One of the World’s Poorest Countries Put Its Faith in Crypto – Why?
The Central African Republic heralded its status as the only country in Africa to adopt Bitcoin as legal currency, but 8 months later, many questions remain about what's really going on.
An NFT Company Is Trying to Buy the Amazon to Save It. It's Not Going Well.
"It sounds like they really want to become… not necessarily landlords of the rainforest but, yeah, owning the rainforest."
The Inside Story of Europe’s Weirdest Crypto Mining Boom
Crypto was meant to set the world free from the old worlds of centralised banks and strongman politics, but in a small and often neglected corner of Europe, a Bitcoin mining boom showed how historic forces are difficult to shake off.
AI Isn’t Artificial or Intelligent
How AI innovation is powered by underpaid workers in foreign countries.
Meet the Independent Artists Building the Metaverse
Creators are crafting accessories, avatars, and entire worlds in social virtual worlds, and often making a living doing it.
‘There’s Rampant Bigotry’: The Women Taking On the Crypto Bros
Crypto, blockchains and NFTs were all born out of male-dominated legacy industries like tech and finance. But women are leading the way to make Web3 more inclusive.
The Corporate Metaverse Can’t Compete
The metaverse can’t succeed if no one wants to be there, which Meta and other big metaverses seemingly don't yet understand.
Scientists Increasingly Can’t Explain How AI Works
AI researchers are warning developers to focus more on how and why a system produces certain results than the fact that the system can accurately and rapidly produce them.