Roblox Builds Out Its Metaverse Vision With Video Chat
This week, we discuss how adding animated chats to Roblox will advance the company’s plan to enrich its virtual world.
Extreme Heat Is Here to Stay
This week, we talk about what’s causing the heat waves, storms, fires, and other extreme atmospheric events we’ve been living through this summer, and how humanity can prepare for a very hot future.
A New Wave of Peer-to-Peer Apps Heralds a Farm-to-Table Internet
This week, we discuss the local-first computing movement and its push to reduce our reliance on the corporate-owned, cloud-based software tools we use every day.
Hollywood’s Strikes Will Disrupt Podcasts, Games, and TikTok Too
This week, we talk about how the changes in Hollywood fueling the writers’ and actors’ strikes will reach beyond TV and movies to also affect podcasts, video games, and TikTok.
Stop Trying to Make New Twitter Happen
This week, we talk about the instant popularity of Threads, poor little Bluesky, and why Twitter likely isn’t going anywhere.
Your Clothes Are Making You Sick
This week, we talk to the author of To Dye For, a new book about toxic fashion and the abundance of harmful chemicals in our clothing.
Your Clothes Are Making You Sick
This week, we talk to the author of To Dye For, a new book about toxic fashion and the abundance of harmful chemicals in our clothing.
Walmart and Amazon’s Race to Rule Shopping
This week, we talk about how the two giants have changed the digital—and IRL—retail landscape over the course of their decades-long rivalry.