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Meta to introduce AI agents to billions across the globe
Mark Zuckerberg informs investors that Meta is actively working to develop compete to develop generative AI chatbots
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Zuckerberg quietly buries Metaverse
After a failed idea and its expected revolutionary impact, Metaverse is quietly taken down to focus on AI
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Colombia court moves to metaverse to host hearing
The country is among the earliest worldwide to test real legal hearings in the metaverse
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Sony, Manchester City plan to build their own Metaverse
Aims to get fans of both brands together at the virtual Etihad Stadium
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Meta hit with trademark lawsuit by virtual-reality company MetaX
Meta was hit with a trademark lawsuit by MetaX LLC for allegedly stealing its name for its pivot to the metaverse
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Disney unveils first new cruise ship in a decade, dips toe into metaverse
144,000-tonne 'Wish' will feature famous Disney characters combined with state-of-the-art technology
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Meta and other tech giants form metaverse standards body, without Apple
Meta, Microsoft, and other tech giants collaborate to build a metaverse platform to foster the industry
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Tencent forms 'extended reality' unit as metaverse race gathers steam
Tencent to join the metaverse race with the formation of its "extended reality" (XR) unit
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Meta’s Horizon Worlds is coming to Oculus Quest 2 in the UK
Horizon World will be accessible to Oculus Quest 2 users who can immerse themselves in VR platform without any cost
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You may have a thinking digital twin within a decade
From primitive avatars, technology is aiming to go as far as to develop thinking digital twins within this decade
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Sandberg's exit may not be a big blow for Facebook-parent Meta
As Meta moves away from a social media to focusing on building the Metaverse, Sandberg's departure is timely
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At least 60pc of consumers have no interest in virtual shopping, despite metaverse buzz
Report indicates consumers are not as interested in digital shopping online as they are about in-store purchasing
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Microsoft is selling a ‘digital twin’ of workplace
Microsoft is creating the 'industrial metaverse' for companies to get augmented reality experiences in the workplace
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Zuckerberg targeted in US privacy lawsuit
Facebook founder accused of playing a direct role in Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal
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Sony readies for metaverse revolution with cross-platform push
Sony aims to play a leading role in the metaverse or virtual worlds, which has been speculated to disrupt industries
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Facebook Pay is being renamed Meta Pay
Facebook is being renamed as users continue to use its services with digital assets and the Metaverse
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Emirates passengers can soon experience airline services in metaverse
Services include selecting a seat, shopping for duty-free products, touring the airport among others
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Zuckerberg aims to spend more on metaverse, investors skeptical
Zuckerberg's ambitious aims for the Metaverse is falling short of low revenue profits and declining users
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Snap CEO believes metaverse is “ambiguous and hypothetical”
Evan Spiegel believes the Metaverse is hypothetical and a VR space that doesn't exist, in comparison to AR
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Meta shares surge after Facebook ekes out user growth
Facebook recovers after a drop in users earlier this year, with quarterly profits that sent shares by up by 20%
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Meta to take nearly half of sales made by its metaverse creators as fees
Meta Platform will charge creators 47.5% on sales of digital assets and experiences made inside it's VR world, Horizon
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Meta to start testing money-making tools for its metaverse
Meta Platforms is going to start testing tools for digital assets and experiences within its VR platform, Horizon.
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Meta inks partnership for 3D ads in step toward the metaverse
Meta Platforms partners with new ecommerce tech firm to make 3D ads for both Instagram and Facebook.
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What is Decentraland and how can you be a part of it?
The virtual universe, Decentraland, allows players to be a part of a platform allowing them to create and visit places
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NFT marketplace shuts, citing 'rampant' fakes, plagiarism problem
Popular NFT marketplace halts transactions as sellers begin selling tokens of content not belonging to them.
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YouTube floats ideas of verifying NFTs, games in metaverse
YouTube says that it could harness the NFTs market and offer a social viewing experience of metaverse games.
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Meta adds tool to guard against harassment in metaverse
Meta is launching a tool to allow people to maintain personal space boundaries after concerns over harassment mounted.
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Warner Music partners with Sandbox for virtual live concerts
Warner Music Group LAND will feature live concerts from popular artists along with a theme park for visitors.
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China's metaverse would be censored, compliant and crypto-less
Experts think a metaverse with Chinese characters will be monitored by Chinese authorities, stunting its growth.
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Microsoft to buy 'Call of Duty' maker in $69b metaverse bet
Microsoft is going to buy Activision Blizzard, maker of 'Call of Duty', staking claims to a virtual future.
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NFT-based metaverse company Animoca Brands raises $360 million
Animoca Brands raised $360 million in funds led by Liberty City Ventures, valuing the company at $5 billion.
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5 biggest tech fails of 2021
Here is a list of the five greatest tech fails of 2021.
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Russian court fines Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms
Moscow fined Google $98 million for repeatedly failing to delete content deemed illegal by Russia.
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Instagram is working on bringing NFTs to its platform
Adam Mosseri announced in an Instagram story, that the company was working on incorporating NFTs on the platform.
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Meta rated worst company of the year in Yahoo survey
Yahoo Finance survey ranked Facebook/Meta as the Worst Company of the Year, in terms of performance and achievement
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Tech jargon of 2021 explained
2021 has been a bucketful of new tech words that don't make sense, like NFT. Here's an explanation for all of them.
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Intel's first foray into the metaverse will be software to use others' chips
Intel says that it is working on software that will help laptops tap into computing power from other devices.
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How to buy virtual land in the Metaverse
Investors have begun viewing these virtual lands or plots as vital assets
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Metaverse won't be turning point in cryptocurrency adoption
Chesnais says that virtual worlds will help advance cryptocurrency adoption but it won't be a game-changer.
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Facebook risks meta flop, metaverse developers say
Facebook is failing to permit digital ownership, which misses the point of the Metaverse.
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UK regulator set to block Meta's Giphy deal
UK competition regulator to block Meta Platforms' acquisition of Giphy in the upcoming days.
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US FTC: court should allow antitrust lawsuit against Facebook
FTC believes the court should proceed with Facebook's antitrust case because of their competitive behavior.
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Disney wants to become the happiest place in the metaverse
Disney is making a leap into virtual reality as fiction writers had imagined it, creating their own Metaverse.
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Facebook plans to remove sensitive ad-targeting options
Facebook announced that it planned to remove ad-targeting options especially with regard to sensitive topics.
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Microsoft president says tech must compromise
President Brad Smith said that the tech sector needs to take the government's and people's concerns seriously.
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Zuckerberg predicts Metaverse will be mainstream in 5-10 years
Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the new Metaverse is dedicated towards the future, in bringing people together.