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Video games
fromThe Verge
16 hours ago

Roblox has games again

Roblox is returning to using the term 'games' instead of 'experiences' to better resonate with users and reflect its platform.
fromThe Drum
2 months ago
Marketing tech

This Week in the Metaverse: arrest warrant for top crypto creator and 'the merge' arrives

Video games
fromThe Verge
16 hours ago

Roblox has games again

Roblox is returning to using the term 'games' instead of 'experiences' to better resonate with users and reflect its platform.
fromThe Drum
2 months ago
Marketing tech

This Week in the Metaverse: arrest warrant for top crypto creator and 'the merge' arrives

#meta
Software development
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Meta's Virtual Reality App Ditching VR To Make A Roblox Clone - Kotaku

Meta is abandoning its VR-focused metaverse and pivoting Horizon Worlds into a mobile, Roblox-like platform after spending over $70 billion on VR/AR.
Silicon Valley
fromEngadget
2 months ago

Meta refocuses on AI hardware as metaverse layoffs begin

Meta is laying off over 1,000 Reality Labs staff and shifting focus from unprofitable VR/metaverse investments to mobile and wearables like AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses.
Wearables
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Metas AI glasses and the dawn of wearable tech - podcast

Meta's AI-powered glasses enhance presence and offer transformative features for those with vision impairments or hearing loss, but raise privacy concerns.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.benzinga.com
4 days ago

Meta's Spark vs ChatGPT, Gemini: 3.5B Users Edge - Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)

Meta's new AI model, Spark, aims to leverage its vast user base for integration into existing apps rather than competing directly with established AI models.
Humor
fromWIRED
2 weeks ago

The Comedy Club at the End of the Metaverse

Meta's Horizon Worlds faces shutdown, impacting community-driven VR experiences like the Soapstone Comedy Club.
fromKotaku
1 month ago
Software development

Meta's Virtual Reality App Ditching VR To Make A Roblox Clone - Kotaku

#youtube
Privacy technologies
fromEngadget
4 days ago

Google introduces AI-generated avatars to YouTube Shorts

YouTube introduces AI avatars for creators to enhance digital identity in Shorts, ensuring safety with AI disclosures and watermarks.
Privacy technologies
fromEngadget
4 days ago

Google introduces AI-generated avatars to YouTube Shorts

YouTube introduces AI avatars for creators to enhance digital identity in Shorts, ensuring safety with AI disclosures and watermarks.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
5 days ago

Japan Has 12 Million Crypto Users and a Blueprint for Web3 Gaming

Japan's FSA plans a 2026 framework taxing crypto gains at a flat 20%, providing regulatory clarity for Web3 gaming projects.
fromnews.bitcoin.com
6 days ago

Report: Meme Prediction Market App Giggles Raises $1.2M as Crypto Social Apps Compete for Gen Z

Justin Jin, born October 5, 2006, in Vancouver, raised $1,234,567 from crypto VC 1kx for his meme prediction market app, Giggles, on April 7, 2026.
Growth hacking
fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

Today's Atlantic Trivia: Video Games

Nintendo was founded in 1889, the same year the Eiffel Tower opened in Paris, starting as a manufacturer of Japanese playing cards.
Games
European startups
fromTNW | Android
1 week ago

Decentraland launches on Epic Games Store and Android as metaverse goes multiplatform

Decentraland is shifting strategy by launching on popular platforms to increase user access and engagement in the metaverse.
#rec-room
Games
fromFast Company
1 week ago

Rec Room is shutting down, despite the popular game reaching over 150 million users. Here's why

Rec Room is shutting down in June due to unsustainable profitability despite having over 150 million players since its launch in 2016.
Games
fromFast Company
1 week ago

Rec Room is shutting down, despite the popular game reaching over 150 million users. Here's why

Rec Room is shutting down in June due to unsustainable profitability despite having over 150 million players since its launch in 2016.
#cryptocurrency
fromFortune
1 week ago
Cryptocurrency

Gen Z millionaires are rushing into crypto-and they blame the risky bet on FOMO. Fear of missing out | Fortune

fromThedrum
2 weeks ago
Social media marketing

How crypto creators are inspiring audiences to diversify investments.

