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Metaverse: Open for business?

Already the metaverse is part of companies’ merger and acquisitions (M&) strategies. In December 2021, Nike announced Its acquisition of digital design studio RTFKT, which the sportswear company says it hopes will help it explore the possibilities presented by the metaverse. In January 2022, Microsoft announced its plans to acquire game developer and interactive entertainment […]

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A.I. gurus are leaving Big Tech to work on buzzy new start-ups

DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, who recently left his VP of AI product management and AI policy role at Google, also co-founded the machine learning start-up Inflection AI. Suleyman has already hired several of his former colleagues. Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence gurus are quitting top jobs at companies like Google, MetaOpenAI and DeepMind and

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Why the world economy will pay a 'hefty price' for the war in Ukraine

More central banks around the world are unleashing a greater amount of firepower policy as they seek to combat unrelenting inflationary pressures. Half percentage-point increases in interest rates are becoming more common, as seen in India and Australia this week. Federal Reserve officials next week are forecast to raise rates by 50 basis points as

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£10.5m seed funding for warehouse AI robots startup

ManufacturingInvestment Intelligence and robotics company BotsAndUs has secured £10.5 million in seed funding to expand its logistics-disrupting solution globally. The London company collects real-time insights using fully autonomous, mobile robots to quickly process pallets at every stage in their journey throughout a warehouse. Triggered by the arrival of goods, the robots capture the volume and

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Klaytn develops Metaverse Museum showcasing tech infrastructure and ecosystem

The Klaytn Metaverse Museum is divided into 4 pavilions: 1. Klaytn Pavilion An introduction to Klaytn, this pavilion outlines Klaytn’s vision to be the metaverse blockchain of choice, and the history of how it came to be. 2. Technology and Ecosystem Pavilion To build a seamless metaverse, speed and scalability are key. This pavilion takes

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Meta Platforms: Market May be Discounting Reels and Metaverse Upside

Meta Platforms (META) finished last week with some strength, surging over 7% on a big up day for technology stocks. Though there’s no shortage of issues with the Meta story, it’s hard to overlook the dirt-cheap multiple and continued optimism from CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. There’s no question that Zuckerberg is incredibly ambitious regarding the metaverse.

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DUO Marketing + Communications adds three new technology clients this month

DUO Marketing + Communications, a specialist provider of marketing, communication and advisory services to business-to-business technology companies in Africa, has added innovative locally-grown brands including Analyze Consulting, Parket, and Vastratech to its list of prestigious tech clients. Judith Middleton “Our business has been fortunate to benefit from the growth of digital brand elevation solutions currently

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Senate bill a step forward for cryptocurrency regulation

As cries for cryptocurrency regulation continue to increase, experts say a recently proposed bipartisan Senate bill sets the stage for promising regulatory measures. The Responsible Financial Innovation Act, introduced in June by US Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, DN.Y., and Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., establishes definitions for digital assets, creates an advisory committee to develop guiding principles and

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