Alex Heath

Los Angeles

Deputy Editor at The Verge

Deputy Editor @verge and author of Command Line, a newsletter about the tech industry’s inside conversation

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Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s AI hiring spree

2 weeks ago | technewstube.com | Alex Heath

Tech News Tube is a real time news feed of the latest technology news headlines.Follow all of the top tech sites in one place, on the web or your mobile device.
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s AI hiring spree

2 weeks ago | theverge.com | Alex Heath

Tech /Command LineHow Meta’s CEO is spending heavily to reboot his AI team. Also, Apple has an AI problem. How Meta’s CEO is spending heavily to reboot his AI team. Also, Apple has an AI problem. Jun 14, 2025, 12:16 AM UTCGetty Images / The VergeAlex Heath is a deputy editor and author of the Command Line newsletter. He has been reporting on the tech industry for more than a decade.
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s AI hiring spree

2 weeks ago | share.google | Alex Heath

AI researchers have recently been asking themselves a version of the question, “Is that really Zuck?”As first reported by Bloomberg, the Meta CEO has been personally asking top AI talent to join his new “superintelligence” AI lab and reboot Llama. His recruiting process typically goes like this: a cold outreach via email or WhatsApp that cites the recruit’s work history and requests a 15-minute chat. Dozens of researchers have gotten these kinds of messages at Google alone.
Meta is paying $14 billion to catch up in the AI race

2 weeks ago | technewstube.com | Alex Heath

Tech News Tube is a real time news feed of the latest technology news headlines.Follow all of the top tech sites in one place, on the web or your mobile device.
Meta is paying $14 billion to catch up in the AI race

2 weeks ago | theverge.com | Alex Heath |Hayden Field

Tech /MetaAfter the disappointing debut of Llama 4, Meta is paying $14 billion to invest in Scale AI and hire its CEO, Alexandr Wang. After the disappointing debut of Llama 4, Meta is paying $14 billion to invest in Scale AI and hire its CEO, Alexandr Wang. Jun 13, 2025, 1:05 AM UTCMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty ImagesMeta is paying $14.3 billion to buy 49-percent of Scale AI and hire its CEO, Alexandr Wang, to reboot its troubled AI efforts.
Google is offering employee buyouts in Search and other orgs

2 weeks ago | theverge.com | Alex Heath

Tech /GoogleStaffers in Search and other parts of Google can chose to participate in a “voluntary exit program.”Staffers in Search and other parts of Google can chose to participate in a “voluntary exit program.”Jun 10, 2025, 9:21 PM UTCIllustration: The VergeAlex Heath is a deputy editor and author of the Command Line newsletter. He has been reporting on the tech industry for more than a decade.
Snap will start selling AR glasses next year

2 weeks ago | technewstube.com | Alex Heath

Tech News Tube is a real time news feed of the latest technology news headlines.Follow all of the top tech sites in one place, on the web or your mobile device.
Snap plans Specs AR glasses release for 2026

2 weeks ago | theverge.com | Alex Heath

Tech /SnapchatDetails about the hardware are scarce, but CEO Evan Spiegel says the first consumer pair of Specs glasses will definitely cost less than the Vision Pro. Jun 10, 2025, 5:10 PM UTCSnap’s 2024 version of Spectacles for developers. | (Photo by Nalani Hernandez-Melo for The Verge)Alex Heath is a deputy editor and author of the Command Line newsletter. He has been reporting on the tech industry for more than a decade.
WWDC 2025 live blog: a fresh new look at iOS, macOS, and more

2 weeks ago | theverge.com | Victoria Song |Alex Heath |Allison Johnson |Nilay Patel

Tech /Apple /Apple EventSoftware redesigns, some new names, and probably more AI. Probably. Jun 9, 2025, 4:42 PM UTC Image: AppleTech /Apple /Apple EventSoftware redesigns, some new names, and probably more AI. Probably. Jun 9, 2025, 4:42 PM UTCConference season is underway, and today we’re live at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, for this year’s WWDC. While we got a glimpse of the Vision Pro in 2023 and a preview of Apple Intelligence in 2024, this year is a bit of a wild card.
We’re at Apple Park!

2 weeks ago | theverge.com | Alex Heath

Posted Jun 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM UTCWe’re at Apple Park!We were just driven around the spaceship in a golf cart that may or may not have had party speakers. The keynote is scheduled to start in less than an hour. More to come soon.