How many Dune books will this cost me?

In this episode:

Microsoft Buys Scandal-Tainted Activision in Bet on Metaverse

$68.7 billion

Walmart is quietly preparing to enter the metaverse
Twitter brings NFTs to the timeline as hexagon-shaped profile pictures

Major Twitter NFT implementation problem.

An NFT restaurant opening in New York will serve up status with a side of seafood
Is Tumblr on the road back to relevance?
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he’ll work remotely and stay in a new rental every 2 weeks

Twitter thread from CEO

Instagram launches early test of creator subscriptions in the US
Locket, the #1 app in Apple’s App Store, uses a trick hiding in plain sight

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Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users to start paying for Workspace this year
Manslaughter charges follow Tesla driver’s Autopilot red light run
Airlines Cancel Some Flights Ahead of U.S. 5G Wireless Launch
Winnebago will reveal an electric motorhome at Florida RV super show next week
75 million gallons of paint is wasted each year. This startup turns them into brand new cans

Weird and Wacky:

NFT Group Buys Copy Of Dune For €2.66 Million, Believing It Gives Them Copyright