21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)...

Récemment, les intelligences artificielles génératives ont montré leur aptitude pour « générer du texte, tenir des conversations, résumer des textes, et même exécuter des tâches plus complexes telles que la résolution de théorèmes mathématiques », relève le fondateur du réseau social — et Meta n’entend pas laisser le champ libre à ses rivaux dans un secteur de plus en plus stratégique.

Ever since Star Wars first showed space wizards talking to holograms, calling someone and chatting with their 3D simulacrum has become a staple of science fiction. But based on a patent application published in January, it sure looks like FacebookMeta is trying to make 3D conversations a reality right now — even if not quite the way George Lucas envisioned it.

With the disclaimer that many patents never end up becoming an actual product, the patent does hint at how Meta envisions the future of communication.

What’s the patent about?
Meta, then Facebook, filed a Patent Application in 2020 titled 3D Conversations in an Artificial Reality Environment. Specifically, the application outlines a pipeline for capturing and transmitting 3D representations of callers, “allowing conversation participants to appear as if face-to-face.” 

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In a nutshell, it’s a domain name for your crypto wallet. It works just like it does on the internet (like www.thenextweb.com) and helps you easily find a site. A .eth domain name makes it easier to link to your wallets and apps on web3.

Technically, your wallet address looks something like this: 0xD8046FBC80020b35c7d90B4Cb2C04FfA7446AE25.

This string has 42 characters, so there’s no way in hell you’re going to remember it. So if a friend asks you for your wallet address, it’s easier to send them “blah.eth,” rather than this long string.

Plus, if you get even one character in the string wrong, you might end up sending cryptocurrency to someone else — and there might be no way to recover those coins.

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Twitter hat das Unternehmen Revue übernommen, das den gleichnamigen Newsletterdienst betreibt. Revue ist ein Dienstleister für Herausgeber journalistischer Newsletter (editorial newsletters). Twitter verspricht sich von der Verbindung laut Blog-Beitrag, dass Autoren und Publisher sich besser mit ihrem Publikum vernetzen und andersherum Leser zukünftig besser hochwertige Publikationen finden können.

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Facebook kauft den spanischen Anbieter Playgiga, der auf Spielestreaming spezialisiert ist. Der Preis soll rund 70 Millionen Euro betragen.

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Facebooks Kryptowährung bekommt namhafte Unterstützung
Facebooks Kryptowährungspläne erhalten hochrangige Unterstützung. Über ein Dutzend Unternehmen investieren hohe Beträge in die Libra genannte Währung, darunter Paypal, Uber und Mastercard.

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Today at I/O, Google debuted its new chat app, ‘Allo‘ as well as a companion app (for video) ‘Duo.’

Duo is lightening-quick, encrypted and works on both iOS and Android. The team worked with WebRTC to create a new protocol that allows for instant creation of an encrypted connection, a feature that keeps you from answering the call only to be faced with a blank screen while you wait on both ends’ video feeds to catch up.

Move over OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, and Microsoft’s Prometheus—there’s yet another large language model-powered artificial intelligence in town. Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, introduced its own AI today, called LLaMA. The animal-esque acronym predictably stands for Large Language Model Meta AI.

Meta Closes $1 Billion Kustomer Deal After Regulatory Review
Deal was announced in Nov. 2020, but faced regulatory scrutiny
Kustomer is part of Meta’s plan to profit from private chats

Meta Platforms Inc. was finally allowed to complete its acquisition of Kustomer, a customer service software company, after more than a year of antitrust scrutiny.

Meta, which owns Facebook, announced that the deal “complied with all regulatory requirements” in a blog update Tuesday. Meta first announced the acquisition, valued at more than $1 billion...

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Ari Meilich was an early pioneer in the metaverse by building Decentraland, along with Esteban Ordano and their team, the first decentralized virtual reality space in 2017. Through a $24 million initial coin offering, the proceeds went toward creating a unique virtual reality experience. The project enabled users to build a wide array of interactive experiences, ranging from playing video games to building cities and attending live events. 

Meilich could have been a Mark Zuckerberg and owned Decentraland. Instead, he took a brave and innovative approach. The ownership was more akin to a Kibbutz or commune, in which the collective society can own a piece. 

People may purchase empty land parcels within the Decentraland environment using MANA, the accepted cryptocurrency used for payments. Instead of going into the pockets of the owner of the site, the money is placed into the community’s account. As it's grown and people acquire land, there are peer-to-peer transactions, such as the recent purchase of space on Decentraland by Andrew Kiguel, CEO of Tokens.com for $2.5 million. As of January 2022, MANA is valued at around $2.96 with a market cap of over $5 billion.

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Les salariés de la startup participeront désormais au développement de Twitter Spaces, l’appli audio de Twitter, tandis que Breaker sera définitivement supprimée le 15 janvier 2021.

Le podcast est décidément en vogue chez les géants du web. Au lendemain de l’acquisition du podcasteur Wondery par Amazon, c’est un second mastodonte de la tech qui a décidé d’en racheter un autre confirmant l’intérêt de l’industrie pour un secteur en plein essor.

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Der Entwickler des VR-Spiels Beat Saber gehört jetzt zu Facebook. Das teilte Facebooks VR-Abteilung Oculus auf Twitter mit. Über die finanziellen Details der Übernahme schwiegen sich die Studios aus. Beat Games soll weiterhin unabhängig aus seiner Zentrale in Prag operieren.

Beat Saber ist eines der meistgespielten VR-Spiele der Welt, Stand März wurde das Rhythmus-Spiel für VR-Brillen eine Million Mal verkauft. Das Spiel ist eine Art Fruit Ninja für die VR: Im Rhythmus zur Musik schlagen Spieler mit Glühstäben anfliegende Beat-Blöcke. Von Kritikern wurde Beat Saber sehr...

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