History is unkind to expensive failures, and the Meta metaverse will receive no special exemption. Horizon Worlds is being pulled from VR platforms — off the Quest store by March, terminated in VR on June 15. After close to $80 billion in losses and negligible mainstream adoption, Mark Zuckerberg is dismantling the project that once carried his highest professional ambitions.
The metaverse began as a...
Meta's decision to remove end-to-end encryption from Instagram while retaining it on WhatsApp has raised questions about the company's platform strategy. The change for Instagram takes effect on May 8, 2026, as confirmed through a help page update. The contrast between the two platforms offers a window into how Meta is thinking about privacy and product positioning.
WhatsApp has offered end-to-end encryption as a default...
