Thu. 10/28 – Facebook’s New Name Is Meta

Facebook’s new name is… Meta. All the headlines from Facebooks’ Connect event today. Also, is Copilot taking over Github? The new Raspberry Pi device. And how to handle the notch on the MacBook Pro if its driving you crazy. Sponsors: Wealthfront.com/techmeme Dataiku.com Links: Facebook unveils Horizon Home social VR, Messenger VR calls, and fitness VR on road to metaverse (VentureBeat) Slack is coming to the Oculus Quest (TechCrunch) Facebook says it doesn’t want to own the metaverse, just jumpstart it (Engadget) Facebook unveils Horizon Home social VR, Messenger VR calls, and fitness VR on road to metaverse (VentureBeat) Slack is coming to the Oculus Quest (TechCrunch) Facebook says it doesn’t want to own the metaverse, just jumpstart it (Engadget) Facebook tells employees to preserve all communications for legal reasons. (NYTimes) Nearly a third of new code on GitHub is written with AI help (Axios) The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W is ideal for DIY projects (Wired) Apple Reveals 'Scale to Fit' Setting to Prevent a Mac App's Menu Bar Items From Being Hidden Under Notch (MacRumors)