Faster vaccine testing. Shorter time to market for innovative new medicines. A clearer understanding of side effects for each individual patient. These are developments that could change the face of ...

There’s been a lot of buzz about the metaverse, along with related innovations like cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and Web3. Business leaders are trying to make sense of it all — wondering ...

Editor’s Note: Jane Thomason is a Dubai-based author on frontier technologies and social transformation, whose books include “Applied Ethics in a Digital World.” She is an editorial board member for ...

The metaverse has been described as the next phase of the internet: interconnected and persistent 3D spaces where we will work, play, and, so it seems, purchase virtual real estate. But ...

Speak to people working in the metaverse and one descriptor follows it around: “It’s like the Wild West.” Make of that what you will. Is it a new frontier for people seeking their fortune? A lawless ...

The metaverse is primed to transform the way we interact and conduct business, with the potential to impact every facet of the enterprise and the consumer experience. But this will not come without ...

Right now, the metaverse is alternately a hot buzzword (most major tech companies are eyeing its potential) and punch line (images of Mark Zuckerberg hanging out in a poorly rendered virtual-reality ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More There’s been so much discussion about the metaverse recently, as ...

The successor to the internet might be rooted in the gaming industry. The term “Metaverse” was coined by science fiction writer Neal Stephenson in his 1992 novel “Snow Crash.” In “Snow Crash,” the ...

Nattie’s metaverse romance began with anonymous texting. At first “C” would admit only to living in a nearby town. Nattie eventually learned “Clem” was a man with a solitary office job like hers. For ...

Neil Stephenson introduced the metaverse as a concept in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, where he depicted it as a digital realm where users, represented by avatars, engage in a simulated reality.

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