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No one cares about the metaverse. So what does that mean for Apple’s VR plans?

Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the metaverse is falling flat but that doesn’t mean Apple’s VR plans are doomed – here’s why.

iMore

Meta just copped a A$1.9bn fine for keeping EU data in the US. But why should users care where data are stored?

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has just been hit with an eye-watering €1.2 billion fine (about A$1.9 billion) for breaches of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

The Conversation

WhatsApp has a message editing feature you may not know about

Meta, which owns WhatsApp, announced the new function earlier this week

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Mark Zuckerberg Is Back Among the World's Top Billionaires

The net wealth of the CEO of social-media giant Meta Platforms has increased by $45.2 billion this year, a record broken only by Elon Musk.

The Street

Facebook Parent Sells Fan Favorite Extension for Fraction of Purchase Price

Meta was forced to sell by UK regulators.

The Street

Gandalf AI game reveals how anyone can trick ChatGPT into performing evil acts

The cybersecurity industry is rushing to build defences for AI, because now you don’t even need to be a hacker to get the best of chatbots like ChatGPT

Evening Standard

Meta turning a blind eye to child abuse with encryption plans – minister

Security minister Tom Tugendhat warned the Facebook owner’s plans could hamper investigations and endanger tens of thousands of children.

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Apple’s WWDC Media Invite All but Confirms Its Mixed Reality Headset

Apple has sent out media invites for WWDC 2023 with a image that shows what could a teaser for its long-rumored mixed reality headset. Or maybe it's just Apple Park. Maybe it's both. Apple is cheeky like that.

Inverse

Mark Zuckerberg Is Back Among Silicon Valley's Giants

The net wealth of the CEO of social-media giant Meta Platforms has increased by $45.2 billion this year, a record broken only by Elon Musk.

The Street

US surgeon general issues advisory on ‘profound’ risks of child social media use

Dr Vivek Murthy calls on tech companies and policymakers to take ‘immediate action’ to protect children’s mental health

The Guardian - US

Crypto trading: politicians who say it should be treated like gambling are completely wrong

Cryptocurrency trading should be regulated in the same way as gambling, according to the UK parliamentary select committee in charge of scrutinising finance. The committee published a report arguing that this was necessary because digital assets such as bitcoin have “no intrinsic value, huge price volatility and no discernible social…

The Conversation

Facebook To Launch A New Platform That Competes With Twitter

Project Barcelona Is expected to mull in new users that are hostile toward's Musk's take-over of Twitter

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Mark Zuckerberg Returns to the World's Most Exclusive Club

The net wealth of the CEO of social-media giant Meta Platforms has increased by $45.2 billion this year, a record broken only by Elon Musk.

The Street

Meta looks to Magic Leap for a more immersive metaverse

Licensing Magic Leap’s technology could give Meta a chance against the might of Apple

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The Guardian - UK

Facebook owner Meta sells Giphy at a loss of more than $260m

Stock image service Shutterstock buys gif search engine after Meta’s acquisition blocked by regulators

iMore

Motion sickness is a very un-Apple problem. Can the Apple Reality Pro VR headset fix it?

If Apple can solve the VR motion sickness problem, it’s one step closer to Reality Pro VR being a hit.

Manchester Evening News

WhatsApp rolls out new message feature update for all phones

WhatsApp users will now have up to 15 minutes to edit their messages

TechRadar

Meta's ChatGPT rival could make language barriers a thing of the past

Meta has put its AI project to work dismantling language barriers... and that's very exciting.

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The Guardian - UK

TechScape: Warnings of a ‘splinternet’ were greatly exaggerated – until now

In this week’s newsletter: Facebook has been hit with a €1.2bn fine by EU regulators, and the cracks in the fault lines of data regulations are showing. Could that be a good thing?

The Independent UK

Car seats and baby formula are regulated. Is social media next?

US Surgeon General warns there is not enough evidence to show that social media is safe for young people — and calls on tech companies, parents and caregivers to take ‘immediate action to protect kids now’

Irish Mirror

WhatsApp to allow users to edit messages but there's a time limit

People have been calling for the rollout of the new feature for some time

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Laid off from Silicon Valley? Try public service

The last few months have not been good for tech workers. Groupon laid off 500 employees, Spotify axed 600, Yahoo nixed 1,600, Paypal cut 2,000, Salesforce let go of 7,000, Microsoft fired 10,000, and Alphabet — Google’s parent company — parted ways with 12,000. Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram,…

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The Apple VR headset scares Meta — it's scrambling to get this new feature to stay ahead (report)

The long-awaited Apple VR headset is reportedly poised to be revealed at WWDC 2023, and Meta is allegedly scrambling behind the scenes to get ahead of the competition.

TechRadar

WhatsApp now lets you edit your messaging nightmares – here's how to do it

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Q&A: Is Meta data-transfer fine enough to allay privacy concerns?

Estelle Masse, senior policy analyst at Access Now, speaks to Al Jazeera about record penalty imposed on tech giant.

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