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YC and a16z back virtual reality basketball app Gym Class

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spending billions of dollars on virtual reality tech every fiscal quarter, the wider VR startup ecosystem has been having a tough few years coming down from the highs of 2016, when investors dumped money into the sector expecting Oculus-sized returns only to see most of their investments slowly wilt away. Despite Zuckerberg & Co.

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Top 7 Gaming Trends and Technologies in 2024

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Technology trends in the gaming industry are growing rapidly due to robust digital transformations. It’s all thanks to the newest gaming technologies shaping the future of gaming. Crypto-based gaming The gaming industry in 2024 will increasingly focus on cryptocurrency-based games due to the use of real money as rewards.

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7 investors discuss augmented reality and VR startup opportunities in 2020

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For all of the investors preaching that augmented reality technology will likely be the successor to the modern smartphone, today, most venture capitalists are still quite wary to back AR plays. On the hardware side, the ghost of Magic Leap’s formerly hyped glory still looms large.

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Silicon Valley Bank implodes, Apple launches a new music service, and ChatGPT goes enterprise

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It’s Kyle again, Greg’s stand-in for Week in Review. (He’ll If you’re a WiR newbie, it’s the newsletter where we recap the past five days in tech news. Display-sporting HomePod: On the subject of Apple, the company could be working on a new HomePod device featuring a built-in display for 2024.

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Accelerating generative AI requires the right storage

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In other sports, such as basketball or soccer, there may be hundreds or thousands of players at the topmost levels. What does this have to do with technology? Advances in hardware boost the performance and scalability of generative AI systems. Formula 1 (F1) drivers are some of the most elite athletes in the world.

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Daily Crunch: Beating ‘other takeover bidders,’ Bosch acquires autonomous driving startup Five.ai

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Pylon charging up Egypt’s utilities : This story about a small round for an Egyptian startup caught our eye due to the sheer size of the market potential. Some super fun hardware stories today – Brian explored how PitchCom is changing the fabric of baseball , a sport that’s been stuck in the time before technology in many ways.

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8 investors, founders and execs predict cybersecurity, fintech will take Belfast by storm

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’s Tech Nation found in 2018 that about 26% of Belfast’s workforce was employed in tech, and it is among cities in the country with the highest growth potential for 2021. With that in mind, we reached out to founders, investors and executives in the city to get an inside look at the state of the current tech startup ecosystem.

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