Miquel Echarri

Here are some of the new things we’re expecting in the coming year: from superapps to Y2K fashion

There are 3,000 ultra-rich individuals around the world who don’t flinch at spending $32,000 for a hotel room and thousands more for dinner without a moment’s thought about inflation

Rishi Sunak, Lula da Silva, Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelenskiy and even Vladimir Putin are shorter than the average man – a characteristic that, despite not being relevant to governance, continues to challenge old ideas about leadership

NFTs started the year with a record volume of transactions, now it looks as though they could lose almost 98% of their value – a temporary crisis or the punchline to a bad joke?

Several video essayists are using long-format pieces to rebel against the platform’s algorithm, which requires them to continue producing content even when they don’t have anything to say

Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan showed off their elite lifestyle on social media… until the FBI came knocking at their door

Kiarash Hossainpour, a YouTuber and investor, has become a case study in the dangers of getting rich quick with bitcoin

A far-right group proposes a wacky new reading of ‘Star Wars’ in which the Empire represents liberals and the feminist revolution, while they embody the noble and heroic resistance

Timber is gaining traction as a replacement for classic concrete. It offers a number of design and construction advantages, including being a more environmentally friendly material

James Howells, a computer engineer, proposes using robot dogs and a metal arm to recover a hard drive that he lost in 2013. It contains the equivalent of €180 million in cryptocurrencies. He believes it is still sitting in a landfill in Wales.

MLB is finalizing a plan to reduce the environmental impact of the competition. Fewer (and closer) matches are planned. Will other sports follow suit?

Two documentaries detail the calamitous New York festival, which sought to emulate the legendary 1969 event but was shut down amid fires, riots, and violence

Facing ticket costs from $200 to $5,000 based on an algorithm that changes the amount according to demand, die-hard fans feel the working-class hero has abandoned his principles

Ellis Pinsky tells his story but nobody knows whether to believe him

How to attract a distrustful middle class to invest in unknown territory? With famous faces who are now facing public wrath after the collapse of virtual assets

The documentary ‘Aha: The movie’ explores the strange world of the Norwegian trio who in 1985 released ‘Take on me,’ one of the most popular songs on Spotify almost 40 years later

Just screened at the BCN Film Fest, ‘The World Champion’ reconstructs the surreal agony of the 1978 World Chess Championship

A software company in Russia fired workers based solely on the guidance of artificial intelligence, a situation that could become increasingly common across the globe