Meta’s quarterly decline, Oxford gamer study, Apples self driving electric vehicle

There’s an unwanted first for Facebook. Their parent company, Meta just reported a quarterly decline in revenue for the first time ever. Also, it’s now seen profits drop for three straight quarters. Analysts say the bad news is the result of slowing digital ad sales.

A new study from Oxford finds that time spent playing video games has no effect on mental health. Instead of relying on questionnaires, Oxford researchers tracked the actual gameplay of more than 40-thousand individual players to come up with their results.

Apple is apparently stepping up efforts to roll out its own self-driving electric vehicle. The company reportedly hired a veteran executive from Lamborghini. Bloomberg says he will become one of the most senior managers on the project and is expected to help lead the design of the Apple car.