Meta is closing its VR workplace app amid Reality Labs layoffs

Meta said it's shutting down Workrooms in February, deleting user data as Reality Labs faces layoffs and the company continues to shift toward AI.

Meta Is Reportedly Planning Mass Layoffs That Could Affect 20% of the Company — With 16,000 Jobs At Risk

The move comes as Meta tries to offset expensive AI bets and prime itself for more workplace efficiency brought on by the technology.

Meta CTO shares 7 traits he likes to see in an employee

"When plans change, their first reaction isn't a knee-jerk fear of change, but rather a tremendous curiosity," Meta's CTO said in an Instagram AMA.

Meta sued over AI smart glasses’ privacy concerns, after workers reviewed nudity, sex, and other footage

Lawyers say Meta's marketing materials promised privacy and user control over sharing footage. But an investigation found that subcontractors are reviewing footage from customers' glasses.
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Meta kills off its metaverse for work too

Two months before it rebranded as Meta, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rolled out Horizon Workrooms as the metaverse for work, a virtual room where colleagues were meant to “collaborate” without leaving ...

I work at Meta's Superintelligence Labs and used to be at OpenAI. Here's what the job is like — and what I've learned

A Meta Superintelligence Labs researcher who previously worked at OpenAI shares what life inside top AI labs is like and the ...
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Pebb Supports Hundreds of Organizations Migrating from Meta Workplace Before the Platform Shuts Down in Just 8 Days

DE, UNITED STATES, August 22, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As Meta Workplace prepares to shut down at the end of this month, Pebb, the all-in-one internal communication ...