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Roblox files to go public

TechCrunch

Roblox, the child-friendly gaming company, filed to go public today. Its listing comes one day after the lending company Affirm initiated its own public offering and a mere two days after Airbnb’s filing. In 2018, Roblox responded to a grotesque hack that allowed a young girl’s avatar to be raped on a playground on one of its games.

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Two NFT copycats are fighting over which is the real fake Bored Ape Yacht Club

The Verge

Digital marketplace OpenSea has banned the PHAYC and Phunky Ape Yacht Club (or PAYC) collections, both of which are based on the same gimmick: selling NFTs with mirrored but otherwise identical versions of high-priced Bored Ape Yacht Club avatars. Like other avatars, though, anybody can technically copy or modify the associated ape picture.

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What is the metaverse, and do I have to care?

The Verge

Neal Stephenson famously coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash , where it referred to a 3D virtual world inhabited by avatars of real people. Real-time 3D computer graphics and personalized avatars. Is using one avatar or item across different worlds as simple as it sounds?

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How Multi-Chapter Nonprofits Can Create a Consistent Brand on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Step 2: Create avatars and banners for your chapters. On your nonprofit’s website, the head office should offer a downloadable version of your nonprofits primary avatar (250 x 250 pixels). If they do not have the capacity, then the head office must customize the avatar for them. Step 3: Create a best practices document.

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Microsoft Teams’ new Together Mode is designed for pandemic-era meetings

The Verge

The software giant has been working on a new “Together Mode” for Teams ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and it’s designed to create a virtual live avatar of yourself that’s supposed to help you better engage with meetings. Microsoft is introducing some big updates to Microsoft Teams today. Microsoft Teams Displays.

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Go watch this WSJ documentary about living on digitally after you die

The Verge

And then there’s Terasem, the company that can create a “mind file” for potential download into a robot. Bina48, the robot, is based on a real person, and while it looks a little rough around the edges, you can certainly see the potential for bringing human “consciousness” to digital avatars.

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Fortnite can still be reinstalled on iOS, even after Apple removed it

The Verge

Those who have the game downloaded already can still play it of course and even install update files, at least until the next big patch launches, as Apple does not have the ability to forcibly remove software from your device. That sounds suspect. The app should show up, and tapping the cloud icon will initiate the downloading process.

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