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Instagram and Facebook launch new paid verification service, Meta Verified — NPR

Facebook and Instagram are launching a new subscription service that will allow users to pay to become verified, writes Roshan Fernandez. Here is the link:...

Meta lays off 13% staff; over 11,000 employees

Facebook parent Meta is laying off 13% of the company's workforce, over 11,000 employees.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg debuts Meta Quest Pro VR headset that will cost $1,500 — CNBC

The new headset costs $1,100 more than Meta’s Quest 2 headset and contains new technologies like an advanced mobile Snapdragon computer chip, writes Jonathan Vanian.

Facebook ‘knew what it was doing,’ former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says — Time

Facebook’s conduct revealed in leaked documents is “pretty concerning,” said former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, according to a report by Emily Chang. Here is the...

The questions the CEOs declined to answer — Protocol

Every congressional hearing with the tech CEOs has been rife with promises they will "get back" to lawmakers on questions they either can't or...