James Ball

What is the metaverse, actually?

It’s the big question facing Big Tech over the coming decade

  • The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything

    Matthew Ball

    W.W.Norton, pp. 351, £22

  • Money Men: A Hot Start-Up, A Billion Dollar Fraud, A Fight for the Truth

    Dan McCrum

    Bantam Press, pp. 352, £20

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James Ball is the Global Editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which last month launched a two-year project looking into Russian infiltration of the UK elite and in London’s role in enabling overseas corruption

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