A group of gamers has filed a class action lawsuit against the creator of Second Life, accusing the company of taking away the plaintiffs' ownership rights to virtual land without just compensation.

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You can make a lot of money buying and selling things that are not real. Second Life has built a booming virtual economy around some little animated characters called avatars. Avatars live in a ...

The other night, I had an odd conversation with ChatGPT, made somewhat stranger because the AI’s answers came out of a humanoid rabbit idly sucking on a juice box. He was standing alone in a virtual ...

Does it really make sense to manufacture new batteries for energy storage systems when a much better alternative is already available? How second-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries can enhance ...