Cryptocurrency
fromFortune
1 week ago

Gen Z millionaires are rushing into crypto-and they blame the risky bet on FOMO. Fear of missing out | Fortune

Wealthy Gen Z and Millennials are increasingly investing in cryptocurrency, driven by FOMO, despite significant volatility and risks.
Social media marketing
fromThedrum
2 weeks ago

How crypto creators are inspiring audiences to diversify investments.

The growth of cryptocurrency has led to a rise in crypto creators who provide accessible information and advice to new investors.
Tech industry
fromAol
3 weeks ago

Meta Platforms Slips: Shutting Down Its VR Metaverse While Doubling Down on AI

Meta abandons its metaverse platform to pivot toward AI infrastructure and glasses products, increasing capital expenditures to $115-$135 billion in 2026 while maintaining its $200.97 billion advertising business.
Wearables
fromTheregister
3 weeks ago

Metaverse inventor Neal Stephenson says VR goggles are dead

Neal Stephenson argues that immersive environments will not require head-mounted hardware, as smartphones will continue to dominate.
#metaverse
Digital life
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

Meta is actually keeping its VR metaverse running, for now

The metaverse represents a digital space where people mentally transport themselves through devices, disconnecting from physical presence despite being physically present with others.
fromThe Drum
2 months ago
Marketing tech

'The metaverse is dead; long live the metaverse': emerging tech's table of elements

Digital life
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

Meta is actually keeping its VR metaverse running, for now

The metaverse represents a digital space where people mentally transport themselves through devices, disconnecting from physical presence despite being physically present with others.
fromThe Drum
2 months ago
Marketing tech

'The metaverse is dead; long live the metaverse': emerging tech's table of elements

Media industry
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

Crowd's Reaction to BuzzFeed's New AI App: Uncomfortable Laughter

BuzzFeed faces severe financial distress with $57.3 million net loss in 2025 and substantial doubt about continuing operations, despite pivoting to AI-focused products that received poor reception at SXSW.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
2 weeks ago

Bitgo Launches MCP Server to Power AI-Driven Crypto Development Tools

Bitgo launched the Model Context Protocol Server to integrate its crypto platform with AI-driven development environments, enhancing accessibility for developers.
#meta-horizon-worlds
Tech industry
fromEngadget
3 weeks ago

Meta isn't shutting down its VR metaverse after all

Meta reverses its shutdown of Horizon Worlds VR, committing to support existing games for the foreseeable future while shifting metaverse focus to mobile and AI.
Tech industry
fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

Meta Will Keep Horizon Worlds Alive in VR 'for the Foreseeable Future'

Meta reversed its decision to shut down Horizon Worlds in VR, keeping the platform operational for existing games after user feedback, while discontinuing new content creation and major investments.
Tech industry
fromEngadget
3 weeks ago

Meta isn't shutting down its VR metaverse after all

Meta reverses its shutdown of Horizon Worlds VR, committing to support existing games for the foreseeable future while shifting metaverse focus to mobile and AI.
Tech industry
fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

Meta Will Keep Horizon Worlds Alive in VR 'for the Foreseeable Future'

Meta reversed its decision to shut down Horizon Worlds in VR, keeping the platform operational for existing games after user feedback, while discontinuing new content creation and major investments.
Venture
fromFortune
4 weeks ago

Inside the Gen Z Shark Tank where influencers are becoming venture investors | Fortune

A new generation of venture investors prioritizes narrative and creator reach alongside traditional financial metrics when evaluating startup investments.
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

How ArtVerse Helps Galleries and Advisors Navigate Today's Art World

ArtVerse Advisory bridges capital constraints in the art market by providing galleries and advisors flexible access to primary and secondary market artwork without ownership risks.
fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

