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Happy Wednesday, Future Party. Do you know how much the internet weighs? Weird question, we know, but the minds at Wired crunched the numbers by theoretically putting all the information online into strands of DNA. There’s a bunch of complicated computations, but the result is that the internet’s weight clocks in at 960,947 grams — nearly the equivalent of 11 average American men. That’s much smaller than we would’ve imagined.

Napster is getting a second shot at relevance with its acquisition by 3D-tech company Infinite Reality, which wants to turn the brand into a hub for metaverse-style digital concerts.

The Big Play: Napster’s acquisition sits at the intersection of two major trends — the creation of cutting-edge digital concert venues and the re-emergence of platforms that millennials will remember from the internet’s early days. If Infinite Reality is successful in making Napster a household name (for legit reasons), then it could be the wildest company-comeback story in years.

Behind the Streams: Infinite Reality CEO John Acunto told CNBC he wants Napster’s 3D spaces to be like “Clubhouse times a trillion.”

The Future: Over its history, Napster has transformed from an illegal file-sharing service to a paywalled streamer in the mold of Spotify. It licenses millions of tracks and has paid out roughly a billion dollars in royalties, so it is a working business… even if no one was really aware of it. Not to mention, it counts Jon Vlassopulos, the former head of music at Roblox, as its CEO… so it has leadership with experience in this space.

As for Infinite Reality, which raised $3 billion earlier this year, the company has made some curious acquisitions over its six-year history, including the spatial-web startup Ethereal Engine, game developer LandVault, and VR retail brand Obsess… so Napster definitely fits into that mold as it tries to combine each asset into a music-industry disruptor.

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H&M is jumping into the world of AI by creating “digital twins” of its models that the talent will fully control.

Why It Hits: Several fashion companies have already experimented with AI-generated models, which have been met with mixed-to-negative reactions. By experimenting with digital twins that are indecipherable to audiences, H&M hopes to get the benefits of AI in a way that empowers models and doesn’t turn off customers.

Behind the Curtain: H&M plans to create digital twins of 30 models this year.

Last Looks: H&M hopes that the digital twins will help offload the sheer number of materials that models need to appear in for campaigns, while also helping them earn some extra cash by enabling them to work multiple jobs simultaneously. But if a model can be anywhere at once, brands may opt to hire a small pool of in-demand talent rather than settle for someone with less appeal — completely turning the supply-and-demand model on its head.

And that’s not even mentioning the devastation it could bring to the beauty-team industry — including makeup artists, hair stylists, and photographers — who help make a model IRL.

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54.9% of you voted Yes in yesterday’s poll: Would you trust a robot to clean your home and do basic chores safely?

“I rode in a Waymo (fully-autonomous vehicle) this weekend in Austin, and I’m sold! Robot 4ever <3”

“Might as well have them work for you before you have to work for them.”

“Don’t people already do that? The Roomba has been around for years vacuuming just like a robot.”

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🦖 A Fandango poll found that Jurassic World Rebirth is the movie audiences are most looking forward to this year.

📺 Deloitte’s annual digital media trends survey found that Gen Z is the first generation who thinks social media content is more relevant than traditional film and TV.

💿 Concord Music has acquired indie-music distribution service Stem Disintermedia for $100 million.

📱 Samsung co-CEO Jong-Hee Han died of a heart attack at 63, leaving Jun Young-hyun as the sole leader of the South Korean tech giant.

🤖 New Sapience, a developer of synthetic intelligence (AI that can think and learn) is offering the public a rare, limited chance to invest in its growth.*

🚗 Waymo is coming to Washington, DC, in 2026… if it can change the District’s law against fully-autonomous vehicles.

🎮 Discord overhauled its Overlay feature to make it look better during game streams.

👀 Instagram is developing a way for students to lobby the platform to remove inappropriate or dangerous posts made by students.

👴 Even Boomers are watching YouTube 96% more on their TVs than a year ago.

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