Facebook is losing users for the first time ever and shares in Meta have fallen off a cliff

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/02/03/facebook-users-decline-meta-stock/6651329001/

The $200-billion-wipeout-among-the-worst-in-market-history.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60255088

Sometimes the very big ones can fall pretty hard.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stock-market-down-meta-facebook-earnings/

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/meta-stock-plummets-after-earningscan-company-salvage-any-growth-out-of-facebook-platform-11643896586

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/02/03/facebook-meta-stock-falls-stock-market-dow/6656532001

https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-owner-metas-stock-price-plunges-premarket-jolting-tech-investors-11643887542

https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-blames-apple-10-billion-loss-ad-privacy-warning-2022-2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse#Criticism_and_concerns

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+metaverse 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Meta

Zuckerberg to testify in landmark social media addiction trial

 https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/zuckerberg-to-testify-in-landmark-social-media-addiction-trial/article70649151.ece 

Perhaps Mark Zuckerberg will have a line of Meta robots in the near future. (Meta-bots & Meta-drones?)

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/18/mark-zuckerberg-meta-trial-testimony 

https://apnews.com/article/mark-zuckerberg-trial-testimony-instagram-c8cbaa32ccbf4933ec3a7beebd6cf34b  

https://www.theverge.com/news/613102/meta-humanoid-robots-ai 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/tech/meta-robot-glasses-facebook

https://www.instagram.com/zuck/?hl=en 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Mark+Zuckerberg

Meta’s SECRET AI Just Achieved Self-Improvement

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oire4h1vTcI 

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4819096-meta-ai-snowball-keeps-rolling 

https://www.efinancialcareers-canada.com/news/ex-citadel-securities-quant-researcher-swept-up-in-meta-s-ai-recruiting-drive 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_AI#Virtual_assistant

https://ai.meta.com/research , https://ai.meta.com/infrastructure/

What’s really behind Facebook’s rebrand to Meta?

 https://www.retailwire.com/discussion/whats-really-behind-facebooks-rebrand-to-meta

This is a big step for FB and Mark+Zuckerberg, indeed.

https://www.theverge.com/22749919/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-meta-company-rebrand

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/051815/top-11-companies-owned-facebook.asp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms#Revenue

Of course AR and VR tech is the way of the future.

https://www.theverge.com/22752986/meta-facebook-andrew-bosworth-interview-metaverse-vr-ar

https://about.fb.com/news/2021/11/update-on-use-of-face-recognition

https://about.fb.com/news/2021/04/oculus-gaming-showcase/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/02/meta-parallel-metaverses-facebook-name-change-challenged

https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/19/22735612/facebook-change-company-name-metaverse

https://carrus.io/5-key-differences-between-working-at-google-and-facebook

FB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHGbWn6iwHw

https://www.retailwire.com/discussion/is-retail-ready-to-enter-the-metaverse

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+metaverse

Meta Secretly Building a Photorealistic AI Clone of Mark Zuckerberg so No Employee Can Ever Escape His Watchful Eye

 https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/meta-photorealistic-ai-clone-mark-zuckerberg "Even for an executive long known by employees as the “Eye of Sauron,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is taking the concept of micromanagement to its final form, the Financial Times reports, by using AI to develop a “photorealistic, AI-powered 3D” version of himself to converse with and offer feedback to employees." 

One AI clone to rule them all.

https://futurism.com/future-society/meta-reality-vr-layoffs 

https://futurism.com/future-society/meta-firing-percentage-staff-zuckerberg 

https://futurism.com/zuckerberg-offers-why

It's The End of Silicon Valley’s 20-Year Boom

 https://slate.com/technology/2022/11/amazon-facebook-twitter-layoffs-silicon-valley-boom-bust.html

The huge tech industry momentum is certainly slowing down.

https://capital.com/amzn-meta-layoffs-whats-next-stock-price-tech-bubble-bursts

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/14/1136659617/tech-layoffs-amazon-meta-twitter

https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/amazon-meta-twitter-apple-google-facebook-layoffs-big-tech-slowdown-8269266/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11429861/Why-tech-giants-like-Amazon-Meta-Twitter-laying-employees.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/meta-is-preparing-to-notify-employees-of-large-scale-layoffs-this-week-11667767794

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=tech

The Meta Acquisition of Moltbook Accelerates Rise of Autonomous AI Ecosystems

Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, has bought Moltbook, a social media networking platform for artificial intelligence (AI) bots to speak to each other. https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/news/meta-acquisition-of-moltbook-accelerates-rise-of-autonomous-ai-ecosystems 

https://meyka.com/blog/meta-acquires-ai-agent-platform-moltbook-brings-its-creators-onboard/

