by | Oct 16, 2021 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from The Wall Street Journal THE AMAZING THINGS YOU’LL DO IN THE ‘METAVERSE’ AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO GET THERE Tech visionaries foresee a vast, immersive world that mirrors and extends the real one, allowing people to do and be what previously could only be imagined...
by | Oct 15, 2021 | Culture Music Art, Mirth
from the New York Post ‘Airplane!’ creator slams joy-killing threat: ‘Twitter 9 percent’ By David Zucker Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the release of “Airplane!,” the comedy I wrote and directed with my brother Jerry and our friend Jim Abrahams. Just before...
by | Oct 14, 2021 | Culture Music Art, Mirth
from Entertainment Tonight William Shatner Reacts to Prince William’s Disapproval of Space Race By Paige Gawley William Shatner is responding to Prince William’s criticism of space travel. ET’s Nischelle Turner spoke with the...
by | Oct 9, 2021 | Weirdness
from WIRED A Bad Solar Storm Could Cause an ‘Internet Apocalypse’ The undersea cables that connect much of the world would be hit especially hard by a coronal mass ejection. by Lily Hay Newman Even if the power comes back after the next big solar storm,...
by | Oct 8, 2021 | Culture Music Art
from The Wall Street Journal How the Chase for the Latest ‘Lost’ Caravaggio Has Captivated Europe’s Art World If authenticated, a painting by the Baroque master—initially listed at auction this past spring for around $1,800 and potentially worth millions—could become...