MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook is trying to pull in workplace users with a new virtual-reality app called Horizon Workrooms. Workrooms lets people meet remotely in a virtual space populated by avatars.

Facebook is buying Oculus VR, a startup that makes virtual reality video game headsets, in a $2 billion deal. Oculus doesn’t make a consumer product yet, but its headset called the Oculus Rift for ...

The first Big Tech layoffs of 2026 have happened. This week, Facebook owner Meta Platforms informed employees that up to 1,500 positions in its Reality Labs division would be eliminated. Here’s what ...

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