Life
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How Meta could use real-world stores as a gateway to its metaverse
It is indeed in brick-and-mortar stores that people may first be able to experience Meta's metaverse. Internal documents reportedly detail a plan to open a series of retail outlets
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Inside the UN headquarters: A treasure trove of art
Artworks by the likes of Marc Chagall, Henry Moore, and Fernand Leger are some of the important pieces making the United Nations headquarters in New York compound another attractive tourist stop in the Big Apple
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Kamal Haasan to launch metaverse avatar
Celebrity NFT platform Fantico will create a metaverse game where the Tamil superstar will have his own world
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Meet Francisco Javier Vera, 12-year-old climate activist with big impact
Inspired by the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and by Pakistani education rights champion Malala Yousafzai, Francisco became an environmental activist at the age of nine, in March 2019, when he saw images of wildfires scorching across the Amazon and the forests of Australia
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Indian cinemas bet on delayed blockbusters to revive crowds
Cinemas were shuttered back in March 2020 in a strict lockdown when the pandemic first hit. Now the Covid-battered theatres are trying to lure the audiences away from the booming OTT services
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I am not in the business of fashion, I am in the business of making women happy: Anita Dongre
Anita Dongre is one of the few people on the planet who figured out life at an early age. The result is a fashion brand favoured by the likes of Kate Middleton and Hillary Clinton. On Forbes India Beyond the Boardroom, the boss of House of Anita Dongre gives a glimpse into her sustainable living and the skills her mother taught her
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Blue Java: How blue food is making its way onto the menu
Blue bananas are one of the most-hyped foods of the moment
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For Stella McCartney, fashion must ditch leather or die trying
As the vegetarian daughter of Paul and Linda McCartney, Stella got a green head start in life, transferring her eco-friendly upbringing to fashion
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Toyota's Legender takes things up a notch
With dual-tone exteriors, plush interiors and better ride quality, it is a much-deserved upgrade to the ageing Fortuner
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Augmented reality: An early taste of the metaverse
Augmented reality might not feel quite as immersive as the virtual reality (VR) experiences that Zuckerberg wants to eventually bring to people's homes. But it nonetheless blurs the divide between the physical world and the digital one
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From rice to coffee, the everyday foods under threat from global warming
The effects of climate change, like drought and repeated rainy episodes, are impacting staples foods such as pasta, rice, fruits, vegetables and even coffee