Semiconductors power the modern world. They are tiny chips that hold the key to components in every electronic device we use today. Fridges, washing machines, laptops, cellphones, cars, and even military equipment and countrywide power grids are powered by a bit of chip no bigger than a toddler’s fingernail. Even the machines that produce semiconductors […]
Adnan Kayyali
Junior social media strategist with a degree in media and communication. Technology enthusiast and freelance writer. Favorite hobby: 3D modeling.
The gaming industry has reached a singularity. Whereas previously players would pay to play, now players, especially in old countries, can earn real money playing in virtual spaces. If this isn’t the epitome of the Metaverse, then nothing is. Here are the top-most popular and most promising play-to-earn decentralized finance (Defi) games of 2022. Axie […]
The overall value of the gaming industry now exceeds 300 billion dollars worldwide, and that number is only expected to rise in the years to come. Gamified Finance (GameFi) is the combination of games and finance. It fuses cryptocurrency, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), and Play-to-Earn games, which means that GameFi games are games with economic incentives […]
It is estimated that the number of active Internet of Things (IoT) devices will surpass 75 billion in 2025, according to Statista, and the market size of IoT is estimated to reach over $2 trillion by 2027, according to Business Insider. That is a staggering number, and no doubt, connected devices and the internet of […]
Web 3, as we have covered in previous articles, is essentially a blockchain-based internet. It adds the dimension of ownership and decentralization to the internet that we already know, but more importantly, it is an internet that is readable and navigable by a machine, and it is a whole new frontier. What is, in essence, […]
The cryptocurrency industry is young and constantly changing. It is a whole new front, the wild west of the internet, barely regulated and unchecked. This will not be the case forever; it hasn’t stopped the industry from reaching 2.3 trillion in overall market value as of December 2021, according to CoinGecko, as people rush to make […]
Decentraland is a fully decentralized 3D virtual world where people can own, develop, and sell their own virtual land while also exploring other people’s land and buildings. The virtual plots of land can contain anything from static objects to interactive displays, games, music and video players, art, and even social events and whatever the imagination […]
Buying virtual land is a weird concept for many, and understandably so. How can pixels on a screen be worth thousands and sometimes millions of real-world fiat currency that can be used for real-world items. Well, it’s not that different from buying any digital piece given the value is in what people believe it lies […]
Let’s picture a scene. You wake up, go through your morning routine, and get ready for work. You are not dressing up for show, but for comfort, and when the meeting or class has started, you slip on some glasses and noise-canceling headphones and dive in. Billions are being thrown into creating the Metaverse. Tech giants […]
Many are having a hard time envisioning something as abstract and incorporeal – in the most literal sense – as the Metaverse. Is it a visual space or a collection of them? Is it only in virtual reality, or does it include other interfaces and technologies? Facebook, now Meta, want to stake their claim on […]