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Lauren Goode: That's when you exclaimed, "Oh my God."Michael Calore: Yeah, I really did.Lauren Goode: Just in the news room. You were the only one.Michael Calore: Lauren did the psychoanalysis, and she said, "Well, maybe that was from…

Lauren Goode: No, but I have repaired my own iPhone. There was a period of time where I broke two iPhones in a row, shattered the screen. And I bought an iFixit kit and repaired the screen myself.Michael Calore: Nice.Lauren Goode: