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Professional-grade virtual reality hardware and software provider Varjo Technologies Oy today announced the addition of cloud streaming to its Reality Cloud platform, which will bring real-life collaboration capability to its high-fidelity headsets. The new service allows users to experience virtual and mixed …
Animoca Brands raises $359M at $5B valuation for NFTs and metaverse games
Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based metaverse company focused on nonfungible tokens and gaming, today announced it raised a hefty $358.9 million in its fourth funding round since May at a pre-money valuation of more than $5 billion. The round was led by …
Walmart sets its sights on cryptocurrency, NFTs and the metaverse
Trademark filings from Walmart Inc. discovered by CNBC Sunday reveal that the retail giant may have plans to create its own nonfungible token virtual assets in order to sell virtual goods, plus a cryptocurrency. Walmart filed seven trademark applications on Dec. 30. …
Block announces plans to build an open-source bitcoin mining system
Block Inc. Chief Executive Jack Dorsey announced in a tweet Thursday that the payments company is moving ahead with plans to build an open-source bitcoin mining system. Bitcoin mining is the process by which the bitcoin network is kept secure and new …
Decentralized finance API startup Conduit raises $17M to connect banks to crypto
Decentralized finance startup Conduit today announced it has raised $17 million in a new funding round led by Portage Ventures to help financial institutions connect to the crypto economy. Also participating in the seed round were FinVC, Gemini Frontier Fund, Diagram Ventures, …
Second Life founder returns to bolster its metaverse expansion
Philip Rosedale, the founder of Second Life, is returning as a strategic adviser to its parent company Linden Lab to breathe new life into the veteran social virtual world game and guide its metaverse expansion. Founded in 2003, Second Life is one …
Jack Dorsey proposes a legal defense fund for bitcoin developers
Block Inc. founder and Chief Executive Jack Dorsey has proposed the creation of a Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund that would provide financial support for developers on the receiving end of lawsuits. In an email sent to the bitcoin-dev mailing list today, Dorsey …
Unstoppable Domains launches single sign-on service for web3 apps
Unstoppable Domains, a platform for user-controlled digital identity using web3 technology, today announced the global launch of “Login with Unstoppable,” which provides single sign-on capability for Ethereum and Polygon apps. The company provides domain names as nonfungible tokens, which are represented as …
CGS releases enterprise-ready AR training and collaboration solution
Enterprise outsourcing and learning provider Computer Generated Solutions Inc. today announced the worldwide launch of its TeamworkAR platform, an augmented reality solution designed for use by enterprise organizations on any mobile device or wearable. With TeamworkAR, remote employees can receive training or …
CircleCI is offering a new free CI/CD plan for DevOps teams with more features
DevOps platform provider Circle Internet Services Inc. today debuted a new free tier for software engineering teams that includes features and capabilities formerly only available in the company’s paid plans. CircleCI’s platform provides continuous integration and delivery capabilities for developers and engineers …