Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook for the metaverse. Four years and $70 billion in losses later, he’s moving on

In 2021, Mark Zuckerberg recast Facebook as Meta and declared the metaverse — a digital realm where people would work, ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Zuckerberg signals he is ditching the metaverse dream

Mark Zuckerberg once pitched the Metaverse as the next era of the internet, a sweeping bet that reshaped Facebook into Meta and redirected tens of billions of dollars into virtual worlds. Now the ...

Zuckerberg Isn’t Giving Up on His Metaverse Dream

A sense of smug satisfaction wafts across the internet whenever a report indicates Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse vision is in ...

The metaverse is cooked, and Wall Street couldn’t be happier

It’s not hard to see why Wall Street is so thrilled. After four years and billions of dollars wasted, the metaverse — a ...
The HR Digest

Do Meta’s Metaverse Budget Cuts Signal Incoming Layoffs?

Meta has announced 30% budget cuts to its metaverse plans for 2026, expecting to reduce operating costs with regard to the ...
KSL

What is the metaverse? How the internet in 3D will work ... maybe

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I'm a Black woman and the metaverse scares me – here’s how to make the next iteration of the internet inclusive

Marginalized people often suffer the most harm from unintended consequences of new technologies. For example, the algorithms that automatically make decisions about who gets to see what content or how ...
VentureBeat

How Equinix wants the internet to be ready for the metaverse

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Equinix is one of the companies that provide the backbone of the internet ...
Wall Street Journal

Building the Metaverse and the Future of the Internet

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Danny Lewis: During a Facebook conference in October 2021, company founder Mark ...
Forbes

The Metaverse Is The Internet

There are at least three major potential definitions of the metaverse, this hot trendy thing that Facebook is investing $5 billion into and hiring 10,000 technologists for. First is Ready Player One: ...
Business Insider

Jefferies says the metaverse is as big an investment opportunity as the early internet

Investors should consider the metaverse as like the early days of the internet, according to Jefferies' head of thematic research. Simon Powell noted key stocks to watch, telling CNBC people will want ...
Forbes

Is The Metaverse The New Internet?

I was asked recently whether I viewed the metaverse as the next iteration of the internet, as we march towards Web 5.0. This got me thinking about the idealistic read-only world wide web Tim ...