Web 3 start-up Lighthouse has raised a $7 million seed round to build out “the search engine of the open metaverse.”
Music royalties-based NFT ecosystem, Band Royalty, has made history by creating the world's first multi-track music NFT. Music industry mogul Rob Schwartz curated the limited-edition series of multi-track NFT drops.
Google has unveiled that it is bringing back a revamped Google Wallet for Android devices. Essentially, Google wants Wallet to be an all-encompassing replacement for your physical wallet.
Madonna has teamed up with digital artist Mike Winkelmann AKA Beeple, to create three digitally rendered videos featuring the singer, which will be auctioned off Wednesday, with all proceeds going to charity.
Manchester City has teamed up with PUMA for a new NFT drop to commemorate the tenth anniversary of its first Premier League triumph and the legendary ’93:20′ moment.
Petaverse, a Pet Metaverse company launched by NFT and Metaverse Studio Cominted Labs, is set to launch its first NFT Collection this May.
Apple has officially discontinued the iPod more than 20 years after it was launched, due to the fact that its other devices have melded music into their functionality.
After a successful event in Berlin in 2021, Meta Festival is inviting people from around the world to take a peek into the metaverse.
The Crypto Space Agency (CSA), the space agency for the crypto nation, has sponsored a seat for one of its community members on the fifth crewed flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket.
Nokia has launched its Advanced Security Testing and Research (ASTaR) lab, located in Dallas, Texas. It is the first end-to-end 5G testing lab in the U.S. focused solely on cybersecurity.
The digital asset arm of German brokerage house NAGA Group has launched a $100,000 creator fund that will research new use cases for NFTs.
AvatarBay has launched its decentralized community which opens what they call "a new era of NFT".
Metaverse yacht company Cyber Yachts has been awarded patent-pending status by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patents relate to revolutionary technology developed for Cyber Yachts' NFT and metaverse projects.
Digital arts company DMINTI has partnered with internationally renowned architect, Hani Rashid and his expert digital design practice Asymptote Architecture, to launch the DMINTI Metaverse.
Superhero NFT Wars is to launch its NFT collection today, May 8, 2022. These Superhero NFTs will be essential for entering the one-for-all SocialFi metaspace and interacting with all NFT ecosystems.
Microsoft have signed a partnership with Epic Games that will make Fortnite playable through Xbox Cloud Gaming and free on all supported browser, enabled devices.
Microsoft is working with Volkswagen to bring HoloLens 2 augmented reality glasses to cars for the first time.
Spotify is debuting its virtual space Spotify Island in the metaverse, stating it’s the first major music streaming service to join the platform.
IncubateX, the first women-led incubator and NFT launchpad on web3, is launching their initial NFTs on the Polygon network in June.
Vodafone and the National Trust have teamed up to offer Vodafone Together customers the opportunity to connect together, offline and away from devices, with a Kids Go Free pass thanks to VeryMe Rewards.
Cardalonia, a virtual world where players can build, own and customize their own experiences on the Cardano Blockchain, has launched the seed sale of its $LONIA Governance token.
Spatial is now offering a full-body avatar option in its app, along with the ability for users to bring in avatars created in Wolf3D’s Ready Player Me platfor
Apple, Google, and Microsoft today announced plans to expand support for a common passwordless sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium.
Vibe Inu is a decentralized video streaming application that has been developed to support upcoming music artists and video content creators, enabling them to strive in the music industry and help content creators to monetize their content on web3.
Hyundai Motor Company will offer its first exclusive Metamobility NFT collection, ‘Shooting Star,’ through its official NFT website, on May 9-10.
The FLOV Market team is launching their long-awaited utility: the World’s 1st Mixed Reality Metaverse Marketplace.
Thanks to the most futuristic and lucrative yet engaging GameFi Metahorse, now everyone will stand a chance to own a real horse.
BT’s Digital unit has signed a new deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that will see the company help shift BT’s internal applications to the cloud.
