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NFTs could bridge video games and the fashion industry

TechCrunch

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) offer new ways for consumers to collect, wear and trade fashion online, and now that most fashion shows have scaled back or gone virtual , they may become an important tool for the industry. In December 2020, NFT startup Enjin partnered with Netherlands-based fashion house The Fabricant on a virtual collection.

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Azure Virtual Machine Tutorial

The Crazy Programmer

So in this article, we’ll learn the following things: What is a Virtual Machine? Why we use Virtual Machines? How to create a Virtual Machine? How to use a Virtual Machine in your Computer System? Good Internet Connection. What is a Virtual Machine? Why We Use Virtual Machines?

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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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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO

Government orgs were a target for China-linked threat actors in virtually all regions of the world, and Salt Typhoon, a cyber unit tied to Chinas MSS, made headlines in recent months after compromising major telecom and ISP networks in the US, with this type of targeting also common in Asia and Africa.

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Ready Player Me, a platform to build dynamic cross-game avatars for virtual worlds, raises $56M led by a16z

TechCrunch

Now, in a spot of perfect timing, a startup out of Talinn, Estonia, called Ready Player Me — which has built a popular platform for creating dynamic, animated avatars to use across virtual worlds built and operated by others — is announcing $56 million in funding to grow its business. Like the internet.

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Admix raises $25M Series B to scale up in-game ads, and prep for Metaverse gaming

TechCrunch

The London-based company brings ads to games, e-sports, virtual reality, and augmented reality. In-game advertising at scale, where advertisers can bid programmatically through traditional ad-buying platforms, rather than relying on an ad agency model, remains an enormous area, largely under-exploited.

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a16z, Avenir and Google back South African mobile games publisher Carry1st in $20M round

TechCrunch

Carry1st , a South African publisher of social games and interactive content across Africa, has raised a $20 million Series A extension led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). A couple of prominent individual investors, including Nas and the founders of Chipper Cash , Sky Mavis and Yield Guild Games, took part.

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