Facebook's metaverse gamble
Facebook is losing users, will it's pivot to the metaverse pay off?
Facebook is losing users, will it's pivot to the metaverse pay off? Chris Fox speaks to Parmy Olson, technology columnist at Bloomberg about Facebook's parent company Meta, and the challenge of developing its own technology for the virtual world. Plus the co-chair of the Facebook Oversight Board Helle Thorning-Schmidt tells us why organisations like hers are helping Meta become more transparent in the way it moderates its platforms. And the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Joe Tidy reports from Kazakhstan on the central Asian country's boom in Bitcoin mining, and the impact it's having on the environment.
(Photo: Meta headquarters in Silicon Valley, Credit: Getty Images)
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