What Is the Metaverse?

“The fact that we’re surrounded by a global layer that’s there at all times,” Mr. Tehranian said, referring to the Ethereum blockchain, “where there’s no central party that determines whether or not something is available or not?” That, he said, is the antidote to the digital world we already live in — one that he…

How to Create a Community Around Cake

Katherine Walton, the owner of Walton Cake Boutique in Sydney, Australia, has been sharing her creations on Instagram since 2018 but in the early months of the pandemic she noticed a new baking movement rising online — a surge in a specific type of online baking collaboration called “collabs.” “I saw that more and more…

Love Letter: P.D.A. Is Back!

After many months without physical connection, a post-vaccination summer has led many New Yorkers to usher in the season with a full-fledged return to public canoodling. While a P.D.A. sighting might have been off-putting before the pandemic, some see the increase in couples kissing, touching, hugging and grinding on the dance floors as a sign…