The biggest social network in the world isn’t getting any bigger. Meta posted its fourth quarter earnings Wednesday, sharing financials that disappointed Wall Street enough to send its stock into […]
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Back to news homeWhy Facebook and Spotify are getting hammered in after-hours trading
If you own stocks, bad news, you probably just lost money. Social networking giant Meta, better known as Facebook, is off more than 20% in after-hours trading. And Spotify, music […]
A hospitable metaverse requires the basic building blocks of virtual life
Steve Alexander Contributor Steve Alexander is SVP and CTO of Ciena, a networking systems and software company that works with operators and content providers across the globe. Meta’s stated mission […]
Yahaha Studios, a platform for building no-code, immersive games, raised $50M in 3 rounds ahead of its launch this year
The success of Roblox and other user-created gaming experiences like Overwolf have democratized the concept of making games and have taken it into the mainstream. Now, a startup founded by […]
A peek into Web3 power player Animoca Brands
If you haven’t heard of Animoca Brands over the last year or so, you haven’t been paying close attention. With a long and growing list of digital entertainment, blockchain, and […]
At CES 2022, metaverses metaversed the metaverse
In the lead up to CES, I wrote a piece reflecting on top tech of CES 2012. It was an interesting exercise for a number of reasons — not the […]
General Catalyst leads $7M investment in AR startup selling NFT jetpacks
After months of NFT mania and Facebook’s recent name change to Meta, it’s fair to say that “metaverse” chatter has reached a fever pitch. And while crypto investors are buying […]
Sonic identity is the missing component for social metaverse experiences
Jaime Bosch Contributor Jaime Bosch is the co-founder and CEO of Voicemod. In the many conversations around “the metaverse” sparked by the Facebook corporate name transition to Meta, much has […]
Niantic raises $300M at a $9B valuation to build the ‘real-world metaverse’
Niantic, the augmented reality platform that’s developing games like Pokémon GO, raised $300 million from Coatue, valuing the company at $9 billion. The San Fransisco-based startup, which initially spun out […]
Data scientists & engineers: Up your game at iMerit ML DataOps Summit 2021
This call goes out to all the data devotees, engineering enthusiasts, AI aficionados and machine-learning mavens. Clear your schedule on December 2, because you do not want to miss a […]