Meta (META) investors saw the stock gaining +7.74% the last 5 days, which means it sits at +21.65% YTD (pretty good run for those who were buying <$100/share!). Here's the news for this week: 1. LET'S PLAY BALL Meta has expanded it's partnership with the NBA to bring more games to VR! There will be a total of 52 games added where you'll be able to watch it in VR, thanks to the Meta Quest. Users will also be able to purchase team apparel for their avatars (for the metaverse). 2. HE'S BACK Meta will be reinstating Donald Trump to Facebook and Instagram. 3. MESSENGER IMPROVEMENTS Meta has implemented a whole bunch of new features for end-to-end encryption on Messenger. The features include Chat themes (customize how your conversations look), Custom chat emoji's and reactions, Group profile pictures, Link previews, Active Status, and Bubbles (for Android – the popup that lets you reply to messages when using other apps). 4. THE OREOVERSE Oreo has built a metaverse – the OREOverse – which will be available in Meta's Horizon Worlds. This means that if you have a Meta Quest, you'll be able to view a VR world where you can compete in cookie-themed activities. That's your META news summary for the week. Full article here submitted by /u/blackdragon1299 [comments]
