Metaverse Emerging

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...

Cultural Karens Killing Comedy

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...

Undersea Apocalypse

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,...

Chasing Caravaggio

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...