The Rise and Fall of Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse

The metaverse, once a buzzy obsession of the tech world, has died due to a lack of coherent vision and the rise of generative artificial intelligence. Rents are still high despite people leaving urban centers during the pandemic because people got sick of living with each other. BlackRock is wrestling with who could succeed Larry Fink, and Microsoft instructed managers to give fewer "exceptional rewards" in a leaked email. Insider won in seven categories at the New York Press Club Awards.