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The teen mental health crisis: a reckoning for Big Tech

A growing body of evidence links a rise in depression in children to social media use. Will it lead to more regulation?

Financial Times

Former Meta recruiter claims she got paid $190,000 a year to do ‘nothing’ amid company’s layoffs

‘We weren’t expected to hire anybody for the first six months, even the first year’

The Independent UK

Sorry Apple, here's why I'm convinced your VR headset will be a high-profile flop

Despite rumors suggesting Apple's making a phenomenal VR headset, I expect it'll flop harder than the HomePod and Newton.

TechRadar

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Social Media Is Getting in the Way of Good, Honest VR

Pico, a possible VR competitor to Meta, reportedly delayed a U.S. launch because of its connection to TikTok.

Inverse

Failing banks and mass layoffs: Is the 15-year tech boom finally over? What went wrong?

The 15-year tech boom has ended with rounds of mass layoffs and a recent series of high-profile bank collapses. So what went wrong and will Silicon Valley ever be the same?

ABC News

NBCUniversal and Aptos Labs team up on Web3 game for Nicolas Cage's 'Renfield'

The media conglomerate's partnership with Aptos Labs is its first major splash into Web3.

Fortune

Apple VR is a huge threat to the metaverse, claims Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney claims that Apple "Apple "will either try to crush the metaverse or extract all the profit from it" in a new interview.

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WhatsApp takes on Zoom with eight-person video calls on new Windows app

WhatsApp on Windows has been redesigned to host more people on calls with plans to grow that amount.

TechRadar

Ready to pay for Facebook & Instagram? Meta Verified is here from $11.99 a month

Meta Verified users will have a blue tick on their profile and gain access to features including human customer support

Digital Camera World

Is TikTok Gonna Get Banned For Good? Here’s Everything Going Down In The Clock App Court Case

Yes, they asked TikTok why the app connected to Wi-Fi.

Pedestrian.tv

WhatsApp for Windows just got a new desktop app that's faster and supports video calls with eight people

You can now video call up to eight people through WhatsApp for Windows. The app just rolled out to Windows 11 and Windows 10.

Windows Central

Microsoft launches collaboration platform Loop, its answer to Notion

Microsoft has launched a new platform built for collaboration to try and simplify how teams work on projects together. The new platform, Microsoft Loop, is currently in public preview and allows teams to organise everything they need for a project into one unified workspace, including documents, files, and tools. The…

IT Pro

Meta is bringing back the Oculus name along with 150 new games

Meta's VR gaming publishing arm is celebrating one decade of existence with an official name and a library of hundreds of games.

Android Central

Meta is still trying to make its virtual world a place where people want to spend time, this time with new 'quests'

Play games. Earn virtual swag.

Fortune

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Los Angeles Times

California bill would force Big Tech to pay for news content

In the latest attempt by legislators to rein in Silicon Valley, a measure has been introduced in California that would force tech companies such as Facebook and Google to pay publishers for news content from which their platforms profit.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The metaverse might be unpopular, but haptics might change that

Many believe the future will be about haptics

Axios

Any move to ban the app will face the reality that a vast number of Americans use it — a lot.

The Independent UK

Former Meta recruiter claims she got paid $190,000 a year to do ‘nothing’ amid company’s layoffs

‘We weren’t expected to hire anybody for the first six months, even the first year’

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Inverse

HTC’s New Vive Tracker Is an Easier Way to Track Legs in the Metaverse

HTC's new Vive Tracker for VR uses cameras and inside-out tracking instead of a separate base station to bring your legs into VR and the metaverse. Will Meta copy with its own leg trackers for the Quest headsets?

Reuters

Zuckerberg, Meta are sued for failing to address sex trafficking, child exploitation

A new lawsuit accuses Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc executives and directors of failing to do enough to stop sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation on Facebook and Instagram.

Fortune

Recruiters predict talent will retain leverage for another 5 years

Think the bosses are back in charge? Think again.

TechRadar

Oculus Quest 3: everything we know so far

We break down everything we know about the Oculus Quest 3, from its expected features to potential price.

ABC News

Online casinos based offshore are illegally targeting Australians on Facebook. Who is responsible?

A series of advertisements for an online casino that target Australians are being shown on Facebook. The case has reopened the debate about how easy it is for offshore businesses to use the internet to evade Australian law, writes Casey Briggs.

Android Central

Amazon to lay off 9,000 more employees as Big Tech continues shedding workforce

Amazon is eliminating roughly 9,000 more positions to make the company leaner. This follows its previous move to lay off 18,000 employees.

Tribune News Service

All social media platforms have TikTok-like risks, transparency group says

The national-security and mental-health risks posed by TikTok are shared by other social media platforms, according to an advocacy group that’s urging Congress to also hold U.S. companies accountable ahead of high-profile testimony from TikTok’s chief executive officer.

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