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Register for GeekWire’s virtual roundtable: Tackling Public Policy Challenges During a Covid Economy

GeekWire

From housing to education to rebooting the economy to social justice, we face a daunting number of public policy challenges. To help make sense of where we go from here, GeekWire is excited to kick off a new virtual event series called Civic Conversations, presented by Microsoft.

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Meta will let Horizon creators sell virtual items

The Verge

Meta is testing new features to let creators make money within Horizon Worlds, the company’s social metaverse platform for Quest VR headsets that is soon coming to mobile phones and possibly game consoles. Roblox has built a huge business from this model, while Rec Room is growing quickly and prioritizing creator monetization as well.

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WhatsApp: Users Who Don’t Accept Our New Privacy Policy Won’t Be Able to Read or Send Messages

Gizmodo

After causing a huge virtual meltdown with the announcement of its new privacy policy, and then postponing the implementation of said policy due to online fury, WhatsApp has spent the last few weeks trying not to stir up trouble.

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Exploring the digital impact in Northern Ireland’s health and social care system

CIO Business Intelligence

The pandemic accelerated the urgency for reform in health and social care around the world, which strained resources to unprecedented levels. It all reduces the ability to arrive at a budget settlement that shifts resources into the health and social care space. So you can see how my job has had to react to all of those stimulants.”

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Pinterest employees stage virtual walkout to protest discrimination

The Verge

Pinterest employees are staging a virtual walkout today to protest discrimination and retaliation at the company. Scrutiny of Pinterest’s treatment of women began in June 2020 when Ifeoma Ozoma and Aerica Shimizu Banks , two Black women who worked on the policy team, accused the company of racial and gender discrimination on Twitter.

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No, Mark Zuckerberg, Virtual Reality Goggles Won't Solve the Climate Crisis

Gizmodo

In an interview published Monday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that by the end of this decade, he expects we’ll all have access to virtual reality goggles that will allow us to feel like we’re teleporting into other people’s houses and hanging out.… The billionaires are once again claiming that tech will save us. Read more.

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How Penny Arcade is preparing for in-person PAX in Seattle, with lessons learned from virtual events

GeekWire

Last year’s show was a virtual event, which combined with two other canceled conventions to become the 9-day, 24-hour “PAX Online.” The mask mandate, social distance, and cleaning protocols and the other safety regulations that we are putting in place were easier to verify and implement. Humans are social animals.