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Metaverse, schmetaverse — take me to the Icelandverse

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Image: Inspired by Iceland. Mark Zuckerberg’s extensive video about Facebook / Meta’s pivot to the metaverse has become something of a meme , but perhaps the best parody of the presentation was done this week by, of all places, the country of Iceland. The Icelandverse looks great. Seriously, look, it’s right here.”.

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League of Legends’ biggest stars turn into anime heroes in Worlds 2021 music video

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But it also comes with a bonus: a music video that turns some of the game’s best players into anime heroes. This year’s iteration of Worlds will take place in Iceland starting October 5th ; it was originally slated for China but was forced to move due to pandemic-related restrictions.

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League of Legends’ world championships moved from China to Europe

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In a video, John Needham, global head of esports at Riot, said that travel restrictions and COVID protocols made it a challenge to hold the event in China. This will be the second major League of Legends tournament to take place in Europe this year, following May’s Mid-Season Invitational hosted in Reykjavik, Iceland.

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How to watch the 2021 League of Legends World Championship

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This year, Worlds takes place in Reykjavík, Iceland , at the Laugardalshöll indoor sporting arena. The location means that if you’re in the US, games might take place in the morning or early afternoon. For a short video explainer with more detail, check out Riot’s introductory video made for last year’s tournament.

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Gulf states using COVID-19 contact tracing apps as mass surveillance tools, report says

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The study analyzed a collection of contact tracing apps, which are designed to inform and monitor physical contact between people in the event someone contracts COVID-19, from 11 countries: Algeria, Bahrain, France, Iceland, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Norway, Qatar, Tunisia, and United Arab Emirates.

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The quirks and features of YouTube car reviews with Doug DeMuro

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Now, a lot of YouTubers I know are trying to hedge against YouTube, so I really wanted to know about Doug’s business — how does he make his videos? What’s going to surprise you is how much data from YouTube Doug actually tracks and how he uses that data to make decisions about what videos to make. Video is more now the way to do it.

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r/WallStreetBets went private — and now it’s back with a message

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The r/WallStreetBets subreddit’s own moderators made it private for a little less than an hour on Wednesday evening, Reddit confirmed to The Verge — but now, it’s back, with a new post from the moderators themselves that doesn’t quite explain why it vanished in the first place. That room was golden and the people that run it are awesome.

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