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The Real Metaverse Was Never for Gamers — It Was for Patients
- Silicon Valley's metaverse promises for shopping, avatars, and meetings fizzled, but found real use.
- Immersive tech's future lies in healthcare for patients, offering therapy, symbolic visualizations.
- Therapeutic VR in UAE clinics aids trauma recovery, emotional regulation, and Alzheimer's treatments.
- Metaverse tools are being repurposed for emotional and cognitive rehabilitation, redefining care.
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Blizzard is putting Warcraft Rumble into maintenance mode following the Microsoft gaming purge
- Blizzard has decided to put Warcraft Rumble into maintenance mode following the Microsoft gaming purge.
- The company will continue supporting Rumble with updates but no new content, leading to layoffs as implied in a memo.
- Warcraft Rumble, initially known as Warcraft Arclight Rumble, faced development struggles despite efforts to improve the game.
- Blizzard has acknowledged the challenges in Warcraft Rumble's development and expressed condolences to affected staffers and fans.
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Medium
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WhatsApp’s AI Summaries: A Game-Changer for Chat Overload?
- WhatsApp is set to introduce a new feature that generates short summaries of unread conversations to help users catch up instantly within the app.
- The feature is part of Meta's broader AI integration efforts across platforms like WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram, and smart glasses.
- The AI summarization on WhatsApp aims to handle the app's chaotic mix of voice notes, memes, and multi-language text, marking a significant advancement in real-time messaging.
- While the feature offers productivity benefits, user concerns about privacy implications remain unanswered, potentially influencing its acceptance in regions like Europe.
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TechCrunch
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A guide to using Edits, Meta’s new CapCut rival for short-form video editing
- Meta has released a new video editing app called Edits to rival ByteDance's CapCut, a popular short-form video editing app.
- Edits offers features like Ideas and Inspiration tabs for video creativity, Projects for video storage, Record for filming, and Insights for performance metrics.
- Tools on Edits include green screen editing, timeline arrangement, automatic captions, audio library, cutouts, animation, filters, transitions, and more.
- Edits differs from CapCut by currently lacking certain advanced features and a subscription offering but aims to expand further in the future.
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TechCrunch
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Meta users say paying for Verified support has been useless in the face of mass bans
- Meta Verified users report ineffective support amid mass bans, dismissive customer service reps.
- AI speculated cause of weeks-long bans affecting thousands, with petitions for resolution circulating.
- Users, including paying subscribers, facing losses of accounts, brands, and years of content.
- Some detailing unproductive conversations and delays in resolving wrongful bans, with Meta remaining silent.
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Casually Classic: The eight WoW Classic Plus ideas I love from Blizzard’s survey
- Blizzard surveyed players about ideas for a hypothetical new version of WoW Classic, focusing on a Classic Plus iteration that builds off the vanilla base without using established expansions.
- Some of the notable ideas include Alliance Shamans/Horde Paladins, class talent adjustments, opening up new zones on the old map, achievements, new class/race combos, visual improvements, transmog system, and new playable races.
- Players are intrigued by the potential inclusion of new features and adjustments that could enhance gameplay and bring fresh content to WoW Classic.
- The article presents a casual reflection on WoW Classic and the potential future directions the game could take, catering to players interested in exploring new possibilities within the classic MMORPG experience.
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Medium
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New WhatsApp AI Reads Chats Should You Worry?
- WhatsApp has introduced AI that can read messages and provide users with a summary.
- The AI aims to help users catch up on group chats without having to read through all messages.
- WhatsApp assures users that the AI works locally on the phone and messages are not sent to WhatsApp servers.
- Despite assurances, concerns about privacy and data security are raised as many apps have failed to maintain data privacy promises in the past.
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Kotaku
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Microsoft Cutting 9,100 Jobs As Latest Mass Layoff Hits Xbox Beginning With Candy Crush Maker King
- Microsoft-owned Candy Crush maker King is cutting 200 employees, about 10% of its workforce, part of a larger 9,100-person cut across Microsoft.
- The layoffs are aimed at increasing agility and effectiveness, according to Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer.
- The cut follows previous job reductions within Microsoft's gaming division, including closures of studios like Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin.
- Rumors suggest that the latest layoffs may impact entire studios, indicating potential significant restructuring within Microsoft's game development teams.
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VentureBeat
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Bright Data beat Elon Musk and Meta in court — now its $100M AI platform is taking on Big Tech
- Israeli web scraping company Bright Data introduces AI infrastructure suite, challenging Big Tech.
- The suite includes Deep Lookup, Browser.ai, and data collection protocols for AI systems.
- Bright Data's legal victories set precedents for accessing public data and scraping website information.
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WoW Classic’s Mists of Pandaria pre-patch is now live with a special mount to earn
- World of Warcraft Classic has launched the Mists of Pandaria pre-patch, introducing new content to the game's servers.
- Players can create Pandaren characters, explore new talent changes, and experience the starter content to earn Shaohao's Sage Serpent mount for the retail version of the game.
- The full expansion for Mists of Pandaria will be available on the Classic realms on July 21st, allowing players to delve into Pandaria, participate in Scenarios, and explore new dungeons.
- Players can also create Monks or Pandaren characters in the non-classic version of World of Warcraft while enjoying the new content in the Classic version.
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Guardian
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Eminem, AI and me: why artists need new laws in the digital age | Alexander Hurst
- Article discusses challenges faced by authors due to strict copyright enforcement.
- The author's struggle with including song lyrics in a book about financial precarity.
- Comparison between quoting lyrics as an individual author vs. AI company practices.
- Reflection on copyright laws, AI training, and implications for human creativity in writing.
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Call Of Duty Black Ops 6 Season 4 Reloaded Out Now, Brings Fringe 6v6 Map, Cel-Shaded Variants & New Multiplayer LTM; Full Patch Notes Listed
- Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Season 4 Reloaded introduces new content.
- Highlights include Fringe and Eclipse maps, cel-shaded variants, and Party Ops LTM.
- New weapons like Olympia and Pickaxe are added, along with weapon attachments.
- Zombies mode gets modes like Abomination Challenge, Starting Room LTM, and more.
- Various updates and improvements are implemented in multiplayer and zombies modes.
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Digit
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Meta and TikTok can be sued over teen’s death linked to social media use: Here’s what happened
- Meta and ByteDance, parent companies of Instagram and TikTok, face lawsuit over the death of a teenager linked to dangerous subway stunt.
- Zackery Nazario, 15, died while attempting the stunt influenced by videos of risky online challenges viewed on social media.
- A New York state judge ruled that the mother can proceed with the lawsuit, alleging the companies actively promoted such content.
- The case raises concerns about social media's impact on teens and could set a precedent for holding platforms accountable for the content they show.
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The Robot Report
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Top 10 robotics developments of June 2025
- Hexagon launched AEON humanoid robot for industrial applications to address labor shortages.
- Coco Robotics raised $80M for scaling sidewalk delivery robots and enhancing AI platform.
- Meta introduced V-JEPA 2 world model using raw video to train robots for navigation.
- Gecko Robotics reached unicorn status with $125M in Series D funding for infrastructure robots.
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 524: RIFT’s A New Hope moment
- Massively OP Podcast Episode 524: RIFT’s A New Hope moment
- Bree and Justin discuss topics such as Chrono Odyssey’s character odyssey, the EverQuest emulator lawsuit, an actual RIFT update, RuneScape’s monetization crisis, the end of Hytale, and how MMO journeys have aged.
- The episode is filled with news, tales, opinions, and gamer emails, covering various MMO-related discussions.
- Overall, the podcast covers a range of MMO-related news and personal MMO experiences.
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