Plus, SpaceX acquires AI coding platform Cursor, and Meta tries to boost employee morale. Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired, joins Marketplace's Meghan McCarty Carino for this week's "Tech Bytes: Week in Review."
Meta responded to plummeting morale this week with a pledge to do better with company snacks. Plus, the new AI augmented reality smart glasses everyone's talking about, and not in a good way. But first, SpaceX is acquiring the AI coding startup Cursor a week after it's IPO took off like a rocket.
The company hit a $2.5 trillion valuation at one point, but has dropped since then. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Paresh Dace, senior writer at Wired, to learn more.
“SpaceX locks in $60 billion Cursor deal to close gap with rivals in AI coding race” from Reuters
“The average SpaceX buyer post-IPO is almost under water after two-day slide” from CNBC
“Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth Admits the Company’s AI Reorg Was ‘Atrocious’” from Wired
“Report: Meta will train AI agents by tracking employees’ mouse, keyboard use” from Ars Technica
“Introducing SPECS Augmented Reality Glasses” from Snap