Metaverse

Zuckerberg Says Meta Has 'Exciting Roadmap' With Threads, AI Products in Pipeline
Zuckerberg Says Meta Has 'Exciting Roadmap' With Threads, AI Products in Pipeline
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook parent Meta, says the firm isn't giving up on the metaverse anytime soon. This comes as Meta's metaverse division Reality Labs rep...
Zuckerberg Says Meta Has 'Exciting Roadmap' With Threads, AI Products in Pipeline

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Shutterstock)
Meta Remains Committed to the Metaverse Despite $13.7B Loss in 2022, Mark Zuckerberg Says
Meta's pivot cost the social media giant over $20 billion since 2021, but the company’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the firm isn't giving up on the metaverse anytime...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Shutterstock)

It's McNugget's time in the Sandbox
McDonald’s Opens McNuggets Land in the Metaverse, but McWhy?
The fast food giant is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the menu item with a perplexing new Web3 activation.
It's McNugget's time in the Sandbox

Futureverse Founder on Combining AI and the Metaverse, $54M Raise
Futureverse Founder on Combining AI and the Metaverse, $54M Raise
Futureverse, a startup formed out of 11 different firms, has raised $54 million in Series A round led by 10T Holdings, and includes participation from Ripple Labs. The startup...
Futureverse Founder on Combining AI and the Metaverse, $54M Raise

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Metaverse Startup Futureverse Raises $54M Series A From 10T Holdings, Ripple Labs
Futureverse formed out of the merger of eight companies in late 2022, with three more assimilated subsequently.
Funding (Shutterstock)

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Is the Metaverse a 'Global Panopticon'?
In an excerpt from her new book "Beyond Data," lawyer Elizabeth M. Renieris argues emerging extended-reality technologies erode individual and societal privacy rights.
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UK's New Online Safety Bill Applies to the Metaverse, Lawmakers Agree
The bill, nearing approval, has measures to prevent children from experiencing harm online.
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EU’s Metaverse Vision Focuses on Standards and Governance for Virtual Worlds
EU’s Metaverse Vision Focuses on Standards and Governance for Virtual Worlds
The European Commission on Tuesday set out its plans for the metaverse, confirming leaked plans previously reported by CoinDesk that would see new standards and governance for...
EU’s Metaverse Vision Focuses on Standards and Governance for Virtual Worlds

What to Expect From EU’s Metaverse Strategy
What to Expect From EU’s Metaverse Strategy
The European Commission's metaverse strategy slated to drop later today could point the way ahead on some key Web3 issues like property rights, technological standards and pri...
What to Expect From EU’s Metaverse Strategy

The EU has proposed a strategy for the metaverse (Pixabay)
EU’s Metaverse Vision Focuses on Standards, Governance and Funding
The EU isn’t proposing new laws but could spend hundreds of millions on research into virtual worlds.
The EU has proposed a strategy for the metaverse (Pixabay)