For years, working on a project that didn’t make a lot of sense to outsiders but was championed by the boss was a badge of honour for employees at some of the tech industry’s biggest companies.
Google tried to create augmented reality glasses. Amazon developed its own high-end smartphone. Facebook changed its name to Meta and jumped headlong into the virtual world of the metaverse.
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