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Many believe the metaverse is set to take off in a big way. That brings with it substantial opportunities for businesses as well as investors – but only if it can be successfully regulated

What began as a dream to wrestle control away from the state is becoming a model of adoption for the central banks that, once wary of digital currencies, are now learning to love them

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced the company will launch a digital currency later this year, but already the plan is fraught with issues

It is clear that the influence of technology can be damaging as well as beneficial, with negative effects on personal relationships and social media-induced anxiety becoming more apparent

Forbes’ ‘billionaires list’ shows the world’s richest have gotten richer, with Jeff Bezos being named as the wealthiest person in history

We want to create long term, positive relationships, explains chief digital officer José Manuel Páez

By making tweaks to its search engine algorithms, Google hopes to demote misleading information, offensive articles and unsupported conspiracy theories from search results

Facebook’s $19bn acquisition of WhatsApp became its 45th buyout. We count down eight other young companies that the social media giant quickly snapped up