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A new website promises better Thanksgiving dinner conversations

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The metaverse is already here. The debate now is over who should own it

By , & • Nov 18, 2021

By now, you've likely heard of the metaverse.

Last month, CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent everyone running to their dictionaries to figure out what he was talking about when he said Facebook was changing its name to Meta and declared the metaverse not only the next chapter for his company, but "the next chapter for the internet."

Courtney Barnett's new album has pep talks for the pandemic and beyond

By , & • Nov 15, 2021

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Not long ago, Australian musician Courtney Barnett was struggling.

COURTNEY BARNETT: It's kind of hard to, like, put into a couple of catchy sentences. But I think it's just - I guess, I just was probably pretty depressed at a point.

Facebook bets its future on the metaverse

By & • Nov 8, 2021

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Mark Zuckerberg says the metaverse is not just the next chapter of his company. It's the next chapter of the internet.

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Facebook is under new scrutiny for it's role in Ethiopia's conflict

By , & • Oct 11, 2021

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