Meta is getting into the defense game, teaming up with Andurl to develop new virtual reality

hardware for military training. Partnership also represents a reunion between two tech CEOs with a

complicated past. Our dear Debois is looking into that for today's tech check. This is getting

interesting, Dee. It's getting very interesting and it's quite the reunion because, as you know, Carl, the Zuckerberg-Palmer-Lucky breakup.

It was one of the most notorious in Silicon Valley.

A little bit of context here.

Palmer Lucky, he was the teenage prodigy behind Oculus.

He made a fortune when Facebook acquired it.

But then just three years later, he was fired after his support of Trump's first presidential bid, which triggered

really this firestorm inside of the company, Facebook at the time. Now though, Zuck and Palmer

Lucky, they're back together. And this is from Lucky during Ashley Vance's podcast yesterday.

It captures just how much has changed, not just between him and Zuckerberg, but across Silicon

Valley. And this is Big Tech moves closer and Zuckerberg, but across Silicon Valley. And

this says Big Tech moves closer to the military, closer to the right. If people end up coming

to your side, you shouldn't shove them back and say, hey, you had different beliefs 10 years

ago. You should say, come on in. The tent's big, and I'm happy to have you.

And I think this isn't just a Facebook thing. It's, I think tech generally, broadly, has

realized they do have some obligation to support national security.

So META and Andrew L now partnering on a defense contract to build AI-powered combat headsets for the U.S.

Army. It's called Eagle Eye, and they're designed to help soldiers detect drones, identify

targets, and interact with AI-enabled weapon systems on the battlefield. Now, this is interesting.

Microsoft was originally awarded this deal, but struggled to deliver. And so now Andrewl is the lead vendor.

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