The concept of the metaverse garnered a fresh wave of interest after Facebook rebranded as Meta in 2021, introducing the notion of a virtual-reality-powered future to a global audience. Len Williams asks whether this really is the future of the internet.
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Sailors and military personnel in the Falkland Islands saluted the last Royal Navy ship damaged in the 1982 conflict, according to a Royal Navy report. A small group from HMS Forth – the patrol ship which serves as the Islands’ constant guardian – and Mount Pleasant gathered at Hookers Point outside Stanley and the imposing monument of Welsh granite erected to HMS Glamorgan.