On Sept. 26, X designer Andrea Conway announced changes allowing users to see if their accounts are “labeled.” The change ends so-called shadowbans on the platform. Commentators argue this change will improve trust and transparency on Elon Musk’s social media
Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta’s latest smart glasses at Connect 2023, causing quite a stir on social media. The newest generation of Meta Ray-Bans demonstrates a great leap forward from the 2021 model, improving the specifications in almost every regard. Despite
Ben Armstrong (Bitboy Crypto) was arrested earlier this week following an ‘unhinged’ rant outside the home of former employee Carlos Diaz. Armstrong accused Diaz of threatening his life, of ties to the ‘black mafia,’ and of stealing his Lamborghini. Armstrong
Meta’s Horizon Worlds is now available on desktop computers and mobile devices, but early-access users may find themselves frustrated by the shallow nature of what they discover. MetaNews investigates the in-browser version of the metaverse only to uncover a half-baked
Calcium (CAL), a test token created by Shiba Inu, is taking on a life of its own as an independent memecoin despite being branded a “scam” by one Shiba Inu developer. The token quickly ran out of Shiba Inu’s control
Proof of Play, a blockchain gaming startup led by FarmVille co-creator Amitt Mahajan, successfully raised $33 million in a seed funding round. Greenoaks and a16z Crypto led the seed round, with Anchorage Digital, Mercury, Firebase, Zynga, Alchemy, Balaji Srinivasan, and
The world’s biggest retailer is all in on the metaverse, with multiple projects and products connected to the virtual realm. The strategy is to build fresh connections between the real and digital worlds. The digital realm Shopping giant Walmart is
MicroStrategy and Tesla are among the expected beneficiaries of a rule change that will allow U.S. companies to count crypto gains on their balance sheets for the first time ever. Crypto proponents argue this makes ownership of crypto assets a
The increasingly competitive non-fungible token (NFT) market is ending the promise of perpetual royalties for artists. With OpenSea and Blur battling it out for NFT market supremacy, the creators of digital art find themselves on the front lines and joining
Just weeks after lifting the Valorant 2023 trophy, Evil Geniuses are being told to take significant pay cuts or face being dropped. The Valorant championship-winning side is now at risk as its roster of talent considers whether they should stay
YouTuber Jarvis Johnson spent a week testing Meta’s Horizon Worlds, describing the experience as “so lonely.” Challenges faced by Johnson included trying to find adults to interact with as the environment is regularly crowded out with younger users, contributing to
PayPal’s cryptocurrency partner Paxos overpaid $510,750 for a transaction on the Bitcoin network. The so-called “fat finger” mistake, implying human error, is now thought to be a bug. The smoke clears A crypto payment blunder originally attributed to PayPal was
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