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Tim Cook says he's using Apple's $3,500 Vision Pro headset daily. There are still no photos.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook stands next to the new Apple Vision Pro headset is displayed during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 05, 2023 in Cupertino, California. Apple CEO Tim Cook kicked off the annual WWDC23 developer conference with the announcement of the new Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said he is using the Vision Pro every single day.

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Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse losses pass $40 billion. Here's why that's suddenly OK.

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Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook/Meta, is seen in attendance during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on October 01, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mark Zuckerberg.

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The FAA Is Using VR Simulators to Test Helicopter Safety

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The top aircraft regulator in the US says it’s experimenting with a pair of virtual reality helicopter training simulators to conduct safety research.

Creator of Meta's Oculus VR says Apple's rival mixed-reality headset is 'so good'

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Oculus creator Palmer Luckey had high praise for Apple's metaverse headset.

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

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Mark Zuckerberg at the Paley Center For Media on October 25, 2019
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Big tech companies continue cost cutting

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It's Monday, readers. I'm Paayal Zaveri, and welcome to the first week of April.

We're now officially a quarter of the way through the year. That's a good reminder to make sure you plan some vacation time this year. Nearly half of all American workers don't take their PTO, according to the Pew Research Center. 

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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Zuckerberg Pivots to AI After Pivoting to the Metaverse

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With the rise and proliferation of advanced, large language model chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, everyone and their mother seems to be talking about AI.

Meta is slashing up to $500 off the price of its VR headsets after 'underwhelming' sales and mixed reviews

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A Meta employee demonstrates the Meta Quest Pro VR Headset in Las Vegas, Nevada
The price of Meta's Quest Pro headset is being cut by $500.

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