🌠 What We Talk About When We Talk About the Metaverse

Today’s Picks

• What We Talk About When We Talk About the Metaverse. In science fiction, the end of the world is a tidy affair. Climate collapse or an alien invasion drives humanity to flee on cosmic arks, or live inside a simulation. Real-life apocalypse is more ambiguous. (Ian Bogost via The Atlantic)

• Ranting and Raving About the New Apple and Google Hardware. Yep, it's still product announcement season. This week, Google officially unveiled its new Pixel phones and Apple showed off new MacBook Pro models. (WIRED Staff via WIRED)

• Sam Altman's Worldcoin wants to scan eyeballs in exchange for crypto. As investors race to capitalize on surging interest in cryptocurrencies, startups are getting creative in how they onboard a generation of crypto users to their first wallets. (Lucas Matney via TechCrunch)

• Apple's Privacy Change Is Hitting Tech and E-Commerce Companies. Restrictions on user tracking drive up advertising costs and pose a problem for Snap and Facebook, ad execs say. (Patience Haggin via Wall Street Journal)

• How Pickleball Won Over Everyone From Leonardo DiCaprio to Your Grandparents. Leonardo DiCaprio plays every day—by his own rules, naturally. “It's like a free-for-all,” one L.A.-based showrunner confides. Anyone hoping for face time with DiCaprio might end up waiting until he finishes on the court. (Craig Coyne via Vanity Fair)

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