Internet
Nattie's metaverse romance began with anonymous texting. At first "C" would admit only to living in a nearby town. Nattie eventually learned "Clem" was a man with a solitary office job like hers. For Nattie "lived, as it ...
Aug 12, 2022
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Online platforms that are precursors of the metaverse vision for the internet's future are already serving as workrooms to develop products destined for real-life sale.
Jan 13, 2022
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Australia's government said Sunday it will introduce legislation to unmask online trolls, and hold social media giants like Facebook and Twitter responsible for identifying them.
Nov 28, 2021
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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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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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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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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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