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Africa-Press – Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>Facebook Inc said on Monday that it will break out its division focused on hardware and virtual and augmented reality into a new reporting segment, as its main advertising businesses face \u201csignificant uncertainty\u201d.<\/p>\n

Facebook warned that Apple Inc\u2019s new privacy rules would weigh on its digital business in the current quarter, after the social media company reported quarterly revenue below market expectations.<\/p>\n

Chief Financial Officer David Wehner said Facebook expected its investment in Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) to reduce its overall operating profit in 2021 by approximately $10bn.<\/p>\n

The financial commitment by the world\u2019s largest social media company to building the metaverse comes as the company is swamped by coverage of documents leaked by former Facebook employee Frances Haugen, which she said showed the company chose profit over user safety.<\/p>\n

Facebook has said Haugen mischaracterised its work.<\/p>\n

Shares of the company were trading up about 2 percent at $336 in volatile extended trading on Monday. Facebook, whose shares have gained about 20 percent so far this year, is about $85bn away from regaining a spot on the $1 trillion club and joining new entrant Tesla Inc.<\/p>\n

Facebook said that starting in the fourth quarter of 2021, it would break FRL, the part of its business that works on augmented and virtual reality, into a separate reporting segment from its family of apps.<\/p>\n

The company expects fourth-quarter revenue to be in a range of $31.5bn to $34bn. Analysts had forecast $34.84bn in revenue, or a 24.1 percent jump, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.<\/p>\n

Its third-quarter revenue too faced the brunt of Apple\u2019s privacy rules that made it harder for brands to target and measure their ads on Facebook.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s total revenue, which primarily consists of ad sales, rose to $29.01bn in the third quarter from $21.47bn a year earlier, missing analysts\u2019 estimates of $29.57bn.<\/p>\n

Facebook said it repurchased $14.37bn in stock during the third quarter and announced an additional $50bn in share buy-backs.<\/p>\n

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