Tom Warren on X: Roblox has been down for nearly two days now, after first experiencing server issues on Thursday. @Roblox hasn't provided a status update for 20+ hours now, with millions

Techmeme: ByteDance limits staff working hours from 10am to 7pm on weekdays, becoming one of the first tech companies in China to officially end its “996” culture (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)

Techmeme: In 2018, Oculus' Jason Rubin sent a paper to Facebook executives laying the foundation for Meta's ambitions and detailing the need to own the VR market (Salvador Rodriguez/CNBC)

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Techmeme: Roblox has been down since about 7PM ET on October 28, with some speculating the outage may be related to a Chipotle promotion, but the company denies a link (Tom Warren/The

Techmeme: An operator of TikTok houses, West of Hudson Group, underwent a reverse takeover with Tongji Healthcare this week, creating a publicly traded company (New York Times)

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Techmeme: Mosaic, which makes software to automate construction planning, raises a $44M Series B led by Peak State Ventures, bringing its total raised to $68.8M (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Techmeme: A look at student activity monitoring software GoGuardian, whose usage in US schools exploded during lockdowns as some say it adds to kids' psychological strain (Bloomberg)