Facebook announces a meaningless roster of ‘new values’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has informed his employees they are now called Metamates, that it’s time for a new cultural operating system at Meta, and more miscellaneous corporate dribble.
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What happens in metaverse stays in metaverse – or does it?
Network connectivity provider Zen Internet felt compelled to ask the UK what it thought about metaverse dating ethics, with nearly half equating virtual flings to real life cheating.
Qualcomm invests in the European metaverse
US mobile chip giant Qualcomm reckons Europeans need a big dose of extended reality so it’s opening six new labs across the continent.
Facebook shares tank as it pivots towards unproven metaverse strategy
Despite a 20% Q4 revenue hike, stock in tech giant Meta/Facebook dropped 20% amid negative outlook for the next quarter.
Gaming shopping spree continues as Sony swoops for Bungie
Japanese tech giant and owner of PlayStation, Sony, has bid $3.6 billion for games developer Bungie, which appears to nod towards future metaverse plays.
Facebook teases AI supercomputer built to power the metaverse
Meta, the artist formally known as Facebook, is showing off its new AI Research SuperCluster which it claims will be the fastest AI supercomputer on the planet.
The Telecoms.com Podcast: OpenRAN, 5G C-band and metaverse
We’re delighted to welcome our first guest of the year in John Baker of Mavenir. His company is a major player in the OpenRAN scene so we spend the majority of the pod chatting about that, during which Scott and Iain challenge John to justify the hype around it. They eventually move on to look at the silliness going on in the US to do with the C-band spectrum and conclude with the latest on the metaverse, which threatens to take over our lives.
Microsoft bids $68.7 billion to buy Activision Blizzard
Microsoft wants to acquire mega games publisher Activision Blizzard, which would represent the biggest purchase in the history of gaming.
KT Corp prepares Shinhan Bank for life in the metaverse
Excitement about the industry’s most recent buzzword is spreading rapidly to the financial sector.
Connected cars drive the agenda at CES 2022
Car manufacturers and tech firms rolled out new smart motors and integrated connectivity software at the CES tech show, showing ever more convergence between the two industries.
Virgin Media O2 uses apparition of Usain Bolt to flog broadband
More end of year larks saw VMO2 launch a promotion for its gigabit broadband by projecting Bolt’s hologram into someone’s front room.
Ericsson uses Nvidia Omniverse to simulate 5G challenges
Semiconductor giant Nvidia has a simulation platform that companies can use to create virtual copies of real-life environments.
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