The company behind the "Bored Ape" series of NFTs has raised around $285 million worth of cryptocurrency by selling tokens which represent land in a virtual world game it says it is building.
Leeds United have released a limited series of NFTs, with the aim to raise funds for the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal, following the emergency caused by the ongoing conflict in Eastern Europe.
Sensorium has signed a strategic partnership with the Humanity 2.0 Foundation, where the parties will work on the development of the first-ever VR and NFT gallery hosting Vatican’s art, content, and academic initiatives.
Apple has been charged by the European Commission with breaking competition law by limiting rivals’ access to technology that is key to making contactless payments, unfairly benefiting its own Apple Pay service.
The Sleep Ecosystem financially incentivises users to place a focal point on healthy habits with no compromises on productivity and has been designed as the first solution providing a reward system to cater for the insomnia market.
The Foreverise team is launching 'Forever Earn', a watch-to-earn platform enabling all crypto-users to earn passive income through watching ads on the platform.
At the Open RAN World event in Berlin, the Digital Infrastructure Minister Julia Lopez announced a set of principles for developing and deploying Open RAN equipment in the UK.
Apple has entered the water bottle industry and launched a new water bottle called HidrateSpark, which can be synced to Apple Health via Bluetooth.
Radiant Galaxy has launched a tactical play-to-earn NFT game where players battle each other to earn money. The game modes are PVP and PVE and require strategic tactics to win the battles.
Utility NFT Coin (UNC) has made its primary listing on bitmart and is now available to trade on the platform. Within 24 hours of the new and updated contract listing, UNC is expected to be the top gainer on Bitmart
Snap has launched Pixy, a pocket-sized flying camera. Pixy was unveiled at Snap's Partner Summit, and is described as a 'free-flying sidekick that's a fit for adventures big and small.'
A Samsung advert showing a woman going for a run at 2am has been described as "offensive" and "unrealistic" by runners and women's rights campaigners.
Barbara Stymiest will not stand for re-election as a director at BlackBerry's Company’s annual and special meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”), to be held on June 22, 2022.
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2022 second quarter ended March 26, 2022, posting a March quarter revenue record of $97.3 billion, up 9 percent year over year, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.52.
Apple is going to be hit once again by the European Union. This time with accusations that Apple Pay is anti-competitive.
BlackBerry has released QNX Hypervisor 2.2 for Safety, the latest edition of the company's safety-certified, real-time embedded hypervisor product, designed to enable the healthcare industry to deliver safe, secure medical devices and applications.
One of the leading European NFT service providers Finch Labs, will be conducting an investment round to launch phygital NFT studio.
RFOX has launched the RFOX VALT metaverse’s minimum viable product (MVP) today to selected participants. RFOX VALT is integrating multiple blockchains within the VR metaverse, starting with its support of transactions on the WAX blockchain.
BT is to make EE the flagship brand for new products and services. The BT name was created in 1980 when British Telecom was still a part of the Post Office, before its privatisation four years later.
Social Life Network and Decentral Life, a Social Life Network has launched a new SaaS platform for private and public companies that aim to utilize blockchain tokenization as a governance tool or utility token.
Crypto Blockchain Industries (CBI) has signed an agreement to acquire Xave, a blockchain technology company based in Barcelona and Argentina that has been developing Xave World, a dedicated music metaverse, since 2020.
BT and Toshiba have launched the trial of a world first commercial quantum-secured metro network. The infrastructure will be able to connect numerous customers across London, helping them to secure the transmission of valuable data and information between multiple physical locations over standard fibre optic links using quantum key distribution (QKD).
Apple's Self Service Repair is now available, providing repair manuals and genuine Apple parts and tools through the Apple Self Service Repair Store.
Dubai-based company Meta Vision is to launch the first utility-based NFT in the MENA region. The project—Meta Arabs NFT—will consist of 9,999 unique and carefully curated pieces of digital art that serve a greater purpose and provide benefits to their respective holder.
