Topic: metaverse

Facebook whistleblower Haugen urges Zuckerberg to step down

Facebook whistleblower Haugen urges Zuckerberg to step down

Reuters
Posted at Nov 02 08:22 AM

In her first public address since she leaked a trove of damaging documents about Facebook's inner workings, whistleblower Frances Haugen urged her former boss, Mark Zuckerberg, to step down and allow change rather than devoting resources to a rebrand. Read more »

New name for Facebook

New name for Facebook

Carlos Barria, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 29 10:33 AM

Facebook rebranded itself as Meta to reflect its focus on the virtual world, the metaverse, amidst the controversy surrounding leaked documents that have plunged it into its biggest crisis. Read more »

Facebook invests billions in metaverse efforts as ad business slows

Facebook invests billions in metaverse efforts as ad business slows

Elizabeth Culliford and Nivedita Balu, Reuters
Posted at Oct 26 08:14 AM

Facebook Inc said on Monday it will start publishing the financial results of its augmented and virtual reality labs as a separate unit, where it is investing billions in its ambitions to build the "metaverse" and as it reported that its main advertising business faces "significant uncertainty." Read more »

'Metaverse': the next internet revolution?

'Metaverse': the next internet revolution?

Katy Lee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 04:50 PM

Imagine a world where you could sit on the same couch as a friend who lives thousands of miles away, or conjure up a virtual version of your workplace while at the beach.   Read more »

Facebook sets up new team to work on 'metaverse'

Facebook sets up new team to work on 'metaverse'

Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Posted at Jul 27 07:41 AM

Facebook is creating a product team to work on the "metaverse," a digital world where people can move between different devices and communicate in a virtual environment, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday.   Read more »

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