Navigating the Metaverse: Open vs Closed Ownership Models

ESET and Microsoft helped Ukraine stop an attack on a power plant. Might CNN+ become a high profile casualty of the streaming wars? Elon Musk is facing a Twitter shareholder lawsuit. People aren’t happy that Meta’s metaverse vig is higher than even Apple dares charge. And, the new privacy-focused browser from Duck Duck Go.

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Links:

• Researchers find new malware variant after stopping attack on Ukrainian energy provider (The Record)
• Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Sentenced to 5+ Years in Prison for North Korea Trip (CoinDesk)
• CNN+ struggles to lure viewers in its early days, drawing fewer than 10,000 daily users (CNBC)
• Big cuts coming for CNN+ after slow start (Axios)
• Elon Musk Sued Over Delay in Disclosing Twitter Stake (Bloomberg)
• Meta's New 47.5% Fee on Metaverse Items Has NFT Twitter Pissed (CNET)
• Meta: 124 Quest Apps Have Earned More Than $1M, 8 Have Earned More Than $20M (RoadToVR)
• DuckDuckGo’s Privacy Browser Finally Lands on Desktop (Wired)

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