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This Week in AI: Tech Giants’ Spending Soars; Meta Rethinks Metaverse
This Week in AI: Tech Giants’ Spending Soars; Meta Rethinks Metaverse
February 07, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

This week in artificial intelligence, Big Tech invests in AI, Meta rethinks its metaverse pivot and DeepSeek poses a potential security threat. Big Tech Plans...

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Meta CTO: 2025 to Decide If Metaverse Was ‘Legendary Misadventure’
Meta CTO: 2025 to Decide If Metaverse Was ‘Legendary Misadventure’
February 06, 2025  |  Metaverse

Four years after Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta after the metaverse, which it believed was the next big thing in tech, the tech...

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Profitability Still Out of Reach for Gaming Giant Roblox
Profitability Still Out of Reach for Gaming Giant Roblox
February 06, 2025  |  Earnings

Is it game over for video game and metaverse company Roblox? Not quite. The company reported revenue up 32% year over year, as well as a...

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AI Startups: A Metaverse Firm Snags $3 Billion as Anthropic Rises
AI Startups: A Metaverse Firm Snags $3 Billion as Anthropic Rises
January 14, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Remember the metaverse? The popularity of artificial intelligence (AI) has put some vigor back into virtual reality/extended reality (VR/XR) virtual worlds. Take Florida-based Infinite Reality,...

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Meta Says Foundation Model Gives Virtual Embodied Agents Human-Like Movements
Meta Says Foundation Model Gives Virtual Embodied Agents Human-Like Movements
December 13, 2024  |  Meta

Meta has unveiled a foundation model for controlling the behavior of virtual embodied humanoid agents, saying it will enhance the Metaverse. The new Meta Motivo enables...

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Stablecoins, Payments and Court Battles Define This Week in Web3
Stablecoins, Payments and Court Battles Define This Week in Web3
October 09, 2024  |  Blockchain

Cryptocurrency and Web3 technologies are supposed to represent the future of finance, offering a decentralized and borderless world where money, data and assets flow freely....

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Meta to Shut Down Platform for Third-Party Augmented Reality Effects
Meta to Shut Down Platform for Third-Party Augmented Reality Effects
August 27, 2024  |  Meta

Meta said Tuesday (Aug. 27) that it will shut down Meta Spark, its platform offering third-party tools and content, on Jan. 14. When the platform...

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Report: Meta Ends Work on Premium Mixed-Reality Headset
Report: Meta Ends Work on Premium Mixed-Reality Headset
August 23, 2024  |  Meta

Meta has reportedly ended its work on developing a premium mixed-reality headset after seeing Apple struggle to sell its own pricey offering in that category....

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This Week in Web3: Blockchain Looks to Create, Not Just Store, Real-World Value
This Week in Web3: Blockchain Looks to Create, Not Just Store, Real-World Value
August 14, 2024  |  Blockchain

Blockchain, at this point a significant industry, perpetually appears to be on the verge of mainstream acceptance. Its promise of delivering benefits such as easier...

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