There’s a new metaverse project from the creators of the “Bored Apes Yacht Club” NFTs. Last night they held a “virtual land” sale, reports Bloomberg, raising nearly a third of a billion dollars. At about the same time, Mashable noticed something else happening: If you were trying to complete a Read more…
It only took 25 years of development, 17 years of construction, eight launch delays, and five months of alignments, but finally, the James Webb Space Telescope is almost ready for prime time. New photos released by the European Space Agency — and an accompanying video from NASA — show images Read more…
“The Biden administration has a plan to rob Vladimir Putin of some of his best innovators,” reports Bloomberg, “by waiving some visa requirements for highly educated Russians who want to come to the U.S., according to people familiar with the strategy.” One proposal, which the White House included in its Read more…
Investor Warren Buffett addressed the annual shareholder meeting today for his multinational holding company Berkshire Hathaway — and said he still wouldn’t buy bitcoin. But this time he gave a detailed explanation why. “Whether it goes up or down in the next year, or five or 10 years, I don’t Read more…
Streaming free now — tries to understand America’s early inaction on climate change. Looking back over the last few decades, The Power of Big Oil explores how the fuel industry “successfully set up a campaign to discredit climate science and targetting individual politicians to vote against measures to curb climate Read more…
