What is Facebook’s metaverse and how could it work?

Tom Brady recently announced his retirement from the NFL making last year's Super Bowl win his last.The star won his seventh Super Bowl on in 2021 and a look back shows how his former partner Bridget Moynahan made sure to mark the incredible moment on her Instagram.MORE: Tom Brady makes nine-year-old fan who beat cancer cry with incredible gestureThe actress, known for her role in the police drama Blue Bloods, shared a picture of Tom after the win and revealed she "could not be more proud" of him."Could not be more proud @tombrady said he would do it and he did. Congratulations @buccaneers," she wrote, alongside two pictures of the star, one following the end of the game, and another showing him reaching out to their son Jack, who headed to Florida to support his dad from the stands.WATCH: Tom Brady's kids cheer him on following winThe congratulatory messages didn't stop there, however, as Bridget later shared another picture of Tom, and wrote: "I am pretty sure I am not the only one from #patriotsnation celebrating @buccaneers #superbowl #greatgame #strong #soproud #55."Fans of the 50-year-old loved her supportive messages, and many praised her parenting approach.MORE: Gisele leaves fans seeing double as she poses poolside with sisters in matching bikinisRELATED: Gisele Bündchen shares loved-up beach photo with Tom Brady"You are the gold standard of managing your beautiful son and parenting in such a healthy way.

Ted Nugent has weighed in on the recent controversy surrounding Spotify and Neil Young‘s decision to pull his music from the platform.Young last month demanded that his music be removed from Spotify, asserting in a since-deleted open letter to his management that content like the Joe Rogan Experience podcast “spread[s] false information about vaccines”.The streaming platform obliged, later confirming that Young’s content would indeed be removed from the platform.The saga drew mixed reactions from the wider music industry, while many seemed to side with Young, including Joni Mitchell who also announced she would be pulling her discography from Spotify over its conduct surrounding vaccine misinformation, as did Young’s former bandmates Crosby, Stills & Nash, comedian Stewart Lee, Crazy Horse and E Street Band guitarist Nils Lofgren, and cult alternative rockers Failure, among others.Now, controversial right-wing rocker Ted Nugent has spoken out about Young’s decision, calling the ‘Harvest Moon’ singer-songwriter “a complete punk”.Speaking on his ‘Friday Free For All’ edition of The Nightly Nuge on Friday (February 11), he said: “Well, Neil Young, God bless him. I’m sure that there’s many people that appreciate Neil Young’s creativity and his talents and his creation of wonderful music for those people who love that kind of music.

Kanye West has shared another message directed at Kid Cudi over the rapper’s friendship with Kim Kardashian’s new boyfriend Pete Davidson.Over the weekend, West, who is now legally known as Ye, posted a since-deleted letter saying that Cudi will not appear on new album ‘DONDA 2’ over his friendship with the SNL comedian.In the handwritten note shared to Instagram yesterday (February 12), he told fans: “Just so everyone knows Cudi will not be on Donda because he’s friends with you know who.” “You know who” appears to refer to Davidson, who is in a relationship with West’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian.In a further Instagram post, West has re-shared a photo of himself, Cudi, Davidson and actor Timothée Chalamet at a 2019 dinner party, but Davidson’s face is crossed out.In the caption, he wrote: “I JUST WANTED MY FRIEND TO HAVE MY BACK THE KNIFE JUST GOES IN DEEPER.”See the post below:A post shared by ye (@kanyewest)Overnight, West has shared a number of other posts on Instagram, including a mock movie poster for Marvel Civil War, with the characters changed to include himself, Davidson, ex-wife Kardashian, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, Drake and more.A post shared by ye (@kanyewest)In another post, West shared a photo of Cudi and Davidson next to one of himself, Drake and Rap-A-Lot Records founder J Prince who organised Kanye and Drake’s famous ‘Free Larry Hoover’ benefit concert which ended their beef. The caption of the Instagram post asked: ‘Who will win?’.”A post shared by ye (@kanyewest)Cudi responded to West’s original message on Twitter, saying the pair had “talked weeks ago about this”.

