Meta changes: Facebook has renamed itself Meta after several recent controversies, including its role in spreading misinformation and extremism online. The company says the name change is because it is refocusing on creating a metaverse, a virtual world using virtual and augmented reality. However, the rebranding also gives Facebook a potential “escape hatch” as it faces several challenges, including an aging customer base and potential regulations
High-speed hacking: Nobelium, the hacking group tied to the Russian government and blamed for last year’s SolarWinds hack, is back focusing on compromising the global supply chain, CNBC reports. The group is targeting cloud and other technology providers in an effort to “gain long-term, systematic access to a variety of points in the technology supply chain and establish a mechanism for surveilling – now or in the future – targets of interest to the Russian government,” according to Microsoft.