Acardex project which is powered by ACX token (Purchase on Pre Sale) as its native token is looking to revolutionize P2E NFT gaming with an accessible car racing and fun approach to the metaverse.
Virgin Media O2 has launched a new entertainment service, Stream from Virgin Media, offering customers a new way to bring together their favourite TV channels, video apps and streaming subscriptions all in one place
MetaTag, is to give gamers worldwide full control of their digital identity across all aspects of the Metaverse, NFT games, online gaming platforms and exchanges. Players will be able to register a username or gamertag of their choice on the blockchain.
The board of Twitter has agreed to a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover offer from Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Twitter has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk
Samsung has joined the Technical Oversight Committee of the O-RAN Open Source Project, where the company says that it will play a key role in the decision-making by the O-RAN open source project’s TOC.
UK investment bank Standard Chartered has acquired a plot of virtual land at The Sandbox metaverse’s Mega City district.
Apple has launched a new global service program for 40mm Apple Watch Series 6 units that are experiencing a fault where the display of the watch turns blank permanently.
A man in the city of Goiânia, Brazil purchased a new iPhone which did not include a charger in its retail box. While he had to know that it didn't come with a charger - as it's clearly marked as such - he decided to buy the iPhone anyway and then take Apple to Court.
WISeKey has teamed up with Porrima.CH, a Swiss based foundation committed to delivering the proof of operations of technologies that will change reality and transform society, for a first ever-sustainable NFT project.
Slipknot have partnered with The Sandbox to create their very own virtual world, known as the Knotverse.
VIEWPARK X SOUNDPARK, the New York based global media company, have partnered with DeepMusic and DeepFilm to create Across the Metaverse, a music and film themed metaverse.
FinTech platform YouHodler is launching a new contest that will take place in the Decentraland. The three-day “Treasure Hunt” gives participants the chance to win real $30,000 in the virtual world.
Virgin Media O2 has upgraded and expanded across the Greater Manchester region. The company’s 4G network has been significantly upgraded over the past 12 months, with capacity boosted in almost 20,000 postcodes across the Greater Manchester region.
Utopia VR has launched its global metaverse platform and profit share affiliate program. There is no cost to join the affiliate program, and a registered affiliate does not have to be a paid subscriber.
Glimpse is a new social platform where users can upload short videos of their life and sell them on the open marketplace in the form of an NFT.
BetaMars is to initially offer two kinds of NFT mystery boxes——the Land NFT mystery box and the Ticket NFT mystery box on Galler in presale from April 20.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made a formal offer to purchase Twitter outright for $43 billion. Musk has filed an updated 13D with the SEC, offering $54.20 per share for 100 percent control of the social media platform.
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Cellhire has appointed Duncan Griffiths to the newly created position of Head of Sales – M2M & IoT Connectivity.
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In an agreement brokered Thursday evening, negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on the Digital Markets Act, which establishes a series of prohibitions and obligations for companies including Apple, Google, Meta and Amazon, and a number of smaller platforms.
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The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded Verizon Public Sector three Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) task order awards worth $966.5 million.
Cyberflashing will become a new criminal offence in England and Wales with perpetrators facing up to two years behind bars under new laws to be introduced by the Government.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is taking a closer look at Google and Meta’s conduct over concerns that they hampered competition in markets for online display advertising services.
Polygon, an Ethereum scaling platform onboarding millions to Web3, has partnered with NFT music platform Token||Traxx ahead of its Token Generation Event (TGE) this month.
Rapid Mobile has changed its company name to Rapid Meta, as the company set out new growth plans and an expansive slate of new international content.
Viral word game, ‘Wordle’, has been acquired by The New York Times. Wordle was acquired from its creator, Josh Wardle, a software engineer in Brooklyn, for a price “in the low seven figures,” The Times said. The company said the game would initially remain free to new and existing players.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted unanimously to revoke China Unicom's operator’s licence to do business in the US, citing concerns over national security.
