One thing they don’t tell you about training in the metaverse: The exercise may be in virtual reality, but the sweat is real. My first VR exercise was a boxing class akin to “Dance Dance Revolution” for your hands. I hit color-coded targets that zoomed in on my face and tilted to avoid swirling beams. … Read more
NEW DELHI— Rahul Gandhi, one of India’s most prominent opposition politicians, has written to Twitter Inc.’s chief executive alleging he is the victim of a government campaign to limit his ability to attract followers on the platform, throwing a fresh spotlight on how New Delhi polices US social media companies. In the Dec. 27 letter, … Read more
Facebook’s ambitious effort to bring cryptocurrency to the masses has failed. The Diem Association, the consortium Facebook founded in 2019 to build a futuristic payments network, is winding down and selling its technology to a small California bank that serves bitcoin and blockchain companies for about $200 million, a person familiar with the matter said. … Read more