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Rachelle Abbott

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

Meta’s social VR platform Horizon Worlds hits 300,000 users

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

It’s now hit 300,000 users since it was rolled out in the US and Canada - a 10-fold increase in around 10 months.

Meta announced this week that 10,000 separate worlds have been built on the platform to date.

Forecasters are warning Storm Eunice, which is battering the UK, could produce a ‘sting jet’ like the Great Storm of 1987.

It’s a meteorological phenomenon that happens when a jet of cold air rapidly descends from up to four kilometres in the atmosphere to the ground over three or four hours.

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Key industries in the UK have been briefed on improving their cyber security - as tensions mount between Russia and Europe on the Ukraine border.

GCHQ officials have spoken to reps from key sectors to give advice on protecting their systems.

We’re being warned climate change could cause a drop in supply of chocolate, and bananas.

Small farmers in Africa, Asia and South America are being hit by droughts, floods, and storms which is affecting their crops. Tech & Science Daily spoke to Bismark Kpabitey, who runs a farm in Ghana.

Plus, hackers target Microsoft teams with trojan malware, our mental speed stays strong until 60, Peloton’s Lanebreak video game finally arrives and Caspar Lee teases new tech to help brands improve their marketing.

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