The metaverse has become the hottest ticket in exchange traded funds (ETF), with 35 metaverse-themed vehicles launched. This is according to data released by Morningstar, who further claim that metaverse funds are the most popular sub-theme of ETFs ever. Follow
Rapper Biggie Smalls, who passed away in 1997, performed “live” with rappers in Meta’s Horizon Worlds. The performance occurred on Friday, touted as a chance to celebrate the life of the artist who would have turned 50 this year. Virtual
A survey of 24,179 people in 32 nations revealed that almost half would use the metaverse to inspire their choice of destination. The survey was conducted by the travel website booking.com revealing consumer attitudes to traveling in 2023. Travel reimagined
A new front has opened in the war between Russia and Ukraine, but this time battleground is not being fought in the towns and streets of the embattled European nation but through the internet’s shadowy mirror: the darknet. Earlier this
The top 5 most metaverse-ready nations in the world are all in Europe, according to a recent report from Uswitch, which named the Netherlands as the most metaverse-ready nation on the planet. Canada came in at joint position 9 alongside
Metaverse technology company Improbable has abandoned plans to create a training metaverse for the US-UK military-industrial complex, allowing the company to focus on other projects including Otherside – the delayed metaverse it is building in partnership with Yuga Labs’ Bored
Meta employees are expressing discontent with Mark Zuckerberg and his metaverse strategy on anonymous jobs forums such as Blind and Glassdoor. One review on Blind likened a recent round of layoffs to the “hunger games” while another stated that Zuckerberg’s
Your local branch office may soon be in the metaverse thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and the metaverse. Nvidia and Deutsche Bank are exploring how these converging technology stacks can work together to re-create the experience of having
The European Commission has rebuked a slew of inaccurate reports in the mainstream media that wrongly reported low attendance figures for their metaverse. On November 29, one attendee at the “gala” event, a journalist for Devex, reported that only a
ChatGPT is the artificial intelligence chatbot of the moment, displaying impressive creative abilities from writing code tutorials to poetry, expanding bullet points into articles, and condensing pages of information into bullet points. Its creator OpenAI asks that users are cautious
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is calling for internet and metaverse users to have a unique digital identity, potentially tied to a driver’s license, passport, and even biometric data. WEF contributor Marcus Bonner, the Chief Technologist for Hewlett Packard, believes
A recent survey by business strategy firm Capgemini shows that 93% of consumers are interested in exploring the metaverse. The survey suggests that despite rigid skepticism and continual mockery from the mainstream media, consumers remain open-minded on the subject. The
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