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The metaverse: Not dead yet

Computerworld Vertical IT

The metaverse has been described as the next phase of the internet: interconnected and persistent 3D spaces where we will work, play, and, so it seems, purchase virtual real estate.

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Redfin beats Q4 earnings estimates with $244M in revenue and record traffic

GeekWire

A hot real estate market helped Redfin’s monthly active visitors grow to a record 44.1 Redfin and other real estate tech companies including fellow Seattle giant Zillow Group are benefiting from a strong U.S. Another tailwind for Redfin: home-buyers are increasingly going online to find a real estate agent.

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BEC Tops FBI Internet Crime Report 2021

SecureWorld News

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its annual report, providing the public with specific details on how cybercrime has evolved in the last five years, what threats were the most persistent, and what groups were the most targeted, along with a flurry of other information and statistics.

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Facebook’s First Oculus Ads Partner Is Already Retreating

Gizmodo

Mark Zuckerberg’s ongoing quest to turn every Facebook property into ad-riddled real estate hit a snag this week when the only virtual reality game that publicly offered to onboard Oculus’s VR ads (rightfully) backed down. Read more.

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 31, 2021

GeekWire

Zillow to shutter home buying business and lay off 2,000 employees as its big real estate bet falters. Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella described his company’s role in a new economy and society transformed by the pandemic in a keynote address on Tuesday kicking off Microsoft’s virtual 2021 Ignite developer conference.

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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Nov. 28, 2021

GeekWire

Is the internet going to end? If the internet ends this week, this story and any proof that I bothered to think about this, is going to go with it. Melinda French Gates on the ‘absurdity’ of extreme wealth and what she’s learned about real giving. … Read More. … Read More. … Read More. .

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Zillow Group CEO Rich Barton on the ?great reshuffling,? and why he?s optimistic about it

GeekWire

“This crisis is causing a great reshuffling,” said Barton, speaking Thursday during a GeekWire virtual event titled How to Build an Enduring Culture in the Era of COVID-19. Over the past two months, Barton said the data was clear when it came to residential real estate. “We were not afraid to see good news.

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