Meta Is Shutting Down Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest

Meta sent an email blast to Horizon Worlds users today stating that the social VR world will officially end on its Quest VR headsets; starting March 31, Horizon Worlds will no longer be in the Quest store. Some Horizon-specific perks, including Meta Credits, avatars, and some digital clothes and in-world purchases, will also be removed.
Wearables
Privacy professionals
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Crypto is in its "cloned cell phone" era

1990s cellular fraud cost the industry $650 million annually until carriers implemented authentication systems and law enforcement coordination that dramatically reduced cloning crimes.
fromFast Company
1 month ago

'Your AI slop bores me': The viral website that lets humans answer your questions like ChatGPT

In a world looming with the threat of ai stealing your job, save humanity by stealing ai's job. According to Maroju, inspiration for the site came from a frustration for AI art and its proliferation, making artists' lives worse and also just filling the Internet with low-effort generic slop.
Web design
Tech industry
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

Meta decides not to shut down Horizon Worlds on VR after all | TechCrunch

Meta reversed its decision to shut down VR support for Horizon Worlds after user backlash, keeping the app functional on Quest headsets despite the metaverse's commercial failure.
Video games
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Meta exec hopes VR teens will stick around

The VR gaming industry faces its roughest period in decades, with Meta cutting over 1,000 jobs and shutting down studios, while revenue growth relies heavily on free-to-play titles popular with young players.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
1 month ago

AI Slop and Peril for the Open Web

AI-generated content farms (slop) waste 25-30% of open-web ad spend through fraudulent sites, with over 100,000 such sites now existing and 10,000 new ones appearing monthly.
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 month ago

Imagine Golfing With Bitcoin OGs The Day Before The World's Biggest Bitcoin Conference-It's Happening In Vegas

Nothing is impossible for Chris and Frieda. It is almost magical how they nail it every single time. I love this event. It's like an amusement park for Bitcoiners. Everybody is focused on having maximalist fun. Chris and Frieda are the wizards behind the scenes making it all come together.
Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 month ago

NFTs with purpose: How NFTs will rule the real world from 2026 to 2030 - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

NFTs are evolving from digital art into infrastructure for fractional ownership of real-world assets, with the market projected to reach $211 billion by 2030 through tokenization of physical property and investments.
#nft-market-collapse
Cryptocurrency
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

From millions of dollars to under a grand: The dramatic fall of the NFT

NFT investments, including high-profile purchases by celebrities like Justin Bieber, lost approximately 90% of their value within a year, demonstrating the market's spectacular collapse after its 2021-2022 peak.
Cryptocurrency
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

From millions of dollars to under a grand: The dramatic fall of the NFT

NFT investments, including high-profile purchases by celebrities like Justin Bieber, lost approximately 90% of their value within a year, demonstrating the market's spectacular collapse after its 2021-2022 peak.
Tech industry
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Epic and Google have signed a special deal for a new class of 'metaverse' apps

Epic Games and Google have agreed to terms for a new class of applications called metaverse browsers that enable navigation of virtual worlds with portable virtual items and identities across different metaverse environments.
Startup companies
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Why so many meme coins fail almost immediately

Meme coin markets exhibit extreme churn, fragile infrastructure, and many short-lived, scam-prone tokens that often disappear within days of launch.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Another NFT Platform Bites the Dust

Nifty Gateway will shut down on February 23, 2026 after years of user issues and a prolonged NFT market slump.
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

The next generation of social networking

Whilst many of the tools of social media - blogs, ugc, forums - are now increasingly brought into new web design and development, there are companies, from British Airways to Lego who view social media as the starting point - not the added feature. Others, such as ruumz.com, are already operating the 'next generation' of social networks with a new blend of online and offline activity.
fromTelegraph
2 months ago

How to Join the Agent Internet in 2026: A Practical Guide

What Is the Agent Internet? In early 2026, a new layer of the internet has emerged -- one built by and for AI agents. Over 95 platforms now exist where autonomous AI agents communicate, trade, create, play, govern, and conduct research. This is not a speculative whitepaper. It is happening right now. The Agent Internet is a decentralized network of platforms where AI agents -- not humans -- are the primary users.
Arts
fromArtnet News
2 months ago

