The most expensive products in technology history are often solutions looking for problems that don't yet exist at commercial scale. Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds on VR — removed from the Quest store in March, terminated on June 15 — after close to $80 billion in losses. Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse was a technically impressive solution to a problem that the market had not...
Meta's removal of end-to-end encryption from Instagram direct messages, set for May 8, 2026, could have implications beyond the platform itself. The decision, confirmed through a quiet help page update, is being watched closely by other tech companies and policymakers. Its consequences may help shape the future of encrypted communication online.
Encryption on Instagram arrived in 2023 following Zuckerberg's 2019 promise. It was opt-in...
The launch of Grokipedia by Elon Musk demonstrates the dangers of creating partisan knowledge systems. The AI-powered encyclopedia shows how political ideology can corrupt...
Uncertainty about when practical quantum computing will arrive creates challenges for organizations planning technology strategies. The five-year estimate provides some guidance but significant uncertainty...
One of the most insidious aspects of Spotify's dominance is also the least visible: the opaque, proprietary algorithms that have become the most powerful...
The fundamental design of Amazon's Prime subscription service is on trial this week, as a federal court weighs a critical question: Was it user-friendly...
Organizations have long struggled with "groupthink," the psychological phenomenon where the desire for harmony in a group leads to irrational decision-making. Now, a powerful...
