just by, well, intending to,” he s aid in a post on his personal Facebook page.
Facebook has not confirmed a report by CNBC which claimed that the deal was worth between $500m and $ l bn (£0.4bn and £0.8bn).) Mr Bosworth said he hoped the CTRL-Labs team would help Facebook to "build this kind of technology, at scale and get it into consumer products faster"
There was a mixed response to the news.
“Facebook needd to leave us alone.Step away from our lives more.” tweeted tech commentator Azeem Azhar.
“I'm very curious to see what the respon se is from regulators here," wrote an analyst Fatemeh Khatibloo.
Underneath Andrew Bosworth's Facebook post, Josh Chan, founder of an educational app, said the news was exciting.
“As an educator, I'm imagining how this could transform how we all learn," he said.
Facebook implied it would be some time before the product came to market. "The CTRL-Labs technology is an innovative input that Facebook hopes will be used to significantly improve the upcoming Facebook VR experiences a few years down the road to fundamentally improve the user experience." it said.
Facebook may have more to say about the new acquisition on Wednesday at its annual VR headset event, which the firm purchased in 2014 for around $2bn.
58. What does the underlined sentence imply?
A. Facebook should not affect people's lives any more.
B. Facebook should get less involved in people's lives.
C. Facebook should be less concerned about people's lives.
D. People's lives have been totally disturbed by Facebook.
59. What is the author's attitude towards CTRL-Labs?
A. Positive.
B. Negative.
C. Objective.
D. Indifferent.
60. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The acquisition of a start-up company that has designed a fancy wristband.
B. The design of a high-tech product that can greatly affect people's lives.
C. The development of a wristband that can capture users' intentions.
D. The purchase of a start-up company that is developing a mind-reading product.
C
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