At the heart of the metaverse derangement was the persistent inflation of its definition. McKinsey & Company proclaimed in June 2022 that the metaverse could generate “up to $5 trillion in impact by ...
Mark Zuckerberg spent years insisting the metaverse was the next chapter of the internet, but the bill for that bet has finally come due. After roughly $70 billion in cumulative losses tied to virtual ...
Meta’s earnings beat expectations, but investors question whether its $135 billion AI push will pay off after metaverse losses and rising competition.
As the Metaverse evolves beyond its early hype cycle, its real potential is becoming easier to see. Instead of standing alone, it’s increasingly tied to bigger shifts across tech, including advances ...
In a memo to employees earlier this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a vision for a near-future in which “personal [AI] superintelligence for everyone” forms “the beginning of a new era for ...
From Jorge Luis Borges to George Orwell and Margaret Atwood, novelists have foreseen some of the major developments of our age. What can we learn from their prophecies? This year marks 100 years since ...
The word “metaverse” has been used so often in recent years that it can feel more like a buzzword than a concrete idea. Tech companies promise it will change how we work, learn, play, and even relate ...
As one of three institutions under the Capital Library of China, the Beijing Library has introduced an AI-powered digital ...