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Metaverse Land Just Sold For $7,875 (6 ETH) In Decentraland

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $7,875 (6 ETH) In Decentraland

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $7,875, which is 2.84x the current floor price of 2.25 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) ($7,875 USD). The collection consists of over 97,000 plots of land –– at the current moment each plot Land parcels are 16m x 16m, or 52…

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $16,822 (20,000 MANA) In Decentraland

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $16,822 (20,000 MANA) In Decentraland

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $16,822, which is 6.04x the current floor price of 2.25 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) ($16,822 USD). The collection consists of over 97,000 plots of land –– at the current moment each plot Land parcels are 16m x 16m, or 52…

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Metaverse Land Just Sold For $84,017 (99,888 MANA) In Decentraland

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $84,017, which is 30.19x the current floor price of 2.25 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) ($84,017 USD). The collection consists of over 97,000 plots of land –– at the current moment each plot Land parcels are 16m x 16m, or 52…

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $2,467 (2 WETH) In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $2,467, which is 1.33x the current floor price of 1.5 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $3,083 (2 WETH) In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $3,083, which is 1.67x the current floor price of 1.5 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $4,309 (5,000 SAND) In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $4,309, which is 2.33x the current floor price of 1.5 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

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What Are Whales Doing With Meta Platforms

What Are Whales Doing With 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 52 strange trades.

Facebook announces launch of 'metaverse academies' across France

Facebook announces launch of 'metaverse academies' across France

Facebook's parent company Meta and a French digital training firm will launch a "metaverse academy" in France for the new academic year, the two organisations announced on Sunday.

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As Meta gives Sheryl Sandberg a send-off, a probe underway on resource misappropriation

As Meta gives Sheryl Sandberg a send-off, a probe underway on resource misappropriation

Sheryl Sandberg resigned from Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) as COO last week after 14 years with the organization.

Facebook rethinks news deals, and publishers stand to lose millions

Facebook rethinks news deals, and publishers stand to lose millions

Meta Platforms Inc's Facebook is re-examining its commitment to paying for news, people familiar with the matter said, prompting some news organisations to prepare for a potential revenue shortfall of tens of millions of dollars.

Meta is basically killing off the Portal smart home display line

Meta is basically killing off the Portal smart home display line

It's reportedly keeping Portal around for businesses, though.

Virtual Land Just Sold For 2 ETH In The SandBox

Virtual Land Just Sold For 2 ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $3,842, which is 1.51x the current floor price of 1.51 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Messaging App Telegram to Launch Paid Subscription Plan

Messaging App Telegram to Launch Paid Subscription Plan

Messaging app Telegram will launch a paid subscription plan for its users this month, founder Pavel Durov said on Friday. Users who will opt for Telegram Premium will get a higher limit for chats, media and file uploads, Durov said in a blogpost. "The only way to let our most…

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Why Meta Platforms Shares Are Falling Today

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) shares are trading lower by 4.65% to $175.45. Meta Platforms shares are trading lower as tech stocks pull back amid a rise in yields following worse-than-expected US CPI data.

Meta Retracts From AR Glasses Project Shortly After Dumping Smartwatch Project

Meta Platforms, Inc (NASDAQ:META) is scaling back its plans to release a series of augmented reality glasses over the next several years, the Information reports. The move marks its second product suspension for the week as it battled the current revenue slowdown. Meta aimed to trim heavy investments in its Reality Labs hardware…

The Independent UK

White supremacists are riling up thousands on social media

White nationalists and supremacists are building thriving, macho communities across social media platforms like Instagram, Telegram and TikTok

Teenager sues Meta after 'addictive' Instagram left her with an eating disorder

Alexis Spence got her first Instagram account when she was just 11 years old and now her mental health is in tatters, and a specialist law firm say her life will never be the same

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'Transparency reports' from tech giants are vague on how they're combating misinformation. It's time for legislation

On May 30, Meta, Google and Twitter released their 2021 annual transparency reports, documenting their efforts to curb misinformation in Australia.

Virtual Land Just Sold For 2 ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $4,057, which is 1.36x the current floor price of 1.655 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $4,328 In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $4,328, which is 1.45x the current floor price of 1.655 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

The Independent UK

Facebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads

Facebook has failed another test of its ability to detect blatant, violent hate speech in advertisements submitted to the platform by the nonprofit group Global Witness

Microsoft’s mixed reality gets a black eye

The talent exodus and the organisational rejig has dealt a blow to Microsoft’s vision of a mixed reality, making it reroute resources and people at a time when the market for AR/VR is heating up.

Russia's Navalny scolds Google and Meta for helping Putin

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny scolded Google and Meta Platforms Inc on Thursday for shutting down advertising, a step he said had undermined the opposition and thus was a gift to President Vladimir Putin.

Facebook Parent Meta Pauses Dual Camera Smartwatch Project

Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc's (NASDAQ:FB) Reality Labs division has suspended its work on the smartwatch codenamed 'Milan' after two years to focus on other wrist-worn devices, Bloomberg reports. The smartwatch, which was a part of its metaverse ambitions, was likely to include activity tracking, music playback, and messaging. A prototype of the device…

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