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Metaverse policing strategy is under development at Interpol

02/13/202302/10/2023 Jesse Collins

The global police agency is investing the ways crime can be regulated in a virtual reality universe. Jurgen Stock, secretary general at Interpol, said that the police agency is currently developing a strategy that the organization will be able to use to police crime that occurs in the metaverse. The virtual reality universe has seen a great deal of hype but has yet to experience any mainstream use. Interpol has developed its own virtual reality (VR) environment in anticipation of a potential widespread use of the metaverse. In Interpol’s VR…

Microsoft surprises no one by laying off its HoloLens, mixed reality, and VR technology staff

01/30/202301/27/2023 Jesse Collins

The tech giant has dumped all the employees in each of those departments following a hiring wave. Microsoft has joined a number of other large tech companies that are laying off mixed reality and VR technology staff following a hiring boom that occurred throughout the pandemic. The employees of those companies are now paying the price of their employer’s rapidly made choices. Several tech giants were too quick in hiring new staff and expanding their offerings during the pandemic. Now, as the economy contracts, those giants are laying off those…

Twitter’s new For You page angers its users

01/16/202301/14/2023 Jesse Collins

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The social media platform now defaults to a layout somewhat like TikTok and users don’t like it. Twitter users are beginning to see a new algorithmically driven For You page style feed similar to the design that TikTok presents upon initially opening the application. Users of the platform have been quite outspoken over their dislike of the new format. The new For You page is a feed of the tweets made by other users that are followed, in combination with tweets from other accounts that are suggested by the platform’s…

TikTok begins full-screen video mode testing

12/19/202212/17/2022 Jesse Collins

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The app that is known for its vertical videos is now testing horizontal orientation for its platform. TikTok has rolled out a new full-screen button that is appearing for select users worldwide to try out for the first time. This new option test is arriving on the heels of a number of other changes the platform has made. Earlier this year, TikTok rolled out a massive change to its video length limitations, extending the maximum length to 10 minutes, many times longer than the previous length limit. That was quite…

Are voice assistants about to fade away?

12/05/202212/02/2022 Jesse Collins

As popular as they have been, they’re not nearly as profitable as many people think they are. By the end of 2021, about half of all US internet users had at least one voice assistant equipped device such as a smart speaker. That said, according to a recent report, Alexa, Amazon’s version of the technology, is aligned for a loss of $10 billion this year. This massive loss that is expected to happen is calling the future of the entire industry into question. The technology may be popular, but it…