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Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name. Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. (Alex Heath via The Verge)
Netflix Co-CEO Says He 'Screwed Up' When Defending Dave Chappelle Special. Netflix Inc. Co-Chief Executive Ted Sarandos said he “screwed up” in his efforts to communicate with employees who were upset over “The Closer,” a recent comedy special by Dave Chappelle. (Joe Flint via Wall Street Journal)
How to Govern the Metaverse. It was 2016, and Jordan Belamire was excited to experience QuiVr, a new fantastical virtual reality game, for the first time. With her husband and brother-in-law looking on, she put on a VR headset and became immersed in a snowy landscape. (Lucy Sparrow via WIRED)
Republic may build a secondary exchange for digital securities, fueled by $150 million in new funding. There's plenty of frustration in the world of startups over when a digital asset does and does not constitute a security in the eyes of the Securities & Exchange Commission. Where many see regulatory murkiness, the five-year-old, New York-based… (Connie Loizos via TechCrunch)
What If We Just Gave Renters Money?. In an obscure but public meeting last week, local and federal housing officials discussed a controversial idea that could transform U.S housing policy: What if the government gave money directly to renters. (Rachel M. Cohen via The Atlantic)
The Reclusive Dictator Behind a Global Climate Catastrophe. Carrie Herzog was sitting at her desk in Montreal one day in early 2019, studying satellite images for signs of mud volcanoes. These geological oddities, common around the Caspian Sea, can belch greenhouse gases. (Aaron Clark,Matthew Campbell,Robert Friedman,Aaron Rutkoff via Bloomberg)
A massive 'stalkerware' leak puts the phone data of thousands at risk. The private phone data of hundreds of thousands of people are at risk. Call records, text messages, photos, browsing history, precise geolocations and call recordings can all be pulled from a person's phone… (Zack Whittaker via TechCrunch)
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