June 24th Hashtag Trend – FDA cracks down on e-cigarettes. Zuckerberg has a big idea for Meta. Netflix enters the advertising space

The FDA has banned the sale of Juule-cigarettes, Meta is promising, and Netflix is ​​discussing with potential partners to help them enter the advertising space.

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it will ban the sale of Juul e-cigarettes in the United States. This ban is part of the FDA’s extensive review of the vaping industry, under long-standing pressure from politicians and public health experts as vaping goes further. Common among high school students. Juul has sought approval from its distributors for vaping devices and cigarette pods available at 5% and 3% nicotine intensities. Due to regulations and lack of consumer interest, Juul’s international expansion efforts have not taken off, making the United States the largest market. According to CNBC, Juul intends to stay on the decision and is exploring options such as appealing the decision and engaging with the FDA.

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The operating system built by Meta may be working because Mark Zuckerberg wants to make Metaverse a key part of the company’s business over the last decade. When Zuckerberg was asked about operating systems on CNBC’s “Mad Money,” he didn’t stop the idea of ​​creating operating systems for his company’s various platforms. He added that by the end of the decade, Metaverse has billions of users and expects to generate hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue. Meta CEO has always said that the plan is to “reach and expand from 1 billion or 2 billion users.”

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Netflix has confirmed that streaming companies are in talks with several potential partners to help them enter the advertising business. According to The Wall Street Journal, Ted Salands, co-chief executive officer of streaming services, said the company could even build its own advertising business in the future. Netflix said in April that it was interesting with its ad-supported version of the platform, and in recent weeks talked with various partners who could help develop those plans. In fact, the company is said to be in talks with Google and Freewheel to provide an advertising server. That said, the company is still entering the market and trying to find out which approach works best.

sauce: The Wall Street Journal

You may have been lucky if the only thing that prevented you from switching to an electric vehicle (EV) was the long charge time. Enovix, an American company, has set a new battery charging record for electric vehicles with the announcement of a new EV battery that can be charged to almost 100% capacity within 10 minutes. Silicon anode technology helps to charge the battery from 0% to 80% in just about 5 minutes. Enovix batteries can eliminate one of the major obstacles people face when making a purchase: the time required to charge a vehicle. The company’s CEO said the fast-charging feature could help accelerate the mass adoption of EVs.

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