after starting the year below $29,000. and donald trump announced his new social media network, truth social. the former us president will now have his own online platform after being banned from twitter and facebook. in a press release, the trump media and technology groups said it would fight back against the big tech companies of silicon valley. and one of those big tech companies of silicon valley may be headed for a major rebrand. according to tech site the verge, facebook will imminently be involved in a company name change. the verge said it would reflect mark zuckerberg's focus on the metaverse and would be announced on or before the company's upcoming connect conference on october 28. alibaba founderjack ma was spotted on the spanish island of majorca with his super yacht zen. it's the first time the billionaire has been seen outside of china since falling out with regulators in 2020. robot cats were mobilised to help with one restaurant chain's waiter shortage in japan. 2,000 of these cat—like bellabots will act as replacements for human staff.