Gaming Evolution and the Metaverse

As of right now, you can no longer buy an iPhone in Russia. Big recall from Fitbit because their smartwatches might burn you. Meta tries to be transparent in a very Meta way, by redacting a key detail from a transparency report. And could poker be the killer app the Metaverse has been waiting for?

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Links:

• Apple Halts All Sales From Online Store in Russia [Updated] (MacRumors)
• How the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Is Playing Out on English, Ukrainian, and Russian Wikipedia (Slate)
• Prominent tech companies that originated from Ukraine (Analytics India)
• Fitbit recall confirms its Ionic smartwatch could overheat and burn you (Engadget)
• New UCIe Chiplet Standard Supported by Intel, AMD, and Arm (Tom's Hardware)
• Meta Releases New 'Widely Viewed Content' Report for Facebook, Which Continues to be a Baffling Overview (SocialMediaToday)
• Netflix to buy mobile game developer Next Games to strengthen its games business (Money Control)
• The Metaverse Finally Has a Killer App: Poker (Bloomberg Businessweek)

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