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Will the Metaverse Be Entertaining? Ask South Korea.
In the world’s testing ground for tech, K-pop singers are being spun up out of pixels and doing battle in…
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News
For ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,’ a Star Built From Tiny Gears and 3-D Printing
The studio behind stop-motion hits like ‘Coraline’ and ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ started work on the new film in 2008 but…
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Finding Community, and Freedom, on the Virtual Dance Floor
On any given weekend, there are dozens of parties happening on VRChat, a platform where users assume fantastical avatars of…
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News
A Political Theory of King Elon Musk
Populism in Western politics is not a pre-theorized worldview. It emerged from inchoate grievances rather than existing ideologies, and the…
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Does Inflation Disproportionately Hurt the Poor?
Overzealously fighting inflation to help lower-income workers might actually do the opposite.
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Real Estate
For Sale in the French Alps: Ski Chalet With a Backyard Mountain Range
A Four-Bedroom Chalet Near Lake Geneva $4.1 MILLION (3.98 MILLION EUROS) This four-bedroom chalet is perched on the brow of…
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Real Estate
The Apartment Found Her? Yes, and Three of Her Fellow Doctors
In May, Dr. Puja Patel took a vacation to Italy. But like many people looking to escape, she struggled to…