The National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) has announced its program for this year’s Data Privacy Week 2022 (January 24-28, 2022).
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Girls Talk London and partners BT, Vodafone, Virgin Media O2 and HSBC UK are to launch a technology talent accelerator for female university students in the UK and Ghana who are currently pursuing a career in technology.
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World Health Energy Holdings (“WHEN Group”), a cybersecurity company with proprietary technologies developed to protect individuals and enterprises from cybersecurity threat
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Nokia has joined RE100, a global initiative led by the Climate Group in partnership with CDP, which brings together the world’s most influential businesses committed to 100% renewable electricity.
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The National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) have teamed up to combat cyber threats
Touchcast has launched MCity, its enterprise-scale metaverse service, designed to enable companies to bring their operations into virtual spaces for meetings, conferences and everyday work.
Mobile phone companies in the UK are now legally banned from selling ‘locked’ handsets, as of today, December 17, 2021.
Facebook parent company Meta has been ordered by the UK competition watchdog , the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), to sell the gif creation website Giphy
Atos has launched Atos OneCloud Sovereign Shield, a set of solutions, methodologies, and operational cloud services
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Following a deal with CityFibre, Vodafone is set to become Britain’s largest full fibre broadband provider. Vodafone will offer full fibre to more homes than any other provider thanks to investing in partnerships with both Openreach and CityFibre.
Facebook's parent company has changed its name to Meta and updated its logo to an infinity loop that resembles the letter M.
Cybersecurity solution provider for medical devices MedCrypt, has launched its end-to-end medical device cybersecurity consulting services
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The European Commission wants to make it mandatory for smartphone manufacturers and manufacturers of other electronics to include a USB-C charging port on their devices and is putting forward legislation to establish a common charging solution
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HONOR is expanding its strategic partnership, with both companies working closely together to develop ground-breaking AI and end devices and create forward-looking technology strategies.
The University of Strathclyde is to leverage Medallia Experience Cloud as part of their People Strategy 2025 by committing to listening and responding to the views of staff.
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined WhatsApp Ireland €225m for infringements of data protection rules.
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The UK Cyber Security Council has appointed Simon Hepburn, a charity and education executive with over twenty years’ experience in a variety of national and international organisations, as its chief executive.
The UK Cyber Security Council, the self-regulatory body for the cyber security education and skills sector, has begun accepting applications from organisations for membership.
ByteDance has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN), the largest patent non-aggression community in history, becoming a licensee and community member of OIN.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that Facebook’s merger with Giphy would be harmful to competition between social media platforms.
OPPO today unveiled its next-generation under-screen camera (USC) technology for smartphones. By combining the best in hardware and OPPO’s proprietary AI algorithms
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realme has launched MagDart, a magnetic wireless charging solution, bringing the world’s fastest 50W magnetic wireless charger and and is the first true competitor to Apple’s MagSafe.
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BlackBerry's QNX OS for Safety will be deployed in sTraffic's Communications-based Train Control System (CBTC). sTraffic is South Korea's leading fit-for-purpose, solution developer for transportation infrastructure systems.
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Oppo has unveiled new innovations to its OPPO VOOC Flash Charge technology, delivering developments in safety, efficiency and ease-of-use to further improve the user experience.
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The UK Cyber Security Council – the self-regulatory body for the cyber security education and skills sector – today announced that its application for charitable status has been approved by the Charity Commission
Cellhire has appointed Simon Fort to the newly created position of UK Business Development Manager, Reseller Channel, responsible for the growth and development of key strategic partnerships within the UK mobile telecoms reseller industry.
The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) today announced that following nearly a three year stint as Executive Director Kelvin Coleman is stepping down from the position and will leave his post as of July 18th.
