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A year after rebranding itself from Facebook into Meta, the social network titan is striving to make the metaverse a routine part of daily life, offering users new features and promoting new virtual reality gear. But analysts say the company has toned down the hype a bit as it struggles…

Australia is entering a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic as mandatory isolation for positive cases comes to an end across all states and territories. Look back at toady's developments with our blog.

Rethinking your relationship with alcohol? Catch up on the Q&A with Dominique Robert-Hendren, Sophie Scott and Nate Byrne.

Residents in inner-city suburbs of Melbourne are rescued by boat as some of the worst flooding in decades hits Victoria. Meanwhile, thousands of people in in NSW and Tasmania are also under evacuation orders.

The groups say social media companies are not doing enough to curb the spread of falsehoods specifically targeting Latinos.

The local police chief said: 'I’ve seen some videos on social media, and it’s disgraceful. I’m going to call it like it is'. So far no arrests have been made but investigations continue

Press freedom organisations warn bill will ‘subdue public debate’ in run-up to next year’s general elections

Facebook parent Meta struck back in its legal battle with federal regulators over its proposed acquisition of virtual-reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural

The founder of a Dublin homeless charity called for the entertainer's videos to be "boycotted"

Meta is updating its VR avatars with a suite of new features, but the most important (somehow) is legs.

What Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up of this morning's key stories.