Feit Electric swoops in to save LIFX

Feit Electric has swooped in to quite literally keep the lights on at LIFX. Buddy Technologies, the parent company of smart lighting firm LIFX, went into administration earlier this year. Good samaritans quickly got to work writing guides for LIFX customers on how to locally control their lights if the firm’s servers are switched off.…

Ready Player Me, a platform to build dynamic cross-game avatars for virtual worlds, raises $56M led by a16z – TechCrunch

Last week, Mark Zuckerberg was roundly mocked for the bad graphics in his preview of a new expansion of Horizon Worlds, Meta’s metaverse effort. His quick response promising better avatars for the actual launch speaks to just how much appearances do matter in these situations. Now, in a spot of perfect timing, a startup out…