Unilever unveils Web3 metaverse initiative
Aug 04, 2022 23:54 pm UTC| Business Economy Technology
Unilever is embracing web3 and the metaverse, creating a cross-functional Web3 collective across marketing, finance, legal, media, procurement, and licensing. A consumer goods company, Unilever owns a raft of household...
NBA teams up with Sportradar on AI virtual games for betting apps
Aug 04, 2022 23:50 pm UTC| Sports Economy Business Technology
Sportradar will offer 3,000 virtual National Basketball Association (NBA) games a day to its betting partners, allowing them to offer markets at times when little or no live events are taking place. Every virtual NBA...
Blizzard and NetEase disagreement lead to ‘Warcraft’ mobile game’s cancellation, report says
Aug 04, 2022 11:09 am UTC| Technology Business
Blizzard Entertainment and Chinese gaming giant NetEase had apparently been working on more video game projects behind the scenes. However, the companies reportedly had disagreements on an unannounced Warcraft mobile game...
Aug 03, 2022 10:28 am UTC| Technology
The Call of Duty iteration launching later this year is still a few months away, but fans have something to look forward to in a few days. Infinity Ward, the studio currently developing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,...
Pixel 7 release date leak: Google’s product launch event is reportedly planned for October 6
Aug 03, 2022 09:26 am UTC| Technology
Google may have hoped that offering an early Pixel 7 series teaser last May would somehow curb the spread of information leaks before its usual product launch event in the fall. However, a new leak just came to light this...
Spotify Premium subscribers will get separate Play and Shuffle buttons for playlists and albums soon
Aug 03, 2022 08:05 am UTC| Technology
The combined play and shuffle button for albums and playlists on Spotify has been one of the well-known features of the streaming app. But the company is going to change it soon, at least, for people paying for a Spotify...
The manipulation of Uber’s public image profoundly impacted the lives of taxi drivers
Aug 03, 2022 03:16 am UTC| Technology
In early July, the leak of 124,000 confidential files from Uber known as the Uber Files as part of an investigation by The Guardian revealed how the company knowingly flouted laws, secretly lobbied governments and...
Putin’s Russia: first arrests under new anti-LGBT laws mark new era of repression
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