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A researcher's avatar was sexually assaulted on a metaverse platform owned by Meta, making her the latest victim of sexual abuse on Meta's platforms, watchdog says
Within an hour of logging on to Meta's Horizon Worlds, a researcher said her avatar was raped, acco…
Weilun Soon
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Meta to test money-making tools for its virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds
Meta is also testing a creator bonus program for Horizon Worlds users in the United States, allo…
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Zuckerberg sets for 'Meta Connect' amid quality issues with VR project
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to announce the company's progress towards building the $10 billion…
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Meta's metaverse app has several quality issues, admits head
The flagship metaverse product of Meta (formerly Facebook) is reportedly inundated with several qua…
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Democratic Senators urge Meta to halt launch of Metaverse app for teens, citing company's 'failure to protect' young users
Senators Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal wrote a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg calling him to…
Aidan Pollard
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Meta is putting a stop to virtual groping in its metaverse by creating 4-foot safety bubbles around avatars
A Meta executive said the new Personal Boundary feature would create "more personal space" and make…
Sam Tabahriti
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Most Metaverse users don't even make it a month, WSJ reports
Meta is struggling to keep users engaged inside the $15 billion Horizon Worlds platform, The Wall S…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Meta will charge creators fees of up to 47.5% to sell virtual wares in its metaverse
Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg have previously criticised Apple for charging developers a 30% fee…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Internal memos reportedly say Mark Zuckerberg's big metaverse app is suffering a 'quality' problem, and even employees aren't using it enough
"The simple truth is, if we don't love it, how can we expect our users to love it?" Meta's VP of th…
Britney Nguyen
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A woman claimed she was virtually groped by a gang of male avatars in Meta's metaverse, report says
Nina Jane Patel, 43, alleged she was "verbally and sexually harassed" by three or four male avatars…
Joshua Zitser
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Mark Zuckerberg unveils new, boyish metaverse avatar after getting mocked for creepy, dead-eyed version
The Meta CEO posted his new, high-res avatar on Instagram on Friday after Monday's low-res iteratio…
Ryan Hogg
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Apple calls out Meta for 'hypocrisy' for taking nearly 50% cut of virtual sales from developers
Apple and Facebook parent company Meta are once again in a war of words, with Apple accusing Meta o…
Ben Gilbert
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Meta launched an investigation after a woman said she was groped by a stranger in the metaverse
Meta concluded that the victim hadn't turned on a safety feature designed to prevent harassment on …
Stephen Jones
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Oculus founder Palmer Luckey compares Facebook's metaverse to a 'project car,' with Mark Zuckerberg pursuing an expensive passion project that no one thinks is valuable
Luckey sold Oculus to Facebook in 2014 for $2 billion in 2014, and was then fired by Mark Zuckerber…
Kali Hays
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The first-ever psychedelics ETF will launch next week, backed by a Canadian fund manager
The Horizons Psychedelic Stock Index ETF (PSYK) will begin trading on the NEO exchange next Wednesd…
Emily Graffeo
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NASA just released a video of what it would be like to land on Pluto - and it's breathtaking
"Just over a year ago, Pluto was just a dot in the distance," New Horizons principal investigator A…
Jessica Orwig
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Pluto-bound probe snaps its first images of the dwarf planet
New Horizons is equipped with seven different science instruments to study Pluto and its five known…
Mike Wall
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10 charts reveal everything you need to know about NASA's epic mission to Pluto
On that epic day, New Horizons will use its slew of instruments on board to capture images of the d…
Jessica Orwig
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The Pluto flyby is just the start of NASA's epic New Horizons mission
But the flyby wasn't just about taking breathtaking close-ups. Scientific instruments also recorded…