Meta is building virtual world open to app makers
By Katie Paul Virtual world (Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc boss Mark Zuckerberg defended his acquisition of a virtual reality fitness app to an antitrust judge on Tuesday, arguing that…
Burberry released a digital clothing collection in the Minecraft universe
The two companies are donating $100,000 to Conservation International’s Forest protection and restoration programs Minecraft is teaming up with the famous British fashion house Burberry to introduce a collection of…
Meta to delay closing Within Unlimited deal by one month
By Juby Babu in Bengaluru (Reuters) – Facebook parent Meta Platforms does not expect to seal its acquisition deal with Within Unlimited, maker of the popular fitness app “Supernatural”, before…
Taiwan investigates TikTok for suspected illegal operations
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s government has opened a probe into Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok on suspicion of illegally operating a subsidiary on the island, though the…
Facebook accused by female truckers of skewing job ads
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc unlawfully steered dozens of hiring ads from trucking companies and other advertisers to mostly one gender or age group, an…
Irish privacy regulator fines Facebook 265 million euros
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s data privacy regulator imposed a 265 million euro ($277 million) fine on social media giant Facebook on Monday, bringing the total it has…
NFTs and Art: How Can Artists Benefit?
By Gopi Kannappan, Chief Product Officer bitsCrunch* NFTs and Art: “The trade volume for non-fungible tokens or NFTs was about $17 billion in January 2022 – but since trade has…
Meta Layoffs Worldwide
Meta has announced the layoffs of 11,000 employees. This is the largest internal restructuring in the history of the former Facebook Inc., the Menlo Park-based company founded in 2004 and renamed Meta…
Midterm elections, what about the digital giants
The US is heading into the mid-term elections in less than three months, and social media giants like Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok are preparing for what may happen. Yes, because…
BeReal tries to stop people from using filters
BeReal is the latest trending social app that’s quickly expanding the download charts. It is a new social media application that is gaining more and more users. The social media…