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Financial analysts believe that Facebook (now known as Meta) CEO Mark Zuckerberg has changed the name of his company because “he doesn’t think his core business that he built 15 years ago is actually a business anymore.”

Facebook’s “Horizon Worlds” metaverse, which allows users to interact in virtual worlds with an avatar, is falling far short of performance expectations according to internal documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal. Data shows most users of the metaverse don’t return after the first month, and the userbase has been in continuous decline since the spring.

Truth Social, the social media platform created by former President Donald Trump, has soared to the top of the Android app download charts after finally being allowed in the Google Play Store this week.

Florida officials are expressing growing concern about fires involving electric vehicles such as Tesla cars in the wake of Hurricane Ian. Sen. Rick Scott is demanding action from both the Department of Transportation and vehicle makers as the ticking time bombs created by salt water interacting with EV batteries is draining the resources of first responders. In a letter, Sen. Scott wrote: “This emerging threat has forced local fire departments to divert resources away from hurricane recovery to control and contain these dangerous fires.”

Microsoft’s high-tech HoloLens headsets were recently tested by the U.S. Army, which found that they have significant flaws that soldiers say “would have gotten us killed,” according to reports.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is telling the U.S. government that it can no longer pay for Starlink terminals to help Ukraine’s war effort, and is asking that the Department of Defense to pick up the tab to the tune of $124 million — just to cover service through the end of 2022.

Bank of America recently shut down a new account associated created for the In the Litter Bos podcast  hosted by Jewels Jones and conservative pundit and best-selling author “Catturd.” Jones described the situation as the left exerting control through any means necessary: “They are going to control you at any means or any methods that they possibly can. They’re going to exert their control over you.”

Frances Haugen, the Facebook “whistleblower” who was turned into a celebrity by politicians and the establishment media for demanding sweeping censorship of social media, is teaming up with former members of the Deep State, establishment Republicans, and top Democrats to “fix” social media.

Chinese-owned social media giant TikTok is planning to mimic Amazon by establishing its own product fulfillment centers in the United States, signifying the company’s dedication to e-commerce as its next major revenue stream.

Amazon is facing walkouts and strikes during its “Prime Day” sale season, as the employees who handle the massive amount of packages that fly through the company’s facilities demand better pay, fair treatment, and an end to retaliatory behavior.

The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) — which was able to garner enough votes in April to create the first U.S. union at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York — is now trying to do the same with another Amazon facility near Albany, the capital of New York State.

Chip giant Intel is reportedly planning to scrap thousands of jobs, likely in an attempt to cut fixed costs and deal with a slowdown in the computer market, Bloomberg reports.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is now selling perfume called “Burnt Hair,” which goes for $100 a bottle. The hypemaster extraordinaire has added “Perfume Salesman” to his social media biography.

More than 2,600 federal officials either own or have traded stock in companies their agencies oversee, according to a damning report by the Wall Street Journal. 

Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are blocking a resolution from Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) calling on the White House to hand documents over to members of Congress on the White House’s efforts to force Big Telecom companies to censor cable news channels, as well as any pressure the Biden White House has placed on the FCC to regulate Big Tech.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) appeared on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday with Washington Political Editor Matthew Boyle over the weekend, slamming efforts to pass the widely-criticized Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) through the Senate.

Facebook (now known as Meta) canceled job offers for international engineers just weeks before they moved to London to start their jobs, according to employees. One recruit who lost his job before it even began was told the decision was made due to “economic conditions.”

Florida Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis recently sent a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requesting information on the fire risks created by saltwater mixing with the batteries of electric vehicles.

Russia has added Facebook (now known as Meta) to its list of terrorist and extremist organizations.

In a quickly-reversed policy move, the web’s leading payments processor, PayPal, announced it would deduct $2,500 from users who violates its acceptable use policy, which includes bans on spreading “misinformation,” “hate,” or anything else the company deemed “unfit for publication.”

Employees of Facebook (now known as Meta) mockingly refer to some of the company’s metaverse projects as “make Mark happy” — referring to CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his shifting priorities.

Consumer Reports recently found that the Chinese-owned video app TikTok uses the same techniques as Google and Facebook to track users across the web — even if they don’t use the TikTok app.

The Apple iPhone 14’s new “Crash Detection” feature, which is supposed to call authorities when it detects that someone has been in a car accident, has been calling 911 when unsuspecting users are enjoying rollercoaster rides at theme parks.

Andrew Tate, the self-described ‘Top G’ of the internet, was recently blacklisted from most major social media platforms following an outcry over his pro-masculinity message. Breitbart News sat down with Tate to explore why leftist tech platforms felt the need to silence him. Tate explains, “First, they delete you and then they lie about you. That’s how they attack.”

Chinese-owned social media giant TikTok’s parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance, saw its operating losses more than triple last year to above $7 billion. Meanwhile, the company spent heavily to continue its growth.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk bashed former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform, calling it “essentially a rightwing echo chamber,” adding, “it might as well be called Trumpet.” The two have been feuding with Trump labeling the social media hypemaster a “bullshit artist” at a July rally.

Uber’s former head of security, Joe Sullivan, has been found guilty on charges that he did not disclose a breach of customer and driver records to government regulators.

Facebook executives are reportedly in the process of instituting “quiet layoffs” of underperforming workers that could see thousands of employees let go from the company.

Facebook (now known as Meta), has a virtual reality social network called Horizon Worlds, but it is plagued with quality issues, and the employees who are building the “metaverse” app are barely using it, an executive says.

A Delaware Chancery Court judge has imposed an October 28 deadline on Elon Musk to close his deal with Twitter if he wants to avoid a trial, following the former’s offer to close the deal at the original price of $54.20 per share. According to Twitter, Musk “should be arranging to close on Monday, October 10,” but is instead refusing to “commit to any closing date.”

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is accusing Google of suppressing more than 22 million campaign emails since September, by sending them to users’ spam folders, and is now considering legal action against the tech giant.

According to a recent report, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and social media platform Twitter are clashing over the terms of the agreement to finalize Musk’s purchase of the company.

Google showers confetti containing LGBT and lesbian pride flags whenever users search the name of Scooby-Doo character “Velma” or “Velma Dinkley.”

In a series of private texts to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Twitter cofounder and free speech failure Jack Dorsey called Facebook a “swamp of despair.”

While Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been funneling billions into developing his digital metaverse, Apple CEO Tim Cook maintains that the average person still can’t even define what the metaverse is.

More details of Elon Musk’s reversal on his decision to go to trial against Twitter in Delaware Chancery Court to avoid buying the company have emerged. In a letter sent to the company, Musk’s lawyers indicate he will buy the social media company at the original price of $54.20 a share if his debt financing comes through and if the court enters an immediate stay of the lawsuit against him.