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/meta-facebook-moltbook-agent-social-network 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=autonomous

3 Days After Introducing an AI Feature, Meta Hits Pause in Wake of Privacy Backlash

 https://www.inc.com/kevin-haynes/3-days-after-introducing-an-ai-feature-meta-hits-pause-in-wake-of-privacy-backlash/91373053 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dy6e8klw0o 

https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/meta-suspends-ai-image-instagram-feature-backlash-1236806989/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/11/meta-ditches-muse-image-ai-feature-instagram-privacy 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilly_Norwood 

VCR CATBREAD7 videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_(2002_film)#Plot 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waldo_Moment  

Poppy - Time Is Up (feat. Diplo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2pS9KN28U&list=RDMM&start_radio=1

A NJ senior died trying to meet Meta AI chatbot

 https://nypost.com/2025/08/16/us-news/nj-senior-died-trying-to-meet-meta-ai-chatbot-big-sis-billie/  

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-death 

https://futurism.com/man-chatbot-dies-meet-up

There was a time when Her was just another Sci-Fi movie. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_(2013_film)#Plot , https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/her  

We're Not Ready for Superintelligence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KVDDfAkRgc 

Godfather of AI: I Tried to Warn Them, But We’ve Already Lost Control! Geoffrey Hinton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giT0ytynSqg 

AI2027: Is this how AI might destroy humanity? - BBC World Service https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UufaK3pQMg

Poppy - Time Is Up (feat. Diplo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2pS9KN28U

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Meta

Meta names ChatGPT co-creator as chief scientist of Superintelligence Lab

 https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-names-chatgpt-co-creator-chief-scientist-superintelligence-lab-2025-07-25/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Meta

Mark Zuckerberg thinks the metaverse will be ‘a lot healthier for us.’ History suggests he’s wrong

 https://fortune.com/2022/08/26/meta-metaverse-mark-zuckerberg-joe-rogan-healthy/?queryly=related_article

The Metaverse has so much potential and a potential for some various problems.

https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-the-metaverse

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+metaverse

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Mark+Zuckerberg

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Meta

Meta-Mark

Did Facebook Secretly Wiretapped Competitors?

 https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/facebook-secretly-wiretapped-competitors-documents

Unfortunately, big tech is all about gathering as much data as possible.

https://cybernews.com/news/facebook-spying-snapchat-youtube-amazon-installing-kits/

I.T., that's the name of the game.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/facebook-secretly-spied-on-snapchat-usage-to-confuse-advertisers-court-docs-say/

https://qz.com/project-ghostbusters-facebook-meta-wiretap-snapchat-1851366814

https://gizmodo.com/project-ghostbusters-facebook-meta-wiretap-snapchat-1851366093

https://malwaretips.com/threads/facebook-accused-of-using-your-phone-to-wiretap-snapchat.129985/

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/26/186217/facebook-accused-of-using-your-phone-to-wiretap-snapchat

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39832952

Dec 7, 2018 Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg. Epic Rap Battles of History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2GVxYfKSxA

Jun 14, 2012 Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates. Epic Rap Battles of History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njos57IJf-0

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Meta

Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse | Lex Fridman Podcast #398

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVYrJJNdrEg

https://decrypt.co/199263/metaverse-zuckerberg-lex-fridman-future-ai-ultra-realistic-avatars

MZ sure is ready to take things to another level.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/27/meta-ceo-zuckerberg-looks-to-digital-assistants-ai-to-push-metaverse.html

https://www.laptopmag.com/news/live/meta-connect-2023

https://www.engadget.com/metas-metaverse-is-getting-an-ai-makeover-194004996.html

https://www.aitimejournal.com/how-ai-and-the-metaverse-work-together/

https://www.hitechnectar.com/blogs/how-ai-and-metaverse-are-shaping-the-future/

Noam Chomsky on AI, Neural Networks, and the Future of Linguistics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkRft71_JrY

NOAM CHOMSKY - THE GHOST IN THE MACHINE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axuGfh4UR9Q

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/ai-makes-rules-for-the-metaverse-even-more-important/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2023/04/14/the-metaverse-and-ai-a-powerful-combination-for-business-growth-and-innovation/?sh=5586bd969a10

https://www.news.viverse.com/post/ai-and-the-metaverse-what-you-should-know

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/05/generative-ai-and-how-can-it-shape-the-metaverse-industry-experts-explain/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Meta

