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Facebook to hire 10,000 in EU to build 'metaverse'
By EUobserver
US tech giant Facebook is to hire 10,000 people in the EU in the next five years to build a "metaverse" - a virtual world where users' avatars can socialise and work together. "This investment is a vote of confidence in the strength of the European tech industry and the potential of European tech talent ... Europe is hugely important to Facebook," it said while announcing the move on Monday.