Higher education in the United States is in trouble. Spiraling tuition costs and a student debt crisis threaten to make college unaffordable to all but the wealthy. In an attempt to cut spending and ...

Mark Zuckerberg spent years insisting the metaverse was the next chapter of the internet, but the bill for that bet has finally come due. After roughly $70 billion in cumulative losses tied to virtual ...

A report from corporate accountability group SumOfUs says Meta’s VR platforms (Horizon Worlds and Horizon Venues) are rife with many of the same problems facing the more traditional social media ...

The following was previously published in an earlier edition of Media Insider. I recently had dinner with a comedian who had just done his first gig in the metaverse. It was in a new meta-comedy club.

I have always said that I want the metaverse to be successful because I think that it holds enormous potential. At the same time however, I have never been overly optimistic about the platform ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s 3D Metaverse is moving full speed ahead. Horizon Worlds, formerly Facebook Horizon, hasn’t done that well yet – a monthly population of only about 300,000 so far – but Meta’s new ...

The term “metaverse” is becoming increasingly common, but while many people have likely heard it used, they often don’t know what it means. It can be difficult to explain the term to someone outside ...

Mark Zuckerberg laid out Tuesday how Meta is diving deeper and deeper into the black mines of the metaverse, attempting to extract digital gold. Zuckerberg revealed a $1,500 headset Oculus Pro, as ...

Facebook mastered social media by giving people an easy way to share their offline lives with friends, family, and complete strangers on the Internet. So why is the company now trying to invent a ...

You can’t always trust what you see online. But what if online meant something new – something you no longer just see but something you are. Cue Facebook and its vision of a three-dimensional ...

New York (CNN Business)Kraft Heinz is using the metaverse to help get Lunchables, Velveeta and ketchup onto shelves faster. Last month, the company announced a deal with Microsoft to help secure its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. Once again, Xbox chief Phil Spencer is weighing in on a ...