In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Google faces legal action for using NHS data without patients' consent; Microsoft boosts employee compensation to retain talent; and Meta announces its plans to test end-to-end encryption for the Quest VR messenger app.   Google faces legal action [...]

Hivestack, the world’s leading independent programmatic digital out of home (DOOH) ad tech company, has today announced the launch of a new research division that will focus on exploring in-store, programmatic media activation in the metaverse. Legendary computer vision scientist [...]

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Time Out Group ends its London print as the company moves towards digital; Meta unveils new funding options for creators in its Metaverse; and Elon Musk faces legal action over delaying the disclosure of his shares in Twitter.   Time Out [...]

Paco Rabanne, the leading fashion house and fragrance brand, have partnered with Starcom Worldwide and Bidstack to launch a branded virtual reality challenge. The campaign features Tim Howard and the world’s leading VR platform for elite athletes, Rezzil, to promote [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Nubank announce their proposed IPO in New York; Sfermion raise USD$100m (£73.3m) in a round titled Fund II; and Permutive raise USD$75m (£55m) in Series C.   Nubank propose IPO in New York   Nubank, a Brazilian neobank also [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: some Chinese tech giants have signed a “Self-regulation convention” on NFTs; Facebook have rebranded amid metaverse developments; and Roblox overcome three-day outage.   “Self-regulation convention” on NFTs signed by Chinese tech giants   According to an Ant Group WeChat [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in media, marketing, and commerce from around the globe. In this edition: Australia consider tighter regulations for digital payment systems; ByteDance are set to acquire Chinese VR headset maker Pico; [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: ByteDance are set to acquire Chinese VR headset maker Pico; German in-car payments system provider Ryd receive a €10m investment from BP Ventures; and the team behind subscription-based social network Cocoon are bought by Substack.   ByteDance [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Future have acquired Dennis Publishing for £300m; ForeVR Games raise total seed funding of USD $8.5m; and LATAM ecommerce startup Nuvemshop have reached a value of USD $3.1bn.   Future publisher acquire Dennis Publishing The Week and Minecraft [...]

Niklas Bakos (pictured below), CEO of Adverty, writes exclusively for ExchangeWire about how the economic downturn caused by the Coronavirus is impacting out-of-home (OOH) advertising, and how gaming can help the sector weather the pandemic. When lockdown started in most places, [...]