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Meta Is Hanging by ‘Threads’

When Threads first launched, it lacked many of the features that users would expect from a service similar to Twitter’s (now X’s). However, in recent months, it has been adding more and more new features to provide users with a more diversified experience, such as polls, an easy way to post GIFs, and the ability […]

EVs Now a Metaphor for Polarization of Democrats and Republicans

It had to happen. Trump and Biden turn up in Detroit at about the same time and give their pitch to striking members of the United Automobile Workers (UAW). “Here’s the big difference between Democrats and Republicans”, proclaims Trump. “We want to know why Detroit aren’t making cars that are going to sell, cars that […]

Wide-Field-of-View Glasses by Meta

A new video-recording face computer on our heads has arrived and is sold by Meta. I came across this news … reading …and rereading …  then trying to digest the goal of it and questioning the importance of having such a device. They want us to record everything, absolutely everything while living our daily lives […]

Meta Deletes Facebook News Tab in Europe

On September 5th, Meta announced that it would be deleting the Facebook News tab in the UK, France, and Germany in early December. Meta’s move towards deprecation is driven by several factors. According to the company, “News makes up less than 3% of what people around the world see in their Facebook feed.” This implies […]

MTN Backs Africa’s First Metaverse

Africa’s homegrown telco giant MTN is creating a village in Ubuntuland, Africa’s first metaverse. The telco is keeping a promise it made 18 months ago. Ubuntuland takes its name from the Zulu and Xhosa word Ubuntu, which means ‘humanity to others’. It’s an appropriated word to encourage respect and tolerance. It has been a much-needed […]

IoT, Digital Twin Technology, and the Metaverse

Ever since their first appearance in 1989, Internet-of-Things (IoT) systems have wormed themselves into the next centuries of innovations, from intelligent toasters to robotic butlers. And while they heavily rely on cloud computing, they managed to make data the new oil of the digital age. As a result, we have witnessed the implementation of IoT […]