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Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (left), David Ramos/Getty Images (right) Meta’s effort to build the metaverse is a way to wrangle back control of consumer data from Apple, experts say. The attempt to gain a competitive advantage over Apple is reminiscent of Google’s effort to build Android. Google’s effort paid off, but it’s likely that Mark Zuckerberg learned the wrong lessons from recent history. Meta wants to wrangle control away from Apple. The company’s multi-billion… Source link

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms (META) stock is getting cooked as the technology company spends money manufacturing virtual reality hardware, generating awareness, and finding friends for a future in the metaverse. The advertising budgets of its customers are tightening as companies restructure costs amid macroeconomic challenges — which even leads an optimistic analyst to say the third quarter for Meta Platforms is ‘make or break’. “I think the stock is back to questions around,… Source link

Mark Zuckerberg is making the same mistakes that plagued former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.  Mayer made ambitious bets that never paid off for Yahoo, which was ultimately sold to Verizon. Zuckerberg, too, is making a big bet on the metaverse, one better suited for the venture capital world. … Source link

Yan Xiaonan moves to 16-3 and closer to a strawweight title shot after her win over Mackenzie Dern on Saturday. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) Mackenzie Dern is one of the most decorated jiu-jitsu artists ever to compete in the UFC, and that ability may yet lift her to a world championship. But it was Yan Xiaonan’s ability to fight off Dern’s dogged submission attempts, particularly in Rounds 2 and 5, that boosted her a step closer to a championship shot. Yan won a majority decision… Source link

Stephen F. Austin delivered the biggest blowout of the 2022 college football season on Saturday night. The Lumberjacks defeated the Warner Royals 98-0 in a game that was a rout before the first quarter was even over. Stephen F. Austin had 35 points after the first quarter and led 59-0 at halftime. Stephen F. Austin competes at the NCAA’s second-tier FCS level. Warner University, located in Lake Wales, Florida, is an NAIA school and plays three levels lower than the Lumberjacks. SFA had eight… Source link

Google has turned the logo on its homepage black in the United Kingdom to coincide with the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Internet users in the UK woke up to an all-black version of the Google logo to mark the Queen’s funeral on 19 September, which was attended by dignitaries from around the world. The logo, which is usually blue, red, yellow and green, was accompanied by a black ribbon along with the text “Thank you, Ma’am” as well as a link that led visitors to a webpage that… Source link

Mark Cuban says baby boomers went from “fighting the man” to becoming what they’d hated in the 60s and 70s. Last week, the billionaire said on a podcast that he believes Gen-Z is the “greatest” generation. Cuban said Zoomers have a greater consideration for mental health and are changing the workplace. Billionaire investor and baby boomer Mark Cuban dubbed his generation “disappointing” in a tweet on Sunday. The 64-year-old billionaire made the comment in response to another Twitter user who… Source link

There are several ways to describe an offensive lineman doing his job well, but Mark Sanchez might have found the weirdest way to do it during Sunday’s game between the Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Rams. Following a run from Rams running back Cam Akers during the second quarter, the New York Jets quarterback turned Fox color commentator decided center Coleman Shelton’s blocking deserved some extra attention. Sanchez wasn’t wrong — Shelton pulled and erased two Falcons defenders to open a… Source link

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has some thoughts on NBA’s reported in-season tournament. After a video circulated Friday where Cuban said he wasn’t a fan of the mid-season series and would even consider benching their best players, he later clarified and told The New York Times’ Mark Stein that those comments were “old” and that he was “actually open” to the idea. Here is the original video: The details of the proposed tournament are still being worked out, but the Athletic’s Shams Charania… Source link

Leadership expert and former Medtronic CEO Bill George ripped Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a wide-ranging interview with Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “Facebook and Mark are not grounded in values, so he is all over the map,” the corporate insider said in a scathing assessment of Zuckerberg’s leadership as CEO. George, known for his very successful stint as Medtronic’s CEO from 1991 to 2001, is the author of new leadership book “True North: Emerging Leader Edition.” In the book, George and… Source link