The Latest Breaking News from Meta

Tech & Science Daily: Meta’s Horizon Worlds hits 300,000 users

It looks like Meta’s VR platform Horizon Worlds is getting quite popular.

Evening Standard · Feb 18, 2022

Meta accused of withholding data from inquest into Molly Russell’s death

Tech giant Meta has been accused of withholding data from an inquest into the death of teenager who ended her life after viewing ‘dreadful’ content.

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2022

Huawei Aims To Spend $633M On Digital Energy HQ, R&D Center

Huawei Technologies looks to spend CNY4 billion ($632.52 million) on building a new headquarters and R&D center for its digital power unit, Reuters reports. Huawei Digital Power inked an agreement on February 17 with the local government of the southern metropolis of Shenzhen, where its parent is headquartered, for the project.…

Benzinga · Feb 18, 2022

This Plot Of Digital Land Just Sold For $35,446 In ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $35,446, which is 3.33x the current floor price of 3.6 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Benzinga · Feb 17, 2022

Meta reorganizes comms team to go on PR offense

The social network giant is aiming the changes at repairing its battered reputation.

Axios · Feb 17, 2022

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg promotes Sir Nick Clegg to more senior role at Meta

The Liberal Democrat served as deputy premier in the coalition Government from 2010 to 2015 before quitting politics in 2017.

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022

Facebook’s new Metamates rebrand is inspired by ‘patronising’ Navy insult and leaves staff worrying of ‘sinking ship’

Pulitzer Prize-winning professor Douglas Hofstadter had no idea Mark Zuckerberg chose his suggestion of ‘Metamates’

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2022

Snoop Dogg will take Death Row Records to the metaverse

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Input · Feb 16, 2022

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $62,144 (19,420 MANA) In Decentraland

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $62,144, which is 4.33x the current floor price of 4.689 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) ($62,144 USD). The collection consists of over 97,000 plots of land –– at the current moment each plot Land parcels are 16m x 16m, or 52…

Benzinga · Feb 16, 2022

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $76,800 (24,000 MANA) In Decentraland

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $76,800, which is 5.35x the current floor price of 4.689 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) ($76,800 USD). The collection consists of over 97,000 plots of land –– at the current moment each plot Land parcels are 16m x 16m, or 52…

Benzinga · Feb 16, 2022