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Facebook account in order to use Oculus Quest 2 headsets.The news came as Facebook – the parent company of the titular social media platform and owner of Oculus – officially rebranded itself as Meta at this year’s Facebook Connect event, as it focuses on moving from being a social media company to becoming a “metaverse” company.As both VR and AR are major components that will bring about this reality, the company is looking to shake up how it operates VR.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe metaverse is coming, according to Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook who is now trying to reinvent the company under a new name: Meta Platforms.In a presentation Thursday at the Facebook Connect conference, Zuck announced the corporate name change. He pitched the metaverse (which, for now, is mostly hypothetical) as a game-changer: “In this future, you will be able to teleport instantly as a hologram to be at the office without a commute, at a concert with friends, or in your parents’ living room to catch up.

After a week of rumours, this year’s Connect event made it official that Facebook – the parent company behind the titular social media platform – has been formally rebranded as Meta, signifying its pivot from focussing on only social media to “building the metaverse”.CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement yesterday (October 28), taking to the virtual stage at his company’s annual Connect conference to outline Meta’s future as a broader company, and in particular, how VR will elevate its services. Zuckerberg said that as a brand, Facebook could not “possibly represent everything that we’re doing today, let alone in the future”.

What’s in a name? Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday, October 28, that Facebook will now be called Meta to better encompass what the company does.

confirmed Facebook’s rumored brand overhaul on Thursday when he announced that the tech giant will now go by the name “Meta” to reflect its desire to be seen as a “metaverse” company – and the internet did not hold back in sharing its opinions.Twitter user Colleen Carroll noted how the name recalled fiber brand Metamucil, tagging the company in a message that read, “Watch out, @Metamucil.”Watch out, @MetamucilThe virtual background Zuckerberg appeared against during the conference was another target for internet commentators.

Facebook is going through a major rebrand with a new name – Meta – having been announced.

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg said the company is changing its corporate name to ‘Meta’ a move that was hinted at in recent weeks and follows the company’s plans to invest billions of dollars in the next iteration of computing that the social media giant’s CEO has dubbed the Metaverse.

Facebook is changing its name to Meta!

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future, what Zuckerberg calls the “metaverse.”

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Addressing “the recent debate around our company,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave not an inch on Monday, saying, “what we are seeing is a coordinated effort to selectively use leaked documents to paint a false picture.”

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFacebook chief Mark Zuckerberg insisted that issues like misinformation and political polarization are not “primarily about social media” — and he complained about a raft of critical articles published in recent days based on internal documents leaked by ex-employees.Meanwhile, also on the social giant’s third-quarter earnings call, Zuckerberg said Facebook is investing about $10 billion in its “metaverse” strategy in 2021, including in its Oculus VR products, smart glasses and ecommerce initiatives.In his remarks to analysts, Zuckerberg claimed he welcomed scrutiny of Facebook.

Facebook hit 2.91 billion monthly active users last quarter, up 6% from the year earlier, and reported mixed numbers and a full year outlook that was below expectations.

Facebook may be pelted of late by revelations from whistleblowers and damning internal documents made public, but the Mark Zuckerberg co-founded social media giant has decided to draw the line when it comes to the upcoming Doomsday Machine TV series.

There is “no will at the top of Facebook to ensure it is run in an adequately safe way” and Mark Zuckerberg is only concerned with shareholder interest, according to Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who is giving evidence to a UK committee this afternoon.

quarterly report published Thursday, the Oversight Board said Facebook made no mention of X-check when it reviewed the case of former President Donald Trump. The program also whitelisted high-profile individuals including soccer star Neymar, Elizabeth Warren, Dan Scavino, Candace Owens and Doug the Pug.

Facebook is about to announce a name change. No, not to the app your elderly relatives use to share clickbait memes, or lies about COVID-19 and the 2020 election — that will still be called Facebook.