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Roblox signs music partnership with Sony

The Verge

Virtual world-building platform Roblox has signed a deal with Sony Music Entertainment. The deal extends an existing collaboration that included a 2020 Lil Nas X concert inside Roblox as well as a 2021 virtual dance party with Swedish artist Zara Larsson. Image: Roblox.

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Seattle entrepreneur Todd Hooper raises cash for mysterious new startup Aardvark Labs

GeekWire

VREAL CEO Todd Hooper speaks at a Tech Alliance event in Seattle. Hooper, who previously led virtual reality startup Vreal and also founded Zipline Games and Napera Networks, is listed on the filing. However, the company’s website is still up, with a message noting that its IP portfolio and tech are available for license.

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Meet 6 women of color-led startups that pitched their businesses in Seattle

GeekWire

Johnson was in Seattle this week to host a networking and pitch event called Creating Conscious Collisions , which aims to create environments where entrepreneurs, investors, allies, and policymakers can connect. The event was hosted at the Madison Centre in downtown Seattle and featured pitches from six startups led by women of color.

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Record labels sue Roblox for letting users upload pirated songs

The Verge

The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) has sued Roblox for letting users upload music from Ariana Grande, Imagine Dragons, deadmau5, and other artists without paying a licensing fee. Virtually all big web platforms clash with record labels at some point, and the disputes often end with the companies striking a deal.

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Geeks Give Back at the GeekWire Awards: Meet three groups wielding tech for good causes

GeekWire

This year, a new slate of exceptional recipients will be feted at the May event. There are a limited number of table sponsorships available to attend the event — and early bird pricing ends March 31 — so get your seats today. The 2023 Geeks Give Back honorees pose in the photo booth at last year’s awards in Seattle.

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‘Dungeons & Dragons’ in 2023: Wizards of the Coast reveals ‘Planescape’ revival and more

GeekWire

The event featured panels from the internal D&D team, meant to discuss where D&D stands in 2023 and where it’s going in the near future, as the game approaches its 50th anniversary in 2024. .” The upcoming D&D Beyond Educator Licenses were “on the verge of launching” during the media summit.

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Mobile social networking, meaning virtual networks bringing people physically together, will inevitably be a pervasive application - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

I see a parallel path to browser-based social networking. From its early beginnings with sixdegrees.com in 2000, it took until 2007 for social networking sites to work out the basics of what people found compelling and were comfortable with, leading to a broad-based uptake of social networking sites.

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