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Virtual Land Just Sold For 2 ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $4,127, which is 1.21x the current floor price of 1.6499 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Benzinga

The metaverse is coming but we still don’t trust AI

Many people believe that technology is neutral or unbiased, but the reality is more complex, especially in an immersive environment.

360info

This Plot Of Digital Land Just Sold For $4,268 In ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $4,268, which is 1.25x the current floor price of 1.69 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

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This Plot Of Digital Land Just Sold For $4,448 In ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $4,448, which is 1.30x the current floor price of 1.69 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Benzinga

This Plot Of Digital Land Just Sold For $6,066 In ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $6,066, which is 1.78x the current floor price of 1.69 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Benzinga

Check Out What Whales Are Doing With Meta Platforms

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Meta Platforms. Looking at options history for Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB) we detected 32 strange trades.

Benzinga

Big Tech Urges US Top Court To Block Social Media Law Curbing Political Opinion

Lobbying groups representing Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Google, and other tech companies filed an emergency request with the U.S. Supreme Court, Reuters reports. The groups looked to block a Texas law prohibiting sizeable social media platforms from banning users based on their political views. Also Read: Google, Facebook Restrict…

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Buffalo might never have happened if online hate had been tackled after Christchurch

Meta, Twitter and Google have done little to fight radicalisation, violating their own rules, says the CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, Imran Ahmed

The Guardian - UK

Court opens way for flood of Texas "censorship" lawsuits

Texans are expected to start suing giants like Meta and YouTube over content moderation decisions they don't agree with.

Axios

TikTok Is Eating Up Rivals. Can It Keep Users Hooked?

If the sun is setting on Facebook, then TikTok is dancing in the moonlight. How long can its short-form video hold consumers' fickle attention?

Bangkok Post

Tech Titans Curb Hiring in a 'Challenging Macro Environment'

From e-commerce colossus Amazon to social networking star Facebook, US tech firms that once grew with abandon have reined in hiring to endure tumultuous times. Internet giants that saw business boom during the pandemic have taken a hit from inflation, war, supply-line trouble and people returning to pre-Covid lifestyles, said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Unstoppable until they aren’t’: are tech market losses signs of a bust?

Apple is no longer the most valuable company, Meta took a $230bn hit, Amazon reported its first loss since 2015, but a slump ‘is a big question mark’

The Guardian - US

Virtual Land Just Sold For 2,200 SAND In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $2,970, which is 1.09x the current floor price of 1.35 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Benzinga

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $5,176 (2 WETH) In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $5,176, which is 1.85x the current floor price of 1.35 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

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Metaverse Land Just Sold For $6,692 (3 ETH) In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $6,692, which is 2.40x the current floor price of 1.35 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Benzinga

Former Facebook Crypto Chief Launches Bitcoin Payments Company

David Marcus, the former head of Meta Platforms Inc-owned (NASDAQ: FB) Facebook's crypto project Diem, has launched a Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) payments startup.

Benzinga

What's Going On With Meta Platforms Stock?

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) shares are trading lower Thursday and have fallen by more than 10% over the last week.

Benzinga

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $4,867 (2 ETH) In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $4,867, which is 2.00x the current floor price of 1.25 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

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Virtual Land Just Sold For 3 ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $5,452, which is 2.24x the current floor price of 1.25 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Input

Mark Zuckerberg plays Pokémon-like AR game using Cambria headset

Mark Zuckerberg showed off one of the big improvements of Meta's next headset: full-color video passthrough.

Belfast Live

Mum's warning over Facebook Donegal holiday scam after booking getaway for family

"He came across as a very nice person who just wanted everything to go as smooth as possible."

Benzinga

Morning Brief: Top Financial Stories Dominating on Thursday, May 12

CNBC Instacart Confidentially Files For US IPO

Benzinga

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…

The Conversation

Elon Musk could roll back social media moderation – just as we're learning how it can stop misinformation

The US$44 billion (£36 billion) purchase of Twitter by “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk has many people worried. The concern is the site will start moderating content less and spreading misinformation more, especially after his announcement that he would reverse the former US president Donald Trump’s ban.

The Hindu

Morning Digest | Nobody should cross ‘Lakshman Rekha’, says Law Minister after SC freezes sedition law; PM Modi to address second global COVID Summit today, and more

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