Facebook announced a change of its name to “Meta”_THE:PANDAVS

AtConnect2021,aneventheldbyFacebookonOctober28,2021,FacebookFounderandCEOMarkZuckerbergofficiallyintroduced“Meta”,thenewnameof“Facebook”,toreflectitsfocusonbuildingthenextchapterofonlinesocialexperiences,knownasthe"metaverse."“Webelievethemetaversecanenablebettersocialexperiencesthananythingthatexiststoday,andwewilldedicateourenergytohelpingachieveitspotential”,saidMark.

Facebook將對CMA要求其出售Giphy的決定提出上訴:12月24日消息，據報道，Facebook母公司Meta周四宣布，將對英國監管機構要求其出售Giphy的決定提出上訴。英國競爭和市場管理局(CMA)上月命令Meta出售動畫圖像平臺Giphy，該機構稱，Meta可能會限制用戶訪問，或迫使競爭對手提供更多的用戶數據。[2021/12/24 8:00:26]

However,asofnownootherapparentchangeshavebeenobservedotherthanthechangeinitsnameandassociatedparameters.Itscoreapp,Facebook,isnotchangingthenameeither.ThisisconsistentwithMark’sstatementinhisfounderletterthat“Ourmissionremainsthesame—it’sstillaboutbringingpeopletogether.Ourappsandtheirbrandsaren’tchangingeither.”

Facebook產品設計經理加入Coinbase DeFi團隊:金色財經報道，根據 Facebook 產品設計經理Shalin Pei 在推特上宣布，她將離開Facebook并在下周加入 Coinbase DeFi 團隊，Shalin Pei此前在Facebook還負責過社交新聞和本地新聞工作，也是一位經驗豐富的多元化和包容性倡導者。[2021/9/11 23:18:13]

Criticismhasbeenprovokinggiventhetimingofthisnamechange–i.e.amidthetechnicalissuesandwhistle-blowermatterithasbeenfacingsinceearlyOctober2021.InthearticlewrittenbyALEXANDRAS.LEVINE,“Somecriticsarguethattimingisnocoincidenceandthatthenewnameandprojectarepartofacrisisresponsestrategyaimedatdistractinglawmakers,investorsandthepublic.”

動態 | 歐盟對Facebook加密貨幣采取強硬立場 排除風險前禁止運營:據外媒報道，歐盟各國財長于當地時間周四達成共識，對在明確解決可能帶來的風險之前，禁止Facebook的Libra等加密貨幣在歐盟運營。此舉表明，歐盟對Libra采取了強硬立場。自今年6月份發布以來，Libra因可能對金融體系產生影響而招致全球監管機構的批評。（騰訊科技）[2019/12/6]

NewYorkRepresentativeAlexandriaOcasio-CortezreactedtothisonherTwitteraccount,calling“Meta”as“cancertodemocracy”.“Metaasin“weareacancertodemocracymetastasizingintoaglobalsurveillanceandpropagandamachineforboostingauthoritarianregimesanddestroyingcivilsociety…forprofit!”,Alexandriaposted.

動態 | Facebook發布區塊鏈相關職位 或將推出數字貨幣產品:據Coin Crypto Rama消息，Facebook在其網站的招聘頁面上發布了5個區塊鏈相關職位，其中“產品營銷主管”職位引起很大的關注，因為該職位通常是在產品即將推出時開始招聘。職位的描述提到“我們正在尋找一位經驗豐富的領導者來建立和管理一個新的產品營銷團隊，專注于探索區塊鏈帶來的機會。”而任職資格包括“支付產品或區塊鏈方面的經驗”。[2018/12/10]

Sowhatisa“metaverse”?AccordingtoWikipedia,thewordwasinventedbyNealStephensoninhis1992sciencefictionnovelSnowCrash,where“humans,asavatars,interactwitheachotherandsoftwareagents,inathree-dimensionalvirtualspacethatusesthemetaphoroftherealworld”.InitsnewspublishedonSeptember27,2021,Facebookdescribes“metaverse”as“asetofvirtualspaceswhereyoucancreateandexplorewithotherpeoplewhoaren’tinthesamephysicalspaceasyou.You’llbeabletohangoutwithfriends,work,play,learn,shop,createandmore.It’snotnecessarilyaboutspendingmoretimeonline—it’saboutmakingthetimeyoudospendonlinemoremeaningful.”

Otherorganisationsarepassionatelyembracingthehottrendof“Metaverse”aswell.AOFEX,agloballeadingserviceplatformofdigitalassets,hasalreadylistedmultiplemetaverseprojectssuchasMANA、SAND、ILVaheadofmanyofitspeers.ThoughAOFEXhasalwaysplacedsecurityasitstopprioritywhilestrivesforconstantimprovementsofitsplatform’suserexperience,ithasalsobeenfocusingonexpandingthedigitalassetsitoffersonitsplatform.“Supportingprojectsthatarerunningattheforefrontofthemetaversebringsitsusersasimple,safeandsecuremarketplacetobuyandstorethesedigitalassets”,commentedAOFEXrepresentative.

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