Niantic, the augmented reality platform that’s developing games like Pokémon GO, raised $300 million from Coatue, valuing the company at $9 billion. The San Fransisco-based startup, which initially spun out of Google, will use this money to build what it calls the “real-world metaverse.” As early as August, Niantic founder and CEO John Hanke has […]
VR glove startup says Meta’s recently unveiled prototype is ‘substantively identical’ to their own device
Facebook, errr Meta, showed off a new prototype haptic feedback glove yesterday, which they detailed could eventually bring a new generation of AR/VR users closer than they’ve ever been to digital content. Today, a VR startup with that same mission called HaptX (which we’ve covered here before) released a fairly aggressive statement accusing Meta of […]
Apple, Google questioned by ICO over app age ratings after UK child safety charity raises concerns
The UK’s data protection watchdog has written to Apple and Google seeking details of how they assess apps to determine the age ratings they apply following concerns raised by an online child safety charity. The move follows the coming into force of the UK’s Age Appropriate Design Code this September — which puts requirements on […]
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Facebook launches Shops in Groups and Live Shopping for Creators
Facebook announced today that it’s rolling out new shopping features: Shops in Groups, product recommendations and a test of Live Shopping for Creators. Shops in Groups enables admins of Facebook groups to set up an online store on their associated Facebook Page. It’s up to the admins where this money goes — in the case […]
海底ケーブル「2Africa」がアジアまで延長し三大陸を連結――総距離は世界最長の4万5000km以上に
米Meta（旧Facebook）は、2021年9月28日、ヨーロッパ、アフリカ、中東を結ぶ海底ケーブル「2Africa」をインドまで延長し、世界最長の海底ケーブルを敷設する計画を明らかにした。海底ケーブルシステムの総延長 […]
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Tencent shares its metaverse vision for the first time
How could Tencent not jump on the metaverse bandwagon when Facebook is hinging its future on the new buzzword? At this stage, Tencent’s approach seems more measured than Facebook’s $10 billion investment into its metaverse division. But any early hint from the Chinese social media and gaming giant will provide enough fodder for investor speculation. During […]
AMD、サーバー向けプロセッサー EPYC を Meta が採用したと発表
AMD は現地時間の8日、サーバー向けプロセッサー EPYC を Meta (=旧 Facebook ) が採用したと発表した。
AMD サーバー向けプロセッサー EPYC は、Intel サーバー向けプロセッサー Intel Xeon シリーズのAMD版のことを指し、Meta (= 旧 Facebook ) が EPYC を採用したアメリカ企業として、仲間入りを果たしたと説明しています。
EPYC を採用している IT企業は、中国企業に限ると、Baidu , Tencent , Alibaba…
進軍元宇宙 Facebook 數據中心選用 AMD 處理器
AMD 宣佈 Facebook 母公司 Meta 最新的大型數據中心將會使用 AMD EPYC 處理器。AMD 將會跟 Meta 一合作，以第三代 EPYC 處理器，共同定義一個開放、雲端規模、單插槽具效能及能源效益的架構。 再有大型科網公司選用 AMD，對 Intel 來說又再成為一大打擊。外界預計，Facebook……
Facebook on the spot in Kenya as exploitation of minors rife on its platform
Internet-based sexual exploitation of minors in Kenya was found to be more rampant on Facebook than on any other site, according to the newly released Disrupting Harm report — making the tech giant’s platform exceedingly unsafe for children. The report by Interpol, UNICEF’s Office of Research-Innocenti and End Violence against Children, found that Facebook accounted […]