Today, almost all of the monetary returns derived from gaming go to the publisher’s pockets. But with the integration of blockchain technologies, the future of game economics looks radically different ...

The industrial metaverse has been one of the key trends of 2023, and a study by Nokia and EY has found that companies that have already deployed use cases in this area are reporting more benefits than ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

The 1992 cyberpunk novel Snow Crash introduced the word “metaverse” — a term now bandied about in technology circles and laden with high hopes of redefining the Internet. This space is still forming, ...

Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence division of Alibaba Group, has partnered with layer-1 blockchain Avalanche, the companies exclusively told TechCrunch ahead of an announcement at ...

The metaverse has quickly become a popular topic of speculation for tech companies and rich CEOs as they scramble to not be left behind while people look for ways to escape our hellish current-day ...

As hype around metaverses steadily rises to a fever pitch, many early innovators of digital worlds have been quick to offer up their advice — and stern warnings — to those building them. “There are ...