crypto The most valuable NFT avatars in the metaverse are all white males Thom Dunn

avatars How anime avatars became a warning Rob Beschizza

offworld What happens when you don't let players pick their race? Leigh Alexander

animation "The Magician's Elephant" Review: An Elephant-Sized Misfire for Netflix Greg Nussen

art DONKS is a short animation by artist Felix Colgrave Popkin

mistakes Adobe replacing old Pantone spot colors with black when you load files using them Rob Beschizza

gadgets Meta announces $1500 headset for experiencing its vintage 3D teapot-tier "metaverse" Rob Beschizza

cryptocurrency The Hollywoodization of crypto is a moral disaster Jennifer Sandlin

Comics Kieron Gillen is kickstarting an RPG based on Die, his "Goth-Jumanji" comic with Stephanie Hans Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets Build your own texting device and communicate freely with Chatter Boing Boing's Shop

NFTs Someone's "selling" colors as NFTs Thom Dunn

crypto Self-proclaimed "Crypto Landlords" are making money by renting out NFTs Thom Dunn

No F*&king Thing Second largest NFT marketplace apparently 87% wash trading Jason Weisberger

AI This video explains how AI creates its anime characters Mark Frauenfelder

retro-meta Remembering the early days of The Palace, an early internet chatroom Popkin

music "The Beatles: Get Back" is a scrumptious feast Ferdinando Buscema

facebook What will toilets be like in the Metaverse? Thom Dunn

abba ABBA returns after almost 40 years with a new album and ILM-created concert Rusty Blazenhoff

bionics People with quadriplegia use brain-computer interfaces to compete in a cyborg olympics David Pescovitz