action in Chicago after the Justice Department got involved. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X Tuesday that Facebook had taken down an unnamed “large group page that was being used to dox […]
Instagram is making all teen accounts ‘PG-13’
Instagram is making all teen accounts 'PG-13' Instagram’s PG-13-inspired rating will avoid recommending more types of content to teens. | Image: Meta Instagram is making a major update to teen accounts that will only allow them to view content similar to what you would see in a PG-13 movie. Under the new system, Instagram will continue […]
Facebook is adding job listings, again
Facebook is adding job listings, again Meta wants you to find your next gig on Facebook. Meta, a company that is not shy about bolting new features onto its platforms, is bolting another new feature onto Facebook: jobs. This one is actually a throwback — Facebook initially introduced job postings in 2017, only to retire […]
Meta wants its metaverse everywhere
Meta wants its metaverse everywhere Horizon Central, the town square of Meta’s metaverse, already runs on the new Meta Horizon game engine. This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. The glasses stole the show: When Meta held […]
The Meta Ray-Ban Display’s most interesting tech might be the glass
The Meta Ray-Ban Display's most interesting tech might be the glass The Meta Rab-Ban Display has some seriously fancy glass. iFixit has broken down Meta’s Ray-Ban Display glasses, revealing that the tech inside isn’t what makes them special — it’s the glassmaking. iFixit explains that the glass lenses use a reflective geometric waveguide system that […]