Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg was met with a mixed reaction after touting his company's "exciting breakthrough" towards creating an artificial intelligence system that thinks "the way we do." In a …
How Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard takeover will drive metaverse gaming into the mass market
Microsoft was positioning itself as one of the pioneers of the metaverse even before its US$75 billion deal to buy online gaming giant Activision Blizzard. In the days after Mark Zuckerberg rebranded …
Google Finally Pushes Into Blockchain and Crypto — Is the Metaverse Next?
It was only six months ago that Google began accepting ads for cryptocurrency wallets, loosening a 2-year-old crypto ban that had only allowed a few well-regulated exchanges onto its ad platform. Now, …
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Facebook’s parent company Meta is looking to launch NFT marketplace: Report
Meta, Facebook's parent company, is reportedly drawing up plans to allow users to create and display NFTs on their profiles along with a prototype feature for minting tokens in the pipeline. The …
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Playstation Inventor Thinks the Metaverse Sucks
The concept of the metaverse has gained an army of supporters over the past year, ranging from Big Tech companies to fashion brands and even dating apps. However, one major tech heavyweight isn’t as …
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Microsoft’s metaverse plans are getting clearer with its $68.7 billion Activision acquisition
Microsoft’s planned $68.7 billion acquisition of gaming company Activision Blizzard isn’t just a weapon in the tech giant’s battle for video game domination. It’s also about the metaverse — a buzzy …
Metaverse startup Animoca Brands hits valuation of over $5 billion with new funding
Animoca Brands, an Australia-based metaverse startup focused on NFTs and gaming, has raised $358.88 million in new funding round and is now valued at over $5 billion. Liberty City Ventures led the …
Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
Microsoft is acquiring Activision, the troubled publisher of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Diablo. The deal will value Activision at $68.7 billion, far in excess of the $26 billion Microsoft …
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Walmart is getting serious about the metaverse
Walmart appears to be venturing into the metaverse with plans to create its own cryptocurrency and collection of nonfungible tokens or NFTs. The big-box retailer filed several new trademarks late last …
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4 Innovations That Give a Sneak Peek Into the Metaverse
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, has been on a tear filing patents to realize its vision for the metaverse. The company has been awarded hundreds of patents in the past four months aimed …
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