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Meta calls FTC suit to block VR fitness deal ‘ill-conceived’

Meta Platforms Inc. urged a judge to reject the U.S. Federal Trade Commission attempt to block the company’s acquisition of virtual reality app Within Unlimited, saying the agency’s claims about competition in the area are based on “pure speculation.”

Tribune News Service

Turkey: new ‘disinformation’ law could jail journalists for three years

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

The Guardian - UK

Meta hits back in fight with FTC over VR company acquisition

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 Independent UK

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Why Meta is making a big deal out of new VR avatars with legs

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

Inverse

Stephen Colbert: ‘By the grace of God, sometimes bad things happen to Alex Jones’

Late-night hosts discuss the Alex Jones verdict and evidence Donald Trump has even more classified documents

The Guardian - US

Meta Quest 3 — price, specs and latest news

The Meta Quest 3 is out right now — starting at $499. Here's everything you need to know.

Tom’s Guide

Explained: What’s the Wire vs Meta fight all about?

This week, the Wire published a damning report about the content moderation policies of Meta, the social media behemoth that owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. Meta, which has misled about how it functions and moderates content before, replied saying the news report was misleading at best and fabricated at worst.…

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UFC announces Meta partnership for live and on-demand MMA events in VR on Fight Pass

It appears the speculation about the reason for Mark Zuckerberg's appearance at UFC Fight Night 211 can end.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Smart Things Accelerator Centre makes new appointments

Scotland's Internet of Things organisation hires a former Scottish Enterprise managing director

Insider UK

Eyeballs and AI power the research into how falsehoods travel online

Getting a sense of falsehoods online might sound straightforward, but it isn't. Researchers use state-of-the-art algorithms but it also comes down to lots of scrolling and reading.

WEKU

First big move to a virtual workplace

Meta has just introduced the most advanced, widely available virtual reality glasses ever, and Microsoft will provide the platform for their use in your home office.

Axios

Joe Rogan, Whole Foods, Chick-fil-A: Digital ad data reveal parties targeting two Americas

Axios analyzed more than 93,000 Facebook and Instagram ad targeting inputs.

Axios

Is $1,500 really too much for the Meta Quest Pro? Maybe not!

The Quest Pro aims to replace your laptop, monitors, and game console for $1,500. That could actually be a deal if the experience works well.

Inverse

Whistleblower Frances Haugen on the alliance to hold social media accountable: ‘We need to act now’

The former Facebook manager joins the Council for Responsible Social Media, a new coalition created to press big tech to change

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Evening Standard

What does the £1,500 Meta Quest Pro say about the future of VR?

The price shows Meta is serious about VR, at least

Axios

Meta's new VR headset doesn't solve old problems

It's easier to talk about the promise of the future than the challenges of the present.

The Independent UK

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

Newslaundry

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…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Inverse

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.

The Independent UK

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

TikTok appears to be deepening its foray into e-commerce

Inverse

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.

Benzinga

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.

The Independent UK

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

Reuters

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.

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