Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

The reported financial losses follow a series of layoffs at the VR unit.

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Zuckerberg teases agentic commerce tools and major AI rollout in 2026

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

Mark Zuckerberg says 2026 will be “a big year for delivering personal super intelligence.”

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ServiceNow falls 6% despite better-than-expected fourth-quarter results

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Techme101

ServiceNow announced an expanded partnership with Anthropic about a week after it inked a similar deal with competitor OpenAI.

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IBM jumps 8% on earnings beat

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Techme101

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said the company’s generative artificial intelligence book of business hit more than $12.5 billion.

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Meta’s Reality Labs posts $6.02 billion loss in fourth quarter

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Techme101

Meta’s Reality Labs posts $6.02 billion loss in fourth quarter.

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Tesla invested $2B in Elon Musk’s xAI

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Techme101

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI disclosed earlier this month it had raised $20 billion.

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Elon Musk teases a new image-labeling system for X…we think?

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Techme101

Elon Musk says X will begin identifying “manipulated media” but doesn’t share details.

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$95M Payout: Apple Begins Compensating Users in Siri Eavesdropping Case

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Techme101

Apple has started issuing Siri privacy settlement payouts, with claimants seeing deposits as low as $8 per device from a $95 million fund.
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WhatsApp Adds One-Tap Security Settings for Added Privacy

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Techme101

WhatsApp rolled out Strict Account Settings, a lockdown-style mode that blocks unknown attachments, disables link previews, and silences unknown callers.
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Luminar sale approved despite last-minute mystery bid

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Techme101

An unidentified bidder submitted a Hail Mary offer that was “substantially higher” than the winning bid at auction. Founder Austin Russell has been circling a bid, but it’s not clear he was behind it.

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