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Meta’s metaverse leaves virtual reality|EXCLUSIVE:

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Meta has announced a major update for its immersive virtual world, Horizon Worlds, on Thursday that will see it leave the metaverse behind. The tech giant said it’s shifting focus for Horizons Worlds to be “almost exclusively mobile” and that it’s “explicitly separating” its Quest VR platform from the virtual world. Meta’s Reality Labs division for … Read more

The executive that helped build Meta’s ad machine is trying to expose it|EXCLUSIVE:

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Brian Boland spent more than a decade figuring out how to build a system that would make Meta money. On Thursday, he told a California jury it incentivized drawing more and more users, including teens, onto Facebook and Instagram — despite the risks. Boland’s testimony came a day after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the … Read more