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How state and local governments can close the digital divide in education with fast, affordable connectivity

CIO

Education has long served as the key to unlocking economic progress and social mobility. However, unequal access to digital tools has created a large gap between children who have access to fast, reliable internet connectivity in school and at home and those who don’t. Working with Source, Inc.,

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Virtual social network IMVU raises $35M from China’s NetEase and others

TechCrunch

The line between social networking and gaming is increasingly blurring , and internet incumbents are taking notice. NetEase, the second-largest gaming company in China (behind Tencent), is among a group of investors who just backed IMVU, an avatar-focused social network operating out of California.

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Fiveable lands $10M Series A to become ‘the hallways of the educational internet’

TechCrunch

While tech workers may turn to virtual HQs or Twitter Spaces for spontaneous chats, high schoolers are searching for casual places online to riff and study with friends. Now, it is evolving to become a social learning platform that helps any student navigate high school. What do students do in the hallways of high school?

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Digital listening reveals 3 leading innovation drivers

CIO

Because transactions are transparent, blockchain has the potential to increase trust and enable new types of disruptive applications and services, such as decentralized financial systems, marketplaces, and social networks. In these spaces, virtual and physical worlds can be unified, and what happens in one world can affect the other.

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3 Cybersecurity Technologies You Should Know

The Crazy Programmer

Modern-day internet users need to ensure they are protected, and companies should also set cybersecurity protocols to help keep their systems secure from threats. The majority of cyber-attacks actually use phishing or social engineering, where users are tricked into revealing personal information.

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Emperia is helping brands like Bloomingdales build shopping experiences in VR

TechCrunch

Does the average person want to shop for apparel in virtual reality (VR)? Enter Emperia , an “immersive” retail startup that — to its credit — has already created virtual stores for brands including Bloomingdales, Dior, Ralph Lauren and Lacoste. A virtual store created with Emperia’s platform.

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AI-driven audio cloning startup gives voice to Einstein chatbot

TechCrunch

Alforithmic says the “digital Einstein” is intended as a showcase for what will soon be possible with conversational social commerce. “This is the next milestone in showcasing the technology to make conversational social commerce possible,” Alforithmic’s COO Matt Lehmann told us.