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Huawei: Current infrastructure can’t support the metaverse

Ryan Daws — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 13:38:47 +0000

Huawei’s chief strategist in the Middle East believes that current infrastructure cannot support the metaverse. Most current “metaverse” experiences are just online games capitalising on the hype around the term. Long term, the ambitious vision for the metaverse is a series of decentralised interoperable virtual worlds. True metaverse experiences will allow users to take their... Read more »

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Cloudflare will run Ethereum 2.0 nodes to ‘build a better internet’

Ryan Daws — Wed, 18 May 2022 17:19:35 +0000

Content delivery network Cloudflare has said that it will run Ethereum 2.0 nodes to help “build a better internet”. Decentralised app platform Ethereum aims to be the foundation of web3. How does web3 differ from previous eras? Glad you asked. Web1 (~1990-2005) – Based on open protocols, decentralised, and community-governed. However, relatively basic in terms... Read more »

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Web 3.0 is on the horizon and Dish aims to embrace it

Ryan Daws — Wed, 11 May 2022 16:43:24 +0000

During an analyst event, a Dish executive hinted at the company embracing Web 3.0 trends for its wireless services. Dish is currently building its own network to replace Sprint, which is being purchased by T-Mobile. It’s taking a unique approach by using Open RAN (Open Radio Access Network) equipment which promises to be cheaper and... Read more »

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Consumers aren’t happy with Web 2.0 but lack Web 3.0 understanding

Ryan Daws — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 17:49:29 +0000

Research conducted by the National Research Group (NRG) finds that most consumers aren’t happy with Web 2.0 but lack Web 3.0 understanding. When asked about their views of the web over the past five years, consumers believe that it’s become more commercialised (80%), addictive (79%), and encouraged people to treat each other more cruelly (69%).... Read more »

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Web 3.0 storage provider Filecoin reaches 2.5EiB capacity

Ryan Daws — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:37:10 +0000

Filecoin, the largest decentralised storage provider, has surpassed 2.5 exbibytes (2.5 billion gigabytes) of capacity. The provider is aiming to be the storage backbone for Web 3.0, the next evolution of Tim Berners-Lee’s invention which returns to his original vision of a medium where “no permission is needed from a central authority to post anything... Read more »

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