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Nigeria to Establish Nationwide AI and Blockchain Research Centers
The Nigerian government’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has announced plans to establish research centers...
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CreateSafe Secures $4.6 Million in Funding to Launch TRINITI AI Music Platform.
Music tech studio CreateSafe secures a $4.6 million seed funding round to introduce TRINITI, an artistic intelligence platform reshaping...
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Integration of a Military Metaverse Enhances National Defense Capabilities
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), the premier maritime land force of the nation, is venturing into the realm of the metaverse to...
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Meta to launch a physical store, providing an opportunity to immerse in metaverse experience
In an era where brick-and-mortar stores are fading in the wake of online commerce and the burgeoning realm of virtual reality, Meta, the...
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Vertu's CEO Describes the Luxury Crypto Phone as the 'Passport to the Web3 World
Amidst the challenges of a crypto bear market, luxury phone manufacturer Vertu boldly introduces the Metavertu II Web3 smartphone,...
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Andreessen Horowitz Crypto (a16z) spearheads a $4.2 million seed funding round for web3 co. Pimlico
Pimlico, a UK-based web3 infrastructure firm, has achieved a significant milestone by raising $4.2 million in a seed funding round led by...
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Brand X: The Operating System for Everything
Remember how Department K created the ultimate weapon of Wolverine, Leech, Deadpool, Sabretooth, and Weapon H? They called the project...
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The Hunt for the Golden Juji
🌟 FIND #GoldenJuji and Embark on an Epic Adventure! 🌟 Are you ready for the ultimate treasure hunt? Kawaji, the beloved Japanese snack...
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Why BYTE CITY Rocks
Hey METACRUN.CHERS, you may have seen or heard the name BYTE CITY appear across our newsletters and in our metaverse rankings and not...
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Hello Food, It’s Me, Kelly - Decoding Future Foods
I’m currently sitting writing a book about the metaverse from a farm near the French border with Switzerland. I’m surrounded by fields of...
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Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era: Economy and Loyalty in the Metaverse
How’s that Starbucks card filling up? One stamp left since 2005? Never bothered? I’m in the latter category. I just can’t seem to find a...
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Old Rules for New Tech - Privacy and Data in Web3
I’m a really creative person, but I’m also a massive idiot. So most of the time I outsource my thinking about privacy, data and...
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Sino the Times - Industry 4.0 and Artificial Intelligence in China
I saw a fun graph the other day, you know the ones I mean: the Statista bar graph style with no real importance on the state of anything....
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The Metaverse Of Y2K
The future is relatable. That would be the conclusion that I would make before I've even completed this self-indulgent retrospective. So...
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Young Noise
Whenever I write, it’s usually to explore the possibility of a bunch of ideas or experiences converging or moving towards an apex, it’s...
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The Metamerge
Everyone is losing their collective minds over the metaverse and reports of its death (which are greatly exaggerated), is it true, or is...
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Web3 Rules, OK?
Kelly here! I've done a lot of talks recently, where I have explored the possibility of better data practices for web3. As always with...
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Beyond the Hype Cycle
Remember that amazing The Smiths song from the 80s? Let me remind you: “Panic on the streets of London, Panic on the streets of...
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Working in the Metaverse
Kelly here! I love to tell people that I have a job in the metaverse. No, no, not that, though I do create and develop metaverse...
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Travelling without Moving - Culture and Etiquette in the Metaverse
Kelly Vero, here! Your creative badass, future-gazer, game developer and general metaverse nerd. I really fancy myself as a culture...
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