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Meta Looks To Cutback In Reality Labs In Its Quest For Metaverse

Facebook parent Meta Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is preparing cutbacks in its Reality Labs division to refocus on hardware products and the "metaverse," Reuters reports. Meta was not planning layoffs as part of the changes. The division could not afford to do some projects anymore and postponed others. According to Reuters, Reality Labs lost…

Benzinga

Mark Zuckerberg demoed Meta's neural interface wristband to smart glasses partners

The CEO took to Milan to show off Meta's future AR glasses controller to the executives of Italian eyeglasses brand EssilorLuxottica.

Input

Come June, Facebook Will No Longer Tell You When Your Friends Are Nearby

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) social media platform Facebook is reportedly pulling the plug on “Nearby Friends” and some other location-based features.

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Whistleblowers allege Meta deliberately took down Australia's government, emergency services to negotiate news ban

Meta, formerly Facebook, denies claims the blocking of non-news pages like hospitals and charities was an intentional negotiating tactic, and says it was the result of a ‘technical error’

The Guardian - AU

Mark Zuckerberg Teases Wearable Tech with Neural Interface in Facebook Post

Meta Platforms Inc's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, on Wednesday teased a new smart glasses project with EssilorLuxottica, posting a photo of the eyewear company's chairman sporting a prototype of a neural interface wristband - designed for directing other devices. "Here Leonardo is using a prototype of our neural interface EMG…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Facebook keeps pivoting to new projects — and then abandoning them

The company's been swiveling from one big effort to the next. Is it "failing fast" or just flailing?

Axios

Elon Musk's bid to take over Twitter recalls the robber barons of the 19th century

Pundits, academics and members of the public have criticized Elon Musk’s successful bid to acquire Twitter. Some Twitter users have even considered leaving the platform.

The Conversation

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‘Extra level of power’: billionaires who have bought up the media

Elon Musk joins a list of men to use their wealth in the hope of extending their political influence

The Guardian - UK

Nonprofits likely under fire as Senate explores ‘dark money’

A Senate hearing on Wednesday is likely to produce fireworks as Republicans and Democrats square off over the role that foundations and nonprofits are playing in elections

The Independent UK

Tech titans want the richest Californians to pay for pandemic preparedness

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gabe Bankman-Fried, a former Wall Street trader, has raised $12 million from a cryptocurrency trading firm founded by his brother, Sam Bankman-Fried. Dustin Moskovitz, a billionaire who roomed with Mark Zuckerberg in college and helped found Facebook in 2004, funds a nonprofit with his wife that has…

Tribune News Service

Musk engages in Twitter spat after rebuttal from Ocasio-Cortez

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk engaged in a Twitter spat with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after she rebuked billionaires and delivered an indirect rebuttal to the Tesla Inc. chief executive’s tweet saying that the Democratic Party “has been hijacked by extremists.”

Tribune News Service

Holocaust survivor pleads with Elon Musk

Musk was urged not to allow Twitter to be used for Holocaust denialism under the guise of "free speech"

Salon

Mark Zuckerberg says mass employee exodus is good, actually

Zuck's delusion continues unabated.

Input

Why Meta Platforms Shares Are Ripping Higher Today

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) shares are trading higher Thursday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings results.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Facebook Parent Meta Calms Investors with Strong Profit

Facebook parent Meta on Wednesday reported better profit than expected in the recently ended quarter, calming investors worried about the toll of competition from TikTok and eased pandemic restrictions. Meta said it made a profit of $7.5 billion on revenue of $27.9 billion in the first three months of this…

Benzinga

Facebook Parent's Metaverse Division Loses Nearly $3B In Q1, But Mark Zuckerberg Wants To See It Through

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) said in its first-quarter earnings report that its Facebook Reality Labs division incurred a loss of $2.96 billion in the period.

Los Angeles Times

Twitter was at the forefront of content moderation. What comes next?

In 2015, a man wearing a skull mask posted a video outlining his plans to murder Brianna Wu. The skull video was only one of many such disturbing and bizarre posts targeting Wu and other women online as part of a harassment campaign dubbed GamerGate.

Al Jazeera

Russia sanctions Kamala Harris, Mark Zuckerberg, Toronto mayor

The latest raft of sanctions includes more US officials, media personalities and Canada’s John Tory and Doug Ford.

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Russia Bars Entry to US VP, Other Officials and Figures

Russia on Thursday expanded an entry ban on US officials to include US Vice-President Kamala Harris and 28 other American officials, businesspeople and journalists. The sanctions list, published by the Russian foreign ministry, included Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks and Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby, among others.…

Benzinga

Meta's WhatsApp Business Fund Transfer Hits Roadblock In Brazil: FT

Meta Platforms Inc's (NASDAQ: FB) long-awaited ambition of allowing users to send money to businesses via messaging app WhatsApp in Brazil suffered a roadblock with potential payments partners, the Financial Times reports. WhatsApp looked to launch a payments-to-merchant (p2m) function in Latin America's most populous country in 2021. However, WhatsApp has struggled to…

Los Angeles Times

Elon Musk’s paradoxical vision of running Twitter: Less democracy, more freedom

There’s a common critique of Big Tech that goes like this: In the 21st century, social media platforms are the new public square, and it matters a great deal who sets the rules. Instead of allowing true free speech, unaccountable Silicon Valley elites like Mark Zuckerberg decide what can and…

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WhatsApp announces a big change and new features which will affect group chats

Mark Zuckerberg announced a big change is on the way for WhatsApp

Wales Online

WhatsApp announces a big change to the way we use group chats

Mark Zuckerberg revealed WhatsApp Communities will be coming soon

The Guardian - US

Zuckerberg has too much social media power, says wannabe Twitter boss Musk

Tesla chief mocks Meta CEO with comparison to King Louis XIV and promises different share ownership structure

Benzinga

Apple Dubs Meta A Hypocrite Over Latest Announcement As Tech Giants' Bitter Verbal Battle Charges On

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has called out Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) for charging creators close to 50% for all virtual sales in its metaverse.

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