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WhatsApp to stop working on 49 smartphone models TODAY leaving millions without app

Users with older iPhones and Androids handsets will need to get an upgrade after December 31 in order to use WhatsApp going into the New Year

Daily Mirror

Why do the rich get richer — even during global crises?

Every 30 hours, the pandemic spawned a new billionaire, while pushing a million people into poverty. Here’s why.

Al Jazeera

Commentary: Why I still ‘like’ Facebook, even though everyone else sort of hates it

According to some critics, Facebook is responsible for almost every evil ever invented. The social media platform, under the corporate parent Meta, violates our privacy, sells our personal information to the highest bidders, monopolizes the media, earns undeserved billions in profit all but hourly, single-handedly killed print journalism, manipulates our…

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Sorry, 'metaverse' is the word of the year whether you like it or not

Thanks to brands like Fortnite, Meta, and Roblox, the metaverse is making an obvious impact on the way we socialize, shop, and play.

Inverse

Meta Employees Undermine Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Strategy

Meta employees are expressing discontent with Mark Zuckerberg and his metaverse strategy on anonymous jobs forums such as Blind.

Zenger

Facebook parent Meta will pay $725M to settle a privacy suit over Cambridge Analytica

The proposed settlement is a result of revelations that the information of up to 87 million people may have been improperly shared with the data analytics firm that worked for political campaigns.

WEKU

Meta agrees to pay $725 million over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running lawsuit that claimed Facebook illegally shared user data with the research firm Cambridge Analytica.

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It was the end of easy money that took the shine off tech in 2022

City comment: After a period of naïve optimism and financial malpractice, it’s time for the tech sector to snap back to reality

Evening Standard

From Twitter chaos to TikTok bans to the metaverse, social media had a rocky 2022

From Facebook's troubled pivot to the metaverse to Twitter's management chaos to industry-wide layoffs, social media companies have had a rocky 2022

WEKU

The Quest Pro needs to steal this one feature from the Nreal Air

Meta's $1,500 Quest Pro really needs video/HDMI-in so you can watch more content from any devices, just like you can on the $379 Nreal Air AR smart glasses.

Inverse

How to use a real keyboard inside VR on the Quest Pro

With support in several different productivity apps, a keyboard is the best way to take productivity tasks on the Quest Pro to the next level.

Inverse

The evolution of news dumps

In Meta's case, the data reveals a pivot away from dumping news in favor of burying it.

Axios

The Quest Pro is not going to replace your monitor setup

Horizon Workrooms, Immersed, and more are exciting alternatives to owning multiple monitors, but hardware realities still hold them back.

Inverse

The worst thing about the Quest Pro isn't its price, it's the speakers

The speakers on Meta's $400 Quest 2 sound better than on the $1,500 Quest Pro. At least to this editor.

Inverse

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Evening Standard

Who could replace Elon Musk as Twitter CEO?

Here’s a look at six candidates in the running for the coveted role should the billionaire follow through with his poll promise

Daily Mirror

Meta Quest 2's crappy data privacy policy is just the opening the new HTC VR headset needs

HTC's newest standalone VR headset will be announced next month, and in a dig at Meta, it's highlighted that user privacy at the forefront of the hardware.

Tribune News Service

Zuckerberg testifies that Meta's lack of VR fitness app doesn’t keep him up at night

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg says the fact his company doesn’t have a virtual reality fitness app up doesn’t keep him up at night, but acquiring it would boost competition and improve such applications.

Inverse

Review: Incase Carrying Case is a Quest Pro essential accessory

The Met Quest Pro's charging dock makes use it that much easier. Unfortunately, it also means you'll want a carrying case if you're going to take it anywhere.

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Fortune

Bill Gates derides Elon Musk for using a 'seat-of-the-pants' management style at Twitter

Elon Musk’s errant leadership is worsening polarization on social media, says Bill Gates.

The Guardian - UK

Mother’s ‘meddling’ kept tablets in order

Brief letters: Organising your pillbox | Bird in the hand | Meta moment | Promoting peace | Rwanda deportations

Reason

Why Does Funding Government Take $1.7 Trillion and 4,000 Pages?

Plus: Title 42 order termination is on hold, the FTC vs. Meta, and more...

The Guardian - UK

TechScape: Elon Musk’s poll own goal proves he can’t get out of his own way

In this week’s newsletter: Musk has a talent for trying to wiggle out of trouble on Twitter, only to land deeper in it – this time by asking users if he should quit as chief executive

Axios

Slow fade for Google and Meta's ad dominance

Online advertising's dominant "duopoly" faces a wave of new challenges that are eating away at their numbers.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Unions in big tech are essential

The past six months have been brutal for tech workers across the industry. Tens of thousands of our colleagues at Twitter, Meta, Amazon and other companies have been stripped of their livelihoods. Those who remain are subject to an increased pressure to deliver with fewer teammates to help do the…

The Guardian - UK

Twitter users voted Elon Musk out. But CEO or not, he’ll still call the shots

Even if the multi-billionaire owner accepts his user poll and stands down, his machinations seem likely to ruin the company, says tech writer Sarah Manavis

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