Thu. 10/28 - Human Eggs Made From Blood Cells

Could we one day create sperm and egg cells from any human cell, even across the sexes? Plus, how BJ Novak from The Office’s face ended up on products all around the world without him knowing. And the latest drops from two of the internet’s leading mischief-making companies, including Andy Warhol forgeries and a vegan cannibal steakhouse.

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Links:

• How Silicon Valley hatched a plan to turn blood into human eggs (MIT Technology Review)
• B.J. Novak’s Face Is on Products Worldwide. He’s Not Sure Why. (NY Times)
• Why BJ Novak Is The Face Of Random Products Worldwide (BuzzFeed)
• Museum of Forgeries (MSCHF)
• The Vegan Cannibal Steakhouse by Liquid Death (Liquid Death)
• Photoshop will get a 'prepare as NFT' option soon (The Verge)
• 5 unbelievable tech sneaks from Adobe Max 2021 (Creative Bloq)
• Adobe brings new Creative Cloud apps to M1 Macs and the web (Ars Technica)
• Facebook just revealed its new name: Meta (The Verge)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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