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Books
On Feist’s ‘Multitudes,’ Tranquillity Is Shadowed by Disquiet
The Canadian songwriter’s most intimate-sounding album is also her most ambitious statement.
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Finance
Falling Mortgage Rates Bring Some Home Buyers Back to Market
Buyers are returning after being sidelined by a jump in borrowing costs, but experts say that the uncertain state of…
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News
Will the Metaverse Be Entertaining? Ask South Korea.
In the world’s testing ground for tech, K-pop singers are being spun up out of pixels and doing battle in…
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Books
For ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,’ a Star Built From Tiny Gears and 3-D Printing
The studio behind stop-motion hits like ‘Coraline’ and ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ started work on the new film in 2008 but…
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Books
Finding Community, and Freedom, on the Virtual Dance Floor
On any given weekend, there are dozens of parties happening on VRChat, a platform where users assume fantastical avatars of…
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Opinion
A Political Theory of King Elon Musk
Populism in Western politics is not a pre-theorized worldview. It emerged from inchoate grievances rather than existing ideologies, and the…