8 times Meta has been accused of copying competitors’ features

 https://www.fastcompany.com/91317301/meta-accused-of-copying-competitors-features

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Meta

Meta to spend up to $65B on massive AI data center

 https://nypost.com/2025/01/24/business/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-to-spend-up-to-65b-on-ai-data-center/

https://nypost.com/2023/11/14/tech/are-ai-faces-more-human-than-real-ones-see-if-you-can-tell-the-difference/

Meta patents AI that lets dead people post from the great beyond

https://www.fastcompany.com/91493794/meta-patents-ai-dead-people-posting

 https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1r89jab/isnt_this_eerily_similar_to_what_delos_was_doing/  

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/slightly-terrifying-3d-printing-breakthrough-means-we-can-now-print-robotic-muscle-so-is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-humanity

https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1r68p0i/breakthrough_in_3d_printing_flexible_structures/ 

Clones and Drones

The technology behind the world's first (AI) human Clone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1theCfcFsA  

Eventually, people from this time and other times could be copied, imitated or replicated.  

Alice Cooper - Clones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1h38gC23bw 

https://www.motionpictures.org/2018/04/watch-how-they-created-the-fantastically-creepy-drone-hosts-in-westworld/

Meta’s $1 trillion lawsuit could change Instagram and Facebook forever | BBC News

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ADvC4ioqe4  

Zuckerberg's actions finally have consequences... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtOmjej-YDE 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Meta

BD and Metadata

Big_data & metadata is everywhere & more of it is being recorded & sorted every day.

http://phys.org/news/2013-10-schooled-noise-big.html

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/the-enterprise-cloud/cloud-computing-and-the-rise-of-big-data

http://www.itworld.com/big-data/366825/big-data-metadata-and-traffic-analysis-what-nsa-really-doing

http://www.techterms.com/definition/metadata, http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/interactive/2013/jun/12/what-is-metadata-nsa-surveillance#meta=0000000

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/30/nsas_project_marina_stores_everyones_metadata_for_up_to_a_year

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/30/nsa-americans-metadata-year-documents

http://www.zdnet.com/nsa-stores-metadata-on-innocent-web-users-for-a-year-report-7000021355

http://www.zdnet.com/nsa-fear-of-a-black-van-7000019846

http://www.tamingthebigdatatidalwave.com , http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/bigdata/use-cases.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Meta

Facebook is backing away from facial recognition but Meta isn’t.

 https://www.vox.com/recode/22761598/facebook-facial-recognition-meta

https://www.datasciencecentral.com/profiles/blogs/importance-of-metadata-in-a-big-data-world

Its all still a Big Data FB mining party.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351978920306247

https://pediaa.com/what-is-the-difference-between-big-data-and-metadata/

https://ecmapping.com/2018/04/18/big-data-vs-metadata-the-difference-that-changes-everything/

The GTA 6 trailer, CGI, 3D and VR...

 https://www.gamesradar.com/gta-6-guide

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto#Titles

https://www.reuters.com/technology/take-twos-rockstar-games-unveils-gta-vi-trailer-release-game-2025-2023-12-05/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_VI , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdBZY2fkU-0

https://www.techradar.com/news/gta-6-release-date-news-and-rumors-mapping-the-path-to-grand-theft-auto-6

https://www.pcgamer.com/gta-6-all-the-rumours-in-one-place

50 THINGS YOU MISSED IN THE GTA 6 TRAILER! GTA 6 Trailer Breakdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsbZpD3CrBc

The Complete GTA (Grand Theft Auto) 3D Universe Timeline! | The Leaderboard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTl80GoMcSM

History of Grand Theft Auto (1984 - 2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poKPUS7pu5Y

Grand Theft Auto Timeline - Part 1 - The 3D Universe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvIW5w3Y9MA

https://www.sportskeeda.com/gta/what-happened-gta-san-andreas-vr-current-state-release-date-rumors

https://kotaku.com/gta-san-andreas-vr-port-meta-quest-2-canceled-trailer-1850497164

https://www.roadtovr.com/meta-update-gta-san-andreas-vr-quest-3

Evolution of Grand Theft Auto [1997-2023] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbkDZcby0eA

The Matrix Awakens: Unreal Engine Experience Gameplay Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II2gFPwm_EI

Why Unreal Engine 5.3 is a BIG Deal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POwTaVZ_CA0

Evolution of Unreal Engine [1995-2023] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaLiMiyi2g4

Comparison: Characters and Their Cars in "Fast and Furious" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxuA_Jzyppo