Meta pauses VR fitness, Sam Altman backs brain tech, Gen Z wants IRL wellness
Published: January 21, 2026
Duration: 2:53
January 21, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes.
Today's top stories:
Eventbrite reports 79% of Gen Z and millennials plan to attend more in-person events in 2026, gravitating toward spontaneous formats like run clubs and sauna raves over curated programming
Meta puts Supernatural VR fitness app into maintenance mode, ending new content after layoffs and strategic shift toward AI, signaling broader risk for VR fitness category
Merge Labs, co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, raises $252M to develop brain-computer interfaces starting with medical applications before expanding to consumer use<...