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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicMetaverse

Topic: Metaverse

Rape culture enters metaverse. Are women safe in Mark Zuckerberg’s game?

It’s alarming to think that guidelines for user safety are afterthoughts: minuscule bugs that can be fixed.

UK teen ‘gangraped’ in metaverse, cops start probe but ‘crime’ may go unprosecuted under existing laws

The 16-year-old girl was reportedly playing an immersive game while wearing a VR headset when her avatar was attacked by those of several adult men in a 'virtual' room.

Cybersecurity threats in metaverse are harder to detect. Here’s how to protect yourself

Research and standardisation efforts must cover cybersecurity threats, and the physical and emotional damage to people that may result from metaverse technology.

Meta loses bid to end lawsuit that claims theft of confidential information from AI startup

As per lawsuit, Meta hired Neural Magic computer scientist, Aleksandar Zlateski, who gave it algorithms that make up the 'heart' of Neural Magic's technology.

UnityMeta Token: the decentralized Web 3.0 crypto token explaining future

The Cryptocurrency Revolution examines the potential of borderless payments, decentralized finance (or DeFi) and more, and key lessons learned from the growing blockchain technology.

Metaverse could open up new world of cybercrime, Interpol warns

Interpol's executive director Madan Oberoi said terror group could use the space to plan, simulate and launch their exercises before attacking a physical space.

The Metaverse isn’t just fun and games. It can now be your remote work partner

Metawork, or remote working in the metaverse, can boost collaboration and improve training.

IBAT Battle Infinity rises as the promising Metaverse token of 2022 with 1.2 Million USD in it’s presales

IBAT is a BEP-20 token whose function is to power the Battle Infinity ecosystem by acting as a utility token for all transactions conducted within the metaverse.

Virtual clinics for mental health, nutrition — why hospital chain has taken metaverse plunge

Yashoda Hospitals Group has set up an information centre in the space it bought on metaverse platform Decentraland, and expects patient services to be ready by next year.

Metaverse is exciting, futuristic technology. But we need to ponder over its potential misuse

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.