This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Tor Karsvalt is an unusual head of state for several reasons.

Second Life will soon face off against Meta on its home turf. Linden Labs, owner-operators of the platform since its launch nearly two decades ago, announced this week that a mobile version of Second ...

The other night, I had an odd conversation with ChatGPT, made somewhat stranger because the AI’s answers came out of a humanoid rabbit idly sucking on a juice box. He was standing alone in a virtual ...