Facebook is trying to pull in workplace users with a new virtual-reality app called Horizon Workrooms.
Workrooms lets people meet remotely in a virtual space populated by avatars. It’s an app for Facebook’s headset, which costs at least $300 and weighs a pound. People without a headset can join with a video call.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expects the “metaverse,” a vague concept tied to augmented and virtual reality, to be the next stage of how people experience the internet.
Virtual reality has never really taken off, even during the pandemic, when remote work became the norm.
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Salary is usually the deciding factor in a job search. Cheddar News' docuseries, "Ready 4 Work," highlights this and much more as it follows six people on their job-hunting journeys and how income is the main goal.
The Federal Trade Commission has begun notifying people that they may be entitled to some claims from Fortnite after a settlement from alleged deceptive business practices.
The Federal Reserve continues to meet over monetary policy but is expected to hold rates steady.
Eli Lilly is suing 10 medical spas, wellness clinics and compounding pharmacies across the country for allegedly selling cheaper counterfeit drugs.
Brenda LaManna, founder and president of Damselfly Flowers, and Warren Schorr, senior vice president with Crayola, joined Cheddar News to discuss how and why the famous Crayon company is launching an online flower business.
Ed Egilinsky, managing director and head of sales and distribution and alternative with Direxion, joined Cheddar News to discuss how short-term traders are preparing for any forward-looking guidance from the Federal Reserve about any potential rate hikes. Egilinsky also discussed how traders are looking at the overall banking sector for the short-term.
Mark Spoonauer, global editor-in-chief with Tom's Guide, joined Cheddar News to get a sneak peek at some of Apple's new products that are set to be released to the general public, including the iPhone 15 and Apple Watch.
Stocks rose Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve's continued two-day meeting on its monetary policy.
Kraft Heinz said Tuesday it's recalling more than 83,000 cases of individually-wrapped Kraft Singles American processed cheese slices because part of the wrapper could stick to the slice and become a choking hazard.
