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Digital listening reveals 3 leading innovation drivers

CIO

The listening centered on conversations about emerging technologies and use cases associated with innovation, such as artificial intelligence, metaverse, blockchain, robotics, Web 3.0, It surpasses blockchain and metaverse projects, which are viewed as experimental or in the pilot stage, especially by established enterprises.

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Metaverse: The time for CIOs to experiment is now

CIO

Right now, the metaverse is essentially an undefined amalgam of technologies and concepts including but not limited to augmented reality (AR), avatars, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, extended reality (ER), mixed reality (MR), NFTs (non-fungible tokens), virtual reality (VR), and Web3. Get on the train. Follow the money.

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Meet the newest crypto builders from web3 accelerator Alliance DAO’s demo day

TechCrunch

About three-fourths of the teams are focusing on NFTs, infrastructure or decentralized finance (DeFi), while the majority of the teams are building on layer-1 blockchains Ethereum, Polygon and Solana. What it does: Exclusive social clubs on top of NFTs. channels like Twitter or Discord onto blockchains. Stage: Seed round.

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It’s time to evolve beyond marketing to create meaningful metaverse moments

CIO

I think of it by way of analogy: Not every business needs to have a social media strategy, but businesses that have customers who use social media need to know how to be present, or they lose an opportunity to be relevant. That’s the direct customer experience. What I think is equally interesting is the indirect customer experience.

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Guarding the gates: a look at critical infrastructure security in 2023

CIO

Modern advancements like artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning and blockchain-based networks specifically have an impact in this area. Money laundering, social engineering scams, and identity theft are all examples of attacks that can be used against financial institutions.

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Top 10 Web3 business ideas that could turn into a great startup

Openxcell

A technology called the blockchain powers this decentralized and peer-to-peer internet evolution, enabling more direct and peer-to-peer interactions. As a result of this paradigm shift, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and decentralized applications have been leveraged to create innovative business models. What is Web3? cryptocurrency.

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Nigeria’s AltSchool raises $1M pre-seed to build an alternative school for Africans

TechCrunch

But since the unicorn changed its business model to a pure marketplace focusing on senior developers, other platforms such as AltSchool Africa are trying to fill one of the gaps it left: training people to become junior to mid-level engineers. In AltSchool’s pipeline are courses on product, blockchain and data.