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Monday, Monday — can't trust that day. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I also sometimes don't trust my own facial recognition skills.

RIP Metaverse, we hardly knew ye

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The Metaverse, once the hottest idea in tech, is headed to the industry's graveyard of failed fads.

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An obituary for the latest fad to join the tech graveyard

Meta stock is a 'top pick' and could soar 20% as the social media giant leans into the AI hype, analysts say

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Facebook, now Meta, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2020

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Mark Zuckerberg said the word 'AI' no less than 27 times during a Meta earnings call this week

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AI was the buzzword of the day during Meta's earnings call on Wednesday.
AI was the buzzword of the day during Meta's earnings call on Wednesday.

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Mark Zuckerberg says he is absolutely not abandoning the metaverse as company division loses $4 billion

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Mark Zuckerberg has become so obsessed with AI that one Wall Street research firm is jesting that Facebook will change its name to MetAI

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Mark Zuckerberg showed full avatar at Meta connect event

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Meta has reportedly stopped pitching advertisers on the metaverse

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Less than one year after Meta CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg was pushing the Metaverse, the firm has moved away from the technology in meetings with advertisers.

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Apple's smart goggles could be the shot in the arm the whole industry needs

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Apple is said to bei introducing the Reality Pro smart goggles later as soon as June. It'll make Apple a challenger in a market where competitors like Google and Microsoft have sputtered.

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Meta can't make any big acquisitions right now, as its $40 billion war chest starts going towards appeasing Wall Street investors

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address at Facebook's F8 Developer Conference on April 18, 2017 at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. The conference will explore Facebook's new technology initiatives and products.
Investors are pushing Meta to focus less on the metaverse and more on its established core businesses.

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They Got Married in a Taco Bell in the Metaverse

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