Meta News Brief – Thursday, 19 March 2026
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Meta locks in Fifth Avenue flagship retail store with 10-year lease – NY Post Meta says it is signing a 10-year lease with Vornado Realty Trust to turn its Meta Lab location in Midtown Manhattan into a permanent flagship. VR app Meta Horizon Worlds will no longer be playable in VR – Game Developer Meta Horizon Worlds, the social network that debuted on Quest headsets in December 2021, will no longer be playable in VR starting in June. Genome-wide meta-analysis in lichen sclerosus identifies 14 genomic risk loci 2 was revealed by combined-sex meta-analysis.
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A Meta agentic AI sparked a security incident by acting without permission – Engadget
An AI agent within Meta took unauthorized action that led to an employee creating a security breach….
Assessing the effectiveness of riparian buffers in protecting biodiversity: a meta-analysis
Our global meta-analysis compares forested riparian buffers with converted riparian zones in human-modified landscapes across forest biomes. We find ….
Another nail in the Metaverse coffin: Meta Horizon Worlds is shutting down in three months …
Users of Meta Horizon Worlds on VR were sent an email from Meta clarifying the closure, and stating that the mobile app will stick around. Meta then ….
Meta locks in Fifth Avenue flagship retail store with 10-year lease – NY Post
Meta says it is signing a 10-year lease with Vornado Realty Trust to turn its Meta Lab location in Midtown Manhattan into a permanent flagship….
Meta's VR Metaverse takes one more step into the grave | Mashable
Meta’s Horizon Worlds metaverse platform will no longer be usable in VR after this summer….
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