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Lablaco seeks to help usher in the new era of web3 digitized retail

TechCrunch

The plan is to host a three-week takeover with Crypto.com, showing consumers how digitized fashion could lay the path toward a zero-waste and more sustainable future. With SPIN, users can enter the VR version of their favorite store and speak to avatar customer service agents to buy clothes.

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Why adaptability is the new digital transformation

CIO

If you’re a CIO for a city, for example, it can apply to your city’s strategic goals , including economic growth, diversity and inclusion, quality of life, health and wellness, safety and security, efficiency and resilience, mobility, and sustainability and environment.

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Here’s what’s happening on Day Two of TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

TechCrunch

Its in-car VR system turns every vehicle into a moving theme park — and it rolls out in Audi cars as early as this summer. Nils Wollny, Holoride’s co-founder and CEO, will talk about where technologies — like VR, blockchain, NFTs and cryptocurrency — fit in the automotive space.

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Top 7 Gaming Trends and Technologies in 2024

Openxcell

Today, gaming has gone beyond consoles and PCs to virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mobile devices. Over time, some of these trends failed to sustain and were replaced by more sophisticated but approachable gaming technologies, yet many of them revolutionized the entire industry. billion by 2030.

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Why Companies Will Look to Supply Chain to Drive Sustainability in 2020

Digital Realty

With the influx of data driven by technologies like AI, VR, IoT, Blockchain and 5G, demands around data center services continue to increase. In fact, global colocation drove $38 billion in 2018 and is expected to surpass $50 billion by 2023 as more…

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General Catalyst leads $7M investment in AR startup selling NFT jetpacks

TechCrunch

.” Crypto startup Jadu , which has made millions of dollars selling pixelated NFT jetpacks and hoverboards, has scored $7 million in venture funding from General Catalyst with additional funding from Coinbase Ventures, The VR Fund, Sound Ventures and Guy Oseary, among others.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

Around 7,000 tech workers have joined the ranks of the Armed Forces or Territorial Defense Only last month, OneUkraine sprang up from a host of major European tech founders and investors, who plan to provide sustainable humanitarian relief for the Ukrainian people. Incorporated in Delaware, USA. Secured seed finding from SMRK VC.