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Legs are the hardest part of you to put in the metaverse
How come Meta’s metaverse avatars got no legs? The answer: legs are hard to replicate, and users may not want them anyway. Read more…
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Mixed reality will be a thing in a few years, Meta tells advertisers
Mixed reality could become a reality for consumers in a few years, Meta tells ad agencies, giving more details of its metaverse vision. Read more…
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Meta adds personal space tool to combat metaverse harassment
Meta is launching a tool for VR users to maintain personal space boundaries as concerns mount about sexual harassment in the metaverse. Read more…
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The metaverse will top the agenda at MWC – and you have to ask why
The Metaverse will be the most popular topic of discussion at MWC this year. Ironically, the first viable physical event for two years. Read more…
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Meta builds AI supercomputer to protect the metaverse from evil
Meta said its research team has built a new AI supercomputer to spot harmful content that will be the fastest in the world by mid-2022. Read more…
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Fines are mounting against Meta and others – how long can they last?
Fines are mounting against Meta and other tech giants and they must, finally, be beginning to hurt. Every week there is a new lawsuit. Read more…
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Biden admin recommends approving Google, Meta undersea cable to Asia
Biden administration recommended Alphabet’s Google and Facebook parent Meta get permission to use an undersea cable system with Asia. Read more…
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Facebook ordered to sell Giphy by UK competition regulator
UK competition regulator tells Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy, ruling the acquisition harms social media users and UK advertisers. Read more…
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Microsoft-Meta Platforms metaverse interoperability deal is the easy bit
Metaverse interoperability between Microsoft and Meta was an obvious and easy move – it will take more than that for the metaverse to thrive. Read more…
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Meta shutters its facial recognition software – what else should be paused?
Meta is pausing facial recognition software over ‘societal concerns’. This poses questions about other tech potentially in the same basket. Read more…
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Welcome to Meta – will a name change stop the lawmakers circling?
Facebook is Meta now. What comes next is hard to say, but it’s worth remembering that Facebook has more than a metaverse up its sleeve. Read more…
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‘Tarnished and toxic’ Facebook Inc becomes Meta in rebrand for metaverse
‘Tarnished and toxic’ Facebook Inc now called Meta in a rebrand that focuses on building the metaverse, the successor to the mobile internet. Read more…