The most viewed post on Facebook last quarter was a sixty-nine joke, featuring reposted footage from an episode of the TV show Family Feud. The post, originally an Instagram Reel, had more than 52 million views on Facebook, according to Meta’s quarterly report on the most widely-viewed content on the platform in the U.S. It…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed that Meta’s next virtual reality headset will arrive in October. Zuckerberg made the comments on Joe Rogan’s podcast, indicating the device — almost certainly the headset codenamed “Project Cambria” — will likely launch around the company’s annual Connect event. “For the next…
Samar Haddad / The Verge If you’ve bought an Meta (formerly known as Oculus) Quest or Quest 2 virtual reality headset in the past few years, you’ve likely had to set it up using a Facebook account. While that makes sense given that the device is made by Meta, Facebook’s parent company, there are a…
News that Haus, a consumer beverage brand looking to bring down the ABV in booze, had failed to close a funding round and was being forced to sell took many — this publication included — by surprise. Perhaps we should have been less taken aback. Tracking the value of recently public DTC companies is an…
Startups looking to make it easier for people to rent apartments on a flexible, shorter-term basis, are gaining momentum thanks in part to the rise of remote work. Last week, Dealbook reported that a flexible living startup, Flow, founded by WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann, has locked down $350 million from Andreessen Horowitz. Earlier today, TechCrunch…
Two people are suing digital payments powerhouse Block and its subsidiary Cash App Investing for allegedly failing to properly protect sensitive personal data in a December 2021 data breach. As per the lawsuit filed in a federal district in Oakland, California, the two individuals saw “unauthorized charges” to their Cash App accounts, and spent many…
Cybercriminals have stolen $100 million worth of non-fungible tokens (NFT) in the first half and a bit of 2022, new research has revealed.. A report from Elliptic found most of the NFTs were stolen in July, while the average theft set NFT investors and buyers back $300,000 per incident. The number could even be higher,…
President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness at the White House on August 24, 2022. AP Photo/Evan Vucci Biden canceled up to $20,000 in student debt for federal borrowers on Wednesday. Student-loan company Nelnet told borrowers to “hold off on calling” to get more information. Borrowers are still waiting for further details on…
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A worker makes repairs to a home under construction at the Lennar Bridgeway development in Newark, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Bank of America on Thursday downgraded homebuilders Lennar, Toll Brothers and KB Home. New home demand has dropped over the last three months after two years of unprecedented growth. Affordability is down, with the average…