Big Tech

Losing Face
Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.
Dhruv Mehrotra and Dell Cameron


Public Comments
Amazon Employees Show Up to City Council Meetings to Demand Limits on Data Centers
Paresh Dave

Zucker Punched
‘We’re Just Getting the Crumbs Here’: Contractors Protest Layoffs at Meta’s European Headquarters
Joel Khalili

Net Benefit
Amazon Thinks the Future of Data Centers Depends on a Technical Problem It Just Solved
Lauren Goode

Uncanny Valley
Meta Is in Crisis, Google Search’s Makeover, and AI Gets Booed by Graduates
Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger

Full Disclosure
SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Anthropic Is Paying $15 Billion a Year to Access Its Data Centers
Paresh Dave and Maxwell Zeff

Last Supper
Meta Employees Are Scrambling to Use Up Benefits Ahead of Layoffs
Paresh Dave, Lauren Goode, and Zoë Schiffer

Beach Day
The Zuckerbergs Are Hiring a Lifeguard but Calling It a ‘Beach Water Person’
Caroline Haskins





Uncanny Valley
Apple’s Next Chapter, SpaceX and Cursor Strike a Deal, and Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto
Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger

Livestream AMA
Livestream Replay: Musk v. Altman and the Future of OpenAI
Zoë Schiffer, Paresh Dave, and Maxwell Zeff



Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley: OpenAI and Musk Fight Again; DOJ Mishandles Voter Data; Artemis II Comes Home
Brian Barrett and Leah Feiger