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Facebook owner Meta unveils $1,500 VR headset: Will it sell?

Facebook parent Meta has unveiled a high-end virtual reality headset with the hope people will soon be using it to work in the virtual reality of the still-elusive place called the metaverse

The Independent UK

Wire stands by its report on BJP ‘censor privileges’, Meta by its denials

Social media giant Meta has claimed that a report in the Wire – which suggested BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya was part of the firm’s controversial XCheck programme – was “inaccurate” and appeared to be based on “fabricated” documentation. However, the news portal reported that Meta’s claims were in…

Newslaundry

Meta Unveils New Virtual Reality Headset Quest Pro

A year after it rebranded itself in the name of building a metaverse, Meta on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its virtual reality headset tailored for working professionals. The $1,500 Meta Quest Pro features a number of new features that are meant to improve users' perception of truly being…

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Meta's Quest Pro event: 4 major takeaways for work, gaming, and socializing

Meta's Connect event ushered in a Quest Pro VR headset, more VR games, work applications, new VR avatars, and teased future hardware.

Inverse

TikTok going big on US e-commerce? Job listings offer clues

TikTok appears to be deepening its foray into e-commerce

The Independent UK

Meta Quest Pro: release date, features, and price

The Quest Pro is Meta's next VR headset with an all-new design, brighter screens, and better controllers, and a big focus on mixed reality experiences.

Inverse

Meta Platforms Whale Trades For October 11

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

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Fox News hosts forced to make humiliating on-air U-turn over support for Kanye West

West’s Twitter account also locked after Meta restricts his Instagram

The Independent UK

Russia's financial monitoring agency adds Meta to 'extremists' list -agencies

Russia's financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring, has added U.S. tech giant Meta Platforms Inc. to its list of "terrorists and extremists", Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday.

Reuters

Fox News presenters who defended Kanye West make U-turn after 'Anti-Jewish' posts

Fox and Friends co-hosts Will Cain and Pete Hegseth have backtracked after defending controversial rapper Kanye West after his 'Anti-Jewish' posts on social media

Daily Mirror

Kanye West locked out of Instagram and Twitter after antisemitic posts

Instagram and Twitter have suspended Kanye “Ye” West after the rapper shared a series of antisemitic statements on both social media platforms.

Los Angeles Times

Crying for MAAMA: big tech’s reality check

As Tesla unveils its first humanoid robot, the pressure is on for Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet, (aka MAAMA), to create the next big thing. Beware of ‘techlash,’ warns consumer trends expert Matt Hay

Evening Standard

Kanye West locked out of Twitter and Instagram accounts over offensive posts

There is a notice from Twitter in the tweet’s place that reads: “This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules.”

Irish Mirror

Fox News hosts forced to make humiliating on-air U-turn over support for Kanye West

West’s Twitter account also locked after Meta restricts his Instagram

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Kanye West’s Instagram account restricted, tweet removed after posts slammed as antisemitic

Kanye West’s Instagram account was restricted and a tweet was deleted after posts that were slammed as antisemitic, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The Guardian - UK

Delays to online safety bill will endanger young people, says Molly Russell’s father

Ian Russell, whose daughter took her own life, says ‘waiting around’ leaves children exposed to harmful content

WEKU

Twitter follows Instagram in restricting Ye's account after antisemitic posts

Ye, the rapper and fashion designer formerly known as Kanye West, had recently accused hip hop mogul Diddy of being under the influence of "the Jewish people."

Tribune News Service

Hundreds of janitors strike at Facebook campuses across Bay Area amid impending layoffs

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Hundreds of janitors have been on strike since Tuesday at various Bay Area Meta (Facebook) campuses in anticipation of massive layoffs, demanding that the tech giant hold its janitorial contractor accountable to crafting a new agreement that won’t put more work on the backs of those…

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Meta Warns of Password Stealing Phone Apps

Meta warned a million Facebook users Friday that they have been "exposed" to seemingly innocuous smartphone applications designed to steal passwords to the social network. So far this year, Meta has identified more than 400 "malicious" apps tailored for smartphones powered by Apple or Android software and available at the…

Benzinga

This Is What Whales Are Betting On Meta Platforms

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Meta Platforms. Looking at options history for Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) we detected 41 strange trades.

ABC News

Meta alerts Apple, Google to malicious apps designed to steal personal data

The apps are promoted as photo editors and games, and lure users in before asking for their social media login details.

Axios

Meta detects more than 400 mobile apps stealing Facebook passwords

About 1M Facebook users were possibly affected, one company leader said.

WEKU

Here's what Elon Musk will likely do with Twitter if he buys it

Musk says he'd loosen rules against spreading misinformation, allow former President Donald Trump back on Twitter, shake up the company's business model and find new revenue sources.

The Guardian - UK

Facebook UK pays £29m corporation tax despite record £3.3bn sales

Advertising revenue surged last year at social media firm where average staff pay rose to £262,000

The Guardian - US

Disinformation in Spanish is prolific on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube despite vows to act

Social media platforms’ failure to eradicate the false information amounts to aiding and abetting disenfranchisement, advocates say

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