Business
New Zealand film director Peter Jackson on Wednesday announced the sale of his Oscar-winning Weta Digital special effects business to a US software firm intent on using it to develop the virtual-reality "metaverse".
Nov 10, 2021
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In the wake of Facebook rebranding as Meta, reflecting its focus on the "metaverse," Microsoft has now announced it, too, will launch into this space.
Nov 5, 2021
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Internet
The term "metaverse" is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry's imagination—so much so that one of the best-known internet platforms is rebranding to signal its embrace of the futuristic idea.
Oct 28, 2021
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Internet
A systematic review of research into the dark side of social media use has identified 46 harmful effects, ranging from physical and mental health problems to negative impacts on job and academic performance, as well as security ...
Oct 12, 2021
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US lawmakers Thursday demanded pledges from Facebook to address escalating worries over its platforms' impact on teens' mental health, but a top executive instead offered assurances the sites are already safe.
Sep 30, 2021
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Software
New technologies allow users to do things like race their real bikes against other real people in a virtual world, and a new study outlines what motivates people to use these online platforms. The findings offer insights ...
Jun 17, 2021
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Internet
The online world is continuously expanding—always aggregating more services, more users and more activity. Last year, the number of websites registered on the ".com" domain surpassed 150,000,000.
Apr 29, 2021
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Internet
The problem of misinformation isn't going away. Internet platforms like Facebook and Twitter have taken some steps to curb its spread and say they are working on doing more. But no method yet introduced has been completely ...
Mar 18, 2021
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Internet
Facebook said Wednesday a lightweight version of Instagram would be rolling out to 170 countries, extending the reach of the popular visually-focused social network.
Mar 10, 2021
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Internet
Online shopping has been with us for many years. The World Wide Web opened up to the commercial world back in the mid-1990s. However, the web itself has been displaced to a large degree by social networking and online life ...
Mar 4, 2021
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