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The UK Cyber Security Council – the self-regulatory body for the cyber security education and skills sector – today issued a rallying call for industries to recommit to investment in cyber security skills development as they transition back to regular working practices following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Back in May of this year, the UK Government announced plans to launch a UK Emergency Alerts warning service. Ahead of introduction a series of public trials were to take place. Following a successful test in East Suffolk on the 25th May 2021, the second test will take place in Reading on the 29th June 2021, 1-2pm.
OpSec Security has launched OpSec SmartCheck, a proprietary smartphone-enabled Optically Variable Device (OVD) validation tool that uses advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and offers clients a reliable method of validating overt OVD features with a high level of confidence.
BlackBerry shareholders have voted to keep Fairfax Financial's Prem Watsa as the company's lead director at its annual meeting. That vote was against the advice from both proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis and investor Dorsey Gardner, who opposed the move.
Software consultancy Scott Logic has been awarded a new contract to act as implementation and development partner on the Scottish Government's digital identity programme, part of the Scottish Government's Digital Strategy actions to build a suite of common platforms to be adopted across the public sector, transforming government. The commitment is to introduce a digital identity service for users: to develop and establish a trusted and secure service for users to prove who they are, and that they are eligible for a service.
Sachin Jogia has been by appointed by Ofcom as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) after nine years at Amazon, where he is currently the General Manager for Alexa Smart Home International – overseeing development of the company’s voice-activated services. A highly experienced product and technology leader, Sachin has also held senior technology roles at AOL and advertising.com.
Net Purpose is partnering with tickr to provide data to measure the social and environmental outcomes of its funds. Founded in 2019 with the goal of reaching one million investment professionals by 2025, Net Purpose is the world’s first dedicated data provider for a new generation of investors who invest for profit and purpose. By quantifying the social and environmental outcomes of companies and investment portfolios, Net Purpose enables investors to effortlessly report on their impact and their contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
ibex and Wixcorp have formed a strategic partnership to enhance the patient financial experience across the healthcare vertical.
The movement toward patients as healthcare consumers, COVID-19-driven digital transformation, and sharp financial declines have accelerated the need for digital experiences that combine outsourced billing support with self-pay options that make the patient experience simple and easy.
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One of Canada’s leading internet advocates has submitted comments into the government’s consultation on the role of online intermediaries in combatting copyright infringement. In its submission, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) outlined a set of principles that would help policy-makers design a framework to ensure that internet service provider-level (ISP) website blocking would only be used as a measure of absolute last resort.
The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled to uphold Canada’s first-ever website blocking framework in the case of TekSavvy Solutions v. Bell Media Inc. et al. In 2019, a lower court granted a request by three television distributors affiliated with major telcos to order internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to online streaming services doing business as “GoldTV,” including sites associated with GoldTV.ca. In late March, the Federal Court of Appeal heard oral arguments in the case, including CIRA’s, and today affirmed the lower court’s decision.
The UK Government plans to launch a UK Emergency Alerts warning service. Ahead of introduction a series of public trials will take place, with the first in East Suffolk on the 25th May 2021 where residents will receive a test alert message. Should the tests prove successful the capability will be made available for use across the whole of the UK later this year.
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, Telia Company and Vodafone have teamed up to update and launch a new pan-industry Eco Rating labelling scheme that will help consumers identify and compare the most sustainable mobile phones and encourage suppliers to reduce the environmental impact of their devices.
The UK Government has today published its draft Online Safety Bill, granting Ofcom new responsibilities that will help to keep people safe when they are online.
Under the draft bill, search services, social media platforms, and other online services that enable user-generated content to be shared between users must mitigate the risk of harm arising from illegal content.
Ericsson and Samsung have reached a multi-year agreement on global patent licenses between the two companies, including patents relating to all cellular technologies. The cross-license agreement covers sales of network infrastructure and handsets from January 1, 2021.
Armour Comms has been awarded a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2021. The award was made for outstanding short term growth in overseas sales over the last three years.
