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Quest Digital Gift Cards Now Available In UK, Canada, Ireland, Germany, France, And Japan

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Quest Store digital gift cards are now available in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Germany, France, and Japan. Digital gift cards are a standard feature of almost every other platform, including Apple's App Store, Google Play, Steam, Xbox, PlayStation Store, and Nintendo eShop. Meta launched digital gift cards in the US back in October.

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EU Accuses Google of Violating Antitrust Regulations

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The European Commission has hit Google with fresh accusations of violating its antitrust laws, citing favouritism for the latter’s own advert services over rival firms. According to the Commission’s statement , Google abused its position over the last nine years by offering better treatment to its AdX exchange.

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EU Fines Meta €1.2bn Over EU-US Data Violations

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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) slapped the tech giant with the massive sanction — the largest such fine against any Big Tech firm in history. A press release cited Meta Ireland’s alleged failure to safeguard data transfers from the EU to the United States. EU regulators hit Google with a €2.42

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No Need for Metaverse Regulation Yet, EU Antitrust Boss Says

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EU Activity The EU is no stranger to putting its money where its mouth is, targeting metaverse builders Meta and Google in just the last few weeks. The penalty, the largest ever imposed on a Big Tech firm, was issued by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), which oversees the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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Atlantic, Meta to Debut Sir David Attenborough’s ‘Galapagos’ on Quest TV

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The Hammersmith, London-based company has also partnered with some of the world’s biggest tech and media firms, including Apple, National Geographic, Google, Sony, Meta Platforms, Sky, IMAX, Intel, and many others.

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Experience The 1943 Berlin Blitz In VR

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The experience was created using that material from the BBC archive, and is a co-production between BBC Northern Ireland and Immersive VR Education, in partnership with the BBC VR Hub, which has been steadily ramping up its production of immersive content under the leadership of Commissioning Editor Zillah Watson. Image Credit: BBC .

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Watch London’s Epic New Year’s Eve Fireworks Show In 360

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This year’s display was no exception, and you can now grab a Google Cardboard, Daydream View, or other mobile VR headset and watch the proceedings as if you were really there. When the clock strikes twelve, untold amounts of money (over 12,000 fireworks) are blown up in a decadent display of bright lights and big bangs.

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