interest in the matter verse, appointing long—term employee —— interest in the metaverse, appointing long—term employee mike white as senior vp for next—generation storytelling and consumer experiences. meta, the company that owns facebook, is to pay $90 million to settle a privacy lawsuit over tracking users without their knowledge. the social media giant who this week rebranded its newsfeed denied wrongdoing but settled to avoid the costs and risks of a trial. next up, if you want to know exactly how stressed you are, new wearable tech that looks a bit like a smartwatch can tell you. researchers at ucla made this device which uses sweat to measure the level of cortisol while being worn. and, finally, more private astronauts are hoping to boldly go up but this time outside the spaceship as billionaire jared isaacman filed flight plans that include the first ever commercial spacewalk. the finance ceo is already a crew draken veteran, flying last year on the inspiration 4 mission. the polaris dawn mission hopes to test new eva suits