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Meta’s Huge $500 Quest Pro Price Cut Reeks of Desperation

The Quest Pro will now cost $999.99, one-third of its original price, while the 256GB Quest will start at $429.99. These drastic price cuts could position Quest headsets as way more affordable than Apple's rumored $3,000 mixed reality headset.

Inverse

Zuckerberg warned not to open Horizon Worlds to minors

Democrats from New England call the Meta chief's purported attempt to attract teenagers to his Horizon Worlds as 'just another flagrant attempt to exploit young people for profit'.

Fortune

Here's the week's top NFT and metaverse news

NFT volume reached $2 billion—the highest level since May.

Fortune

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Dangerous selfies aren't just foolish. We need to treat them like the public health hazard they really are

Selfies have been called everything from an artform to narcissistic and a sign of a dysfunctional society.

The Conversation

The Quest 3 Will Be a Make-or-Break Moment for Meta

Now that Meta's future Quest roadmap has leaked, it's clear that with Apple's headset arriving soon, Sony's PSVR 2 circling, and Quest Pro sales tanking, the Quest 3 needs to be successful or it could ruin the entire company.

Inverse

Meta Quest 3: new headset to be two times thinner and twice as powerful as Quest 2

The mixed-reality device will cost more than £400 when it lands later this year.

Evening Standard

Debate: The multiple paradoxes of Meta and Mark Zuckerberg

From Facebook’s psychological experiments on unwitting users in 2014 to the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018 or the Facebook files in 2021, controversies involving the company have been numerous. Despite an increased demand for transparency, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta (formerly known as Facebook), has never been too inclined…

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Flights and firefighting: Companies push into the metaverse

The push is still on for the metaverse even as doubts of its viability have been creeping in as the initial hype wears off

The Independent UK

Screw It, Put a Chatbot in Every App

Other apps are following Bing's lead and incorporating AI chat features. All the hype might accidentally help us figure out what chatbots are really good for,

Inverse

Mark Zuckerberg wants A.I. 'personas' for your Facebook and Instagram accounts

Meta says it hopes to bring A.I. features and "personas" to its social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

Fortune

‘Take It Down:’ a tool for teenagers and anyone else to remove explicit online images

A new online tool lets you take down explicit images and videos of yourself from the internet. It’s from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and funded in part by Meta Platforms, owner of Instagram and Facebook.

Chicago Sun-Times

Companies scramble to incorporate generative AI in products

Microsoft, Meta, Google, Snapchat and more are trying to weave chatbots and other AI features into their offerings.

Axios

Twitter under fire for censoring Palestinian public figures

Digital rights groups say social media giants have restricted, suspended accounts of Palestinian journalists, activists.

Al Jazeera

How Russia is losing — and winning — the information war in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine is also playing out online, where Russia is using propaganda, fake accounts, and manipulated videos and images to deflect blame and undermine support for Ukraine.

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Meta's ‘Take It Down’ tool helps minors remove explicit photos from web

Meta Platforms Inc. has funded the creation of a tool that helps minors remove nude, partially nude or sexually explicit images of themselves from the internet in partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, a nonprofit child-protection group.

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Meta Is Partnering With A New Service That Hunts Down Removes Leaked Nudes Off The Internet

The new service is a huge step in the right direction, but it's not a perfect solution.

Evening Standard

How to report Instagram posts as gruesome videos circulate on app

The clips contain animal cruelty and graphic violence but you can anonymously report them using these easy steps

The Independent UK

'Take It Down:' a tool for teens to remove explicit images

“Once you send that photo, you can’t take it back,” goes the warning to teenagers, often ignoring the reality that many teens send explicit images of themselves under duress, or without understanding the consequences

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Meta to help young Australians hunt down their nudes in bid to tackle image-based abuse on Facebook and Instagram

Australian Facebook and Instagram users will have access to a new US-based platform developed to help young people remove sexually explicit content of themselves.

Manchester Evening News

'Dating scammers stole my identity for fake profiles on Grindr, Instagram and Facebook'

The M.E.N's James Holt openly talks about his identity being used to create fake Grindr, Instagram and Facebook Dating profiles

The Guardian - AU

Queensland human rights commissioner says police must watch for vigilante activity

Police have repeatedly warned against vigilantism but there are growing concerns that recent heightened debate might increase risk

The Guardian - AU

Facebook ads opposing a ban on vaping in Australia failed to disclose tobacco company backing

Meta says it removed ads for failing to state they were sponsored by an initiative of British American Tobacco Australia

Fortune

Polygon's race to become Ethereum's top sidechain

Polygon has pulled in big-name partners in a bear market. But can it pull ahead in the race to be Ethereum's top side chain?

Asharq Al-Awsat

Meta Unveils More Cautious Approach to ChatGPT Frenzy

Facebook-owner Meta on Friday unveiled its own version of the artificial intelligence behind apps such as ChatGPT, saying it would give access to researchers to find fixes to the technology's potential dangers. Meta described its own AI, called LLaMA, as a "smaller, more performant" model designed to "help researchers advance…

Reuters

Colombia court moves to metaverse to host hearing

A Colombian court this month hosted its first legal trial in the metaverse, and now hopes to experiment again with virtual reality, authorities told Reuters.

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