TECH TALK: BILL MAGEE says the authorities are in a difficult battle with big tech over regulating the cyber world Big Tech rebuffing Interpol over how best to police the new virtual world of the metaverse doesn’t augur well. Europe’s law enforcement agency met with the likes of Meta and Microsoft with one pressing topic […]
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Future of internet caught in virtual crossfire
TECH TALK: BILL MAGEE says online purists are about to do battle with the free-for-all advocates Businesses hoping for a more secure online marketplace in which to operate face an uncertain year ahead. Caught in the cross-fire of a global battle over the future direction of the internet, it’s a power-play expected to accelerate during 2023. […]
Securing safe passage to the metaverse economy
TECH TALK: BILL MAGEE says the next wave of technology presents some old problems For some it’s innocent online fun that passes a few hours. Tethered to augmented reality (AR) glasses and virtual reality (VR) headsets, interacting in a 3D social/entertainment digital playground that usually means frantically waving one’s arms about. To the more commercially […]
Don’t bet against a metaverse COP27
TECH TALK: COP26 is so old tech and Mark Zuckerberg could have his virtual eye on the next summit, says BILL MAGEE United Nations COP26 Glasgow. Overhead, private planes zooming all over the show, helicopters hover. On the ground chauffeur-driven limos, armoured no doubt, whisk their VIP occupants about within a strictly-secured city centre zone. […]