Music
Music downloads become a collector’s treasure
Digital-music collectors are amassing libraries of hundreds of thousands of songs instead of relying on streaming platforms
Articles by David Vendrell
Culture
Cannabis tourism lights up
Cannabis-driven travel is on the rise, so cities and tourism agencies are meeting demand by offering curated experiences and information.
Culture
New York is deploying robot friends for the elderly
Through a new partnership with Intuition Robotics, New York state is taking care of its elderly by giving them a free robot dubbed the ElliQ.
Gaming
Sony to debut constantly-updating games
Sony is ramping up investment into live-service games that continually update to provide new missions and experiences for players online.
Gaming
Gucci builds a world inside Roblox
Gucci must be raking in the virtual goods because the famous fashion brand planted a more permanent flag inside Roblox with the creation of “Gucci Town.”
Business
Delivery apps hit a cultural roadblock
Delivery apps, which in recent years were seen as a nonstop growth engine, have fallen sharply in both reputation and revenue.
Culture
NIL deals pour money into high school athletes’ piggy banks
Top high school athletes around the country are inking six-figure and higher deals around their “name, image, and likeness” (NIL).
Culture
Remote work establishes American “Zoomtowns”
Work-from-anywhere arrangements are creating a new boomtown era, where well-off white-collar workers are making their homestead in the reaches of the American midwest.
Entertainment
Authors pen their own big-screen dreams
Authors are taking back their power by writing their adaptations themselves and joining the projects as producers.
Business
Hotels turn vacationing into a bidding war with NFTs
Hotels are offering bookings as NFTs in a test to see if they can still make money on a room even if guests cancel at the last minute.