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Spend New Year's Eve in the metaverse with Paris Hilton, smurfs and £9k supercars

Thousands of revellers accepted the invitation to Midnight in The Metaverse on New Year's Eve where you can buy a virtual banana for around £10 or virtual VIP supercar for over £9k

Daily Mirror

Saudi Arabia Aims to Attract Huge Investments in Virtual World

Saudi Arabia is seeking to attract substantial global investments in advanced technologies, especially in NEOM. A recent study indicated that the metaverse was the next generation of the internet, potentially heralding a new virtual, interconnected reality seamlessly woven into the world. The paper, "Creating a New Reality: The Metaverse in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

5 fitness trends set to be huge in 2023

From diving into the metaverse to twerkouts, experts predict how we’ll be getting fit next year. By Prudence Wade.

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Big tech back to real tech in 2023

The tech bubble has finally popped. Big Tech's expansion during the pandemic sparked a rush of over-hiring and preposterous valuations among tech startups, leading to a sharp correction at the end of 2022.

Bangkok Post

Sorry, 'metaverse' is the word of the year whether you like it or not

Thanks to brands like Fortnite, Meta, and Roblox, the metaverse is making an obvious impact on the way we socialize, shop, and play.

Inverse

Meta Employees Undermine Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Strategy

Meta employees are expressing discontent with Mark Zuckerberg and his metaverse strategy on anonymous jobs forums such as Blind.

Zenger

From Twitter chaos to TikTok bans to the metaverse, social media had a rocky 2022

From Facebook's troubled pivot to the metaverse to Twitter's management chaos to industry-wide layoffs, social media companies have had a rocky 2022

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Can Music Concerts In The Metaverse Attract Fans?

Metaverse music concerts are taking off. “Your Song” is one of Sir Elton John’s classic compositions. .

Zenger

TechScape: Elon Musk’s poll own goal proves he can’t get out of his own way

In this week’s newsletter: Musk has a talent for trying to wiggle out of trouble on Twitter, only to land deeper in it – this time by asking users if he should quit as chief executive

The Guardian - UK

The virtual landscape of fashion events

We are in the last month of 2022 and there have been countless fashion events, award shows and fashion week extravaganza. Virtual reality platform Decentraland has launched Metaverse Fashion Week at the beginning of the year in the month of march which turned many headlights towards the digital landscape of…

The Times of India

Tech titan John Carmack leaves Meta as doubts swirl about Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse push

Comments like "we constantly self-sabotage and squander effort" in his exit letter will do little to reassure nervous Meta investors.

Fortune

Urgent warning for parents over 'must-have' VR headsets ahead of Christmas

Childline has released a scary encounter one secondary-school aged girl had with an older man who asked to kiss her while inside the metaverse

Daily Mirror

The most metaverse-ready country in the world might surprise you

Apple will reportedly allow external apps on its App Store in Europe, which could benefit NFT-related games and platforms.

Fortune

CES 2023: Tech world to gather and show off gadgets

CES is returning to Las Vegas this January with the hope that it inches closer to how it looked before the pandemic

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Frazzled Englishwoman, goblin mode, butter boards, cabbage circles – can you spot the odd one out?

As a miserable year limps towards its end, let’s talk about the silly trends that have cut through the gloom. Sorry if you came here for geopolitics, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Fortune

Why employers should keep their metaverse workplace expectations low for 2023

PwC finds 82% of executives expect the metaverse to be part of their business activities within the next three years.

Bangkok Post

Fortinet forecasts increase in cyberthreats

Various kinds of cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) offerings, the metaverse, virtual city attacks and money laundering-as-a-service (LaaS) are expected to pose crucial threats in cyberspace next year, according to Fortinet, a global cybersecurity company.

Fortune

This week in the metaverse: Caroline Ellison, a Chinese court ruling on NFTs, Braves debut digital stadium

Ellison reportedly visited a coffee shop near the FBI and U.S. Attorney's offices, prompting speculation that she is working with federal authorities.

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‘Your job isn’t safe from AI and the metaverse is an enormous waste of money’: five tech realities for 2023

The year that evangelists become realists? Tech CEO Matt Hay on his industry predictions for 2023

Fortune

Will the metaverse be an inclusive workspace?

As companies return to physical and virtual offices, it's an important question.

The Guardian - UK

‘The metaverse will be our slow death!’ Is Facebook losing its $100bn gamble on virtual reality?

The company now known as Meta has spent staggering amounts on creating an immersive successor to the traditional 2D internet. But what has it got to show for it, apart from 11,000 job losses?

Fortune

Companies are pouring millions into the metaverse workplace. Here's what you should know before joining them

There’s a place for the metaverse in return-to-office plans. Just don’t expect it to solve real-world workplace issues like harassment, racism, and sexism.

Evening Standard

Fashion Awards 2022: you can rent Irina Shayk’s H&M dress for £35

The model’s sustainable gown is part of H&M’s Metaverse Design Story and can be yours for less than £100

Bangkok Post

Indonesia central bank says digital rupiah currency can be used in metaverse

JAKARTA: Indonesia's central bank (BI) governor Perry Warjiyo said on Monday its planned digital rupiah currency can be used in the future to buy products in the metaverse.

The Conversation

The metaverse offers challenges and possibilities for the future of the retail industry

In 1968, American computer scientist Ivan Sutherland predicted the future of augmented and virtual reality with his concept of the “Ultimate Display. The Ultimate Display relied on the kinetic depth effect to create two dimensional images that moved with its users, giving the illusion of a three-dimensional display.

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