Category: Culture

Parenting in the Age of the Pandemic Pod

We talked to parents about how they’re juggling caring for their kids, schools “reopening,” and trying desperately to do their jobs. Source

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‘Ghost in the Shell’ (the good one) arrives in 4K on September 8th

Just in time for its 25th anniversary, Ghost in the Shell is getting a 4K Ultra HD rerelease. On September 8th, you’ll be able to buy Mamoru Oshii’s landmark film in a beautiful collection that will let you watch the 1995 feature across multiple form… Source

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19 Best Nintendo Switch Games (2020): ‘Odyssey’, ‘Cuphead’, and More

From Hyrule to Hallownest, these are our absolute favorite videogame escapes for the Switch and Switch Lite, including multiplayer, co-op, and single-player games. Source

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OTTO Motors raises $29M to fill factories with autonomous delivery robots

When Clearpath Robotics CEO and co-founder Matthew Rendall looks at the “miles” of roads inside industrial factories, he sees them filled with autonomous vehicles. And in the past five years, the company has inched toward that goal through its industrial division OTTO Motors. The division, which launched in 2015, has…

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As fashion has its metaverse moment, one app looks to bridge real and virtual worlds for sneakerheads

Fashion is having its moment in the metaverse. A riot of luxury labels, music, and games are vying for attention in the virtual world. And as physical events and the entertainment industry that depends on them shuts down, virtual things have come to epitomize the popular culture of the pandemic.…

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