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The Illusion of Inclusion—Exposing Fabricated Diversity in Tech Conferences
The tech world faces a new low. Recent investigations have uncovered that DevTernity, a prominent developer conference, has been fabricating female speaker profiles to artificially boost diversity figures. This deceit raises critical questions about the authenticity of inclusivity efforts in tech. Software engineer Anna Boyko, touted as a featured speaker at the DevTernity conference, was…
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Is it really happening, is OpenAI losing the AI race?
Gone are the days when OpenAI’s ChatGPT was the belle of the tech ball, much like the fleeting fame of Vine, BeReal, and YikYak. Memory lanes are paved with brands and hypes that once soared, only to fade into the annals of tech history. Remember that high school star everyone raved about? A decade later,…
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The Great NFT Mirage: How the Digital Gold Rush Turned to Dust
Few tales are as evocative of Icarus as that of NFTs. Once the gleaming jewel of the cryptocurrency kingdom, these unique digital collectibles have now been exposed for what some might say they always were – a shimmering mirage in a vast desert of speculation. At the start, NFTs were not merely collectibles; they were…
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Bank of America Is Using AI and Metaverse to Train New Hires
Thought banking was all stuffy suits and number crunching? Think again! Bank of America’s latest onboarding involves slapping on a VR headset, calming virtual angry customers, and, if you’re lucky, a unicorn ride at the end.🦄 Picture this: You get hired by Bank of America, and instead of the usual eye-roll inducing training modules and…
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Deep Fake… What?
The recent scandal involving celebrity gamer and YouTuber Atrioc (Brandon Ewing) has unravelled an urgent discussion around the moral parameters of the digital world we inhabit. Accidentally revealing his browser to display apparent deepfake porn videos featuring fellow YouTubers QTCinderella and Pokimane, Ewing found himself in a social and moral quagmire. Deepfakes, if you’re not…
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The Artful Dodger: Has Apple Just Outwitted the Industry & Curved the Metaverse with Spatial Computing?
Apple, the standard bearer for technological elegance, has thrust itself into a new venture – spatial computing. Correct, not the Metaverse. And correct, I still want it! In a surprising turn of events, the tech giant recently unveiled the Vision Pro, a spatial computer that shrewdly sidesteps the frenzied metaverse buzz and charts a course…
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See you @ Web3 Live, London. But first, peep my new ai generated headshot.
Catch me at Web3 Live where I’ll be diving into the evolution of Web2 to Web3, and how you can reimagine your branding, marketing and activations for the future. I’ll also be moderating a panel on The Future of Fashion, where we’ll be exploring the merging of physical and digital activations. Join me, June 1st-2nd…
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Move over, SkyNet, there’s a new AI kid on the block and it goes by the name X.AI
Courtesy of none other than tech wizard, Elon Musk. Musk, who’s been teasing us with rumours of a new AI company, has finally incorporated X.AI, with himself as the director and his family office’s Jared Birchall as its secretary. Apparently, Musk has been busy buying up thousands of graphic processing units (GPUs) to power an…
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Web3: Future Friendly Tech & Dope Sh*t
Greetings, fellow humans! There are a couple of things you might’ve noticed if you’ve spent any time in the tech and finance spaces over the past decade: Firstly, everyone is mad at Google/Facebook/TikTok for hoarding our data. Secondly, a good chunk of folks are annoyed with their governments for debasing local currencies. But fear not,…
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Pushing Brand Marketing To The Next Level With NFTs
Selling branded merchandise has been one of the many ways of effective marketing strategies employed by brands to increase profit margins. Many of these branded collectibles are perishable with limited resale value. Now, cryptocurrencies are carving new business models to weave a seamless path between the physical and virtual worlds through the use of NFTs.…