Daring Fireball

James Pero, summarizing for Gizmodo this paywalled report by Jyoti Mann for The Information:
But, wait, there’s more: in addition to the fall releases, TheInformation reports that Meta also has a pair slated for December,codenamed “Mojito VIP.” There are also two prototypes being testedin the fall, according to the report, including one called...

One more bit of “metaverse fever dream” follow-up. The one company in the field that Nick Heer doesn’t mention is Apple, makers of the best-known (albeit not best-selling) virtual reality headset. Think and say what you want about the Vision platform...

A follow-up point from my post yesterday linking to Nick Heer’s blockbuster “The Metaverse Fever Dream”. In particular, the connection Heer draws between the rise of “metaverse” hype and the pandemic.
I always sort of knew that metaverse hype roughly coincided with the Covid lockdown and our collective period of isolation and loneliness, a year-plus stretch when we relied mostly on computer platforms for nearly all socializing. But here in 2026 it...

Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin, reporting for The New York Times (gift link):
CBS News faced a fresh wave of turmoil on Monday after ScottPelley, the “60 Minutes” correspondent, laced into the show’snewly hired executive producer during a staff meeting and accusedBari Weiss, the network’s editor in chief, of “murdering” thelongstanding...