Welcome to digital nomadland

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  01.15.23 Welcome to Digital Nomadland 29-MINUTE READ You've seen them in Bali, in Thailand, in Lisbon: young professionals clacking on their MacBook Airs at the English-speaking coffee shop, in between sips of cortado; surfers emerging from the waves to take Zoom calls and send Slack updates. Digital nomads have fully saturated the world's cosmopolitan hubs, inflating housing costs and homogenizing local culture. But what if these longstay tourists spread further—to smaller, rural places? Places that are even more vulnerable to gentrification? As Susana Ferreira reports in a new feature story, this is precisely what's happening in a tiny seaside parish—population 4,300—on the Portuguese island territory of Madeira. In the midst of the pandemic, an ambitious entrepreneur sold the regional government on building a village for digital nomads. He promised a revival of the local tourism industry along with a genuine community of foreign remote workers and Madeiran residents. For many, the plan hasn't panned out. But that won't stop the expansion of the village model to more far-flung locales—just as long as the Wi-Fi is fast, the beaches surfable, and the sunsets Instagrammable. —Camille Bromley | Features Editor READ THE FULL STORY You Might Also Like ... 11 Details You May Have Missed in the January 6 Report BY GARRETT M. GRAFF | 12-MINUTE READ The January 6 Committee's 841-page report will go down as one of the most important documents in US history. These key moments stand out. Unmasking Pedro Pascal, the Complicated New Face of Sci-Fi BY HEMAL JHAVERI | 8-MINUTE READ The Last of Us star talks video games, violence, and playing tough guys (Hi, Mando!) when you're actually a people pleaser. The Best Cars, Rides, and Auto Tech of CES 2023 BY ALISTAIR CHARLTON | 8-MINUTE READ Aside from color-morphing concepts and Tron-inspired bikes, this year's show was about how car and tech companies will work closer together in the future. Meet the Earth's Lawyers BY STEPHEN ARMSTRONG | 8-MINUTE READ ClientEarth helps shape new laws and enforce old ones to protect the planet and its most vulnerable inhabitants. Where the AI Art Boom Came From—and Where It's Going BY WILL KNIGHT | 8-MINUTE READ In the past year algorithms got a lot better at generating illustrations, art, and photo-real scenes. Next up? Video. FTX Has Wrecked the Crypto Party in Paradise BY JOEL KHALILI | 8-MINUTE READ The digital currency exchange's stupendous fallout has put local Web3 companies in the Bahamas on the back foot. What the West Doesn't Know About China's Silicon Valley BY JENNIFER CONRAD | 8-MINUTE READ Novelist Ning Ken's history of Beijing's Zhongguancun district shows how two generations of professors and tech entrepreneurs helped make the country more open. GET WIRED Get WIRED for just $29.99 $5. Includes unlimited access to wired.com plus free stickers! Subscribe now. Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This email was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our email address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions

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ssf1991 posted: " It's Saturday, which means that it is that time of the week again where fans and industry analysts can get some insight on how well digital releases of video games are doing on the Nintendo Switch eShop. The latest Nintendo eShop charts have arrived. " My Nintendo News Latest Nintendo Switch eShop charts ssf1991 Jan 14 It's Saturday, which means that it is that time of the week again where fans and industry analysts can get some insight on how well digital releases of video games are doing on the Nintendo Switch eShop. The latest Nintendo eShop charts have arrived. The #1 spot belongs to Just Dance 2023 Edition, which had […] Read more of this post Comment Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from My Nintendo News. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://mynintendonews.com/2023/01/14/latest-nintendo-switch-eshop-charts-10/ Powered by WordPress.com

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