Hey Fellow Kids: Meta Is Revamping Horizon Worlds to Attract More Teen Users

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Nothing has been more of a spectacle to watch than Meta’s bet on the metaverse—more specifically Horizon Worlds, a virtual reality video game platform from the company.

A new app that lets people create avatars and hang out with friends in virtual bedrooms made its debut 3 weeks ago, and it's already taking Asia by storm

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Bondee's promotional graphic depicting several avatars.
Wear the trendiest outfits and live your best virtual life with your friends on Bondee.

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Legendary VC Bill Gurley warns of a tougher era for tech investors, praises Jeff Bezos, and casts doubt on the metaverse in a new interview. Here are the 10 best quotes.

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Bill Gurley.

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Is Meta Actually Making a Comeback?

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2022 was a year Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook in its healthier years, would rather forget.

Meta stock could jump 30% as Mark Zuckerberg sobers up on his metaverse ambitions and focuses on other initiatives, Gene Munster says

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Mark Zuckerberg showing his 'metaverse' avatar during Connect 2021
Mark Zuckerberg showing his 'metaverse' avatar during Connect 2021

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Mark Zuckerberg is finally embracing his new role as Meta's Chopper-in-Chief. Here are the plans he just laid out to further cut costs in 2023.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a U-turn on metaverse spending as Reality Labs is hit with a new 'efficiency' mantra

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Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook's first ever retail location Meta Store
Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook's first ever Meta Store

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Meta Is Spending More Than $1 Billion per Month on the Metaverse

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Meta has released its final quarterly and full year financial results for 2022, and the results are...mixed for the company formerly known as Facebook.

ChatGPT parent OpenAI faces a blockchain rival as a new NFT project creates 3D avatars from text

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ChatGPT faces a new blockchain rival in Polygon's CharacterGPT program.
ChatGPT faces a new blockchain rival in Polygon's CharacterGPT program.

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Microsoft Cuts VR Staff and Leaves Questions About Its Metaverse Ambitions

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After the dust cleared from Microsoft making moves to lay off over 10,000 employees—5% of its global workforce—it’s become apparent Microsoft isn’t merely taking a different tact on its virtual reality and mixed reality designs, it’s curtailing several of the major teams supposed to plant their virtual flag in the…

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