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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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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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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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Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm resumes IPO plans

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Techme101

The organic kids’ snack food company may debut as soon as next week. It has issued a price range for shares, an SEC filing shows.

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WhatsApp will now charge AI chatbots to operate in Italy

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Techme101

WhatsApp plans to charge developers of AI chatbots per message.

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Chrome takes on AI browsers with tighter Gemini integration, agentic features for autonomous tasks

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Techme101

Google Chrome is adding Gemini in sidebar and is rolling out an agentic feature for AI Pro and Ultra users

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Tiny startup Arcee AI built a 400B open source LLM from scratch to best Meta’s Llama

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Techme101

30-person startup Arcee AI has released a 400B model called Trinity, which it says is one of the biggest open source foundation models from a US company.

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Apple tells Patreon to move creators to in-app purchase for subscriptions by November

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Techme101

Patreon isn’t happy about Apple’s new subscription billing mandate, arguing Apple’s shifting rules create uncertainty for creators.

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