Pioneering NFT Platform Nifty Gateway Shutters Amid Market Collapse

Nifty Gateway will shut down on February 23 due to steep declines in trading activity and waning interest in NFTs.
fromGameSpot
1 month ago

Arc Raiders Players Are Seeing UFOs In The Sky

A handful of Arc Raiders players have reported seeing the silhouette of a large ship in the clouds, but so far, only a Reddit user called Bewarden captured the incident in a video. The ship appears to be massive, but there's no indication yet it's confirmation of aliens in this world.
Video games
Marketing tech
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Web3 isn't dead! Here are 3 brands building on the blockchain in 2023

Brand enthusiasm for NFTs and web3 surged in 2021–2022 but collapsed after crypto scandals and the rise of AI shifted marketing attention.
#web3
fromThe Drum
2 months ago
Marketing tech

Web3 is coming faster than anyone thought. Agencies need to adapt even more quickly

fromThe Drum
2 months ago
Marketing tech

Web3 is coming faster than anyone thought. Agencies need to adapt even more quickly

#horizon-worlds
Video games
fromAol
2 months ago

What Roblox Needs to Prove in 2026

Roblox must prove advertising can scale without hurting engagement and convert platform strength into sustainable economics and operating leverage.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Chaotic Future of the Internet Might Look Like Moltbook

Moltbook was developed as a sort of experimental playground for interactions among AI "agents," which are bots that have access to and can use programs. Claude Code, a popular AI coding tool, has such agentic capabilities, for example: It can act on your behalf to manage files on your computer, send emails, develop and publish apps, and so on. Normally, humans direct an agent to perform specific tasks.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

How Gorilla Tag is weathering the VR winter

The VR industry has been on edge since Meta's massive job cuts earlier this year: One exec called the layoff announcements "one of VR's darkest weeks." There's talk of a VR winter, and multiple VR studios have conducted significant layoffs of their own. For Gorilla Tag maker Another Axiom, however, it's monkey - or monke, as they'd say - business as usual.
Video games
Cryptocurrency
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Welcome to the post-hype crypto market | TechCrunch

Cryptocurrency market focus shifts from hype to policy implications, with regulatory scrutiny on stablecoins and established companies like Stripe reconsidering blockchain involvement.
Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
2 months ago

In the AI era, Mark Cuban, Mary Barra, and even Sam Altman have one tip for Gen Z: unplug and go analog | Fortune

Business leaders emphasize preserving human connection and intentional offline life despite AI’s pervasive benefits and profits.
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Is this the most important patent ever for gaming and metaverse advertising?

Anzu - which counts among its backers WPP, Sony Innovation Fund, NBCUniversal, HTC and Bitkraft - has been on a mission since 2017 to make advertising in games better. Recently, it has been making waves as studios cross a once-dreaded line to create ads in 3D games. As the only licensed in-game ad provider for Xbox, it has made headway on a product that will ease marketer concerns about the viability of in-game advertising.
Marketing tech
Artificial intelligence
fromGeeky Gadgets
2 months ago

Latest AI Avatars Look Real : Monetizing Followers & Raising New Trust Concerns

Lifelike AI avatars and ChatGPT's monetization changes are transforming digital interaction while raising urgent concerns about authenticity, ethics, transparency, and user trust.
Tech industry
fromFuturism
1 month ago

You'll Be Sorry When You Hear What Justin Bieber's $1.3 Million Bored Ape Is Worth Now

Bored Ape NFT market collapsed, wiping out value of celebrity purchases and forcing Yuga Labs layoffs, lawsuits, and regulatory scrutiny.
Artificial intelligence
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Google Project Genie lets you create interactive worlds from a photo or prompt

Project Genie is a Google research prototype that generates short, remixable 60-second interactive AI video worlds with limitations, content restrictions, and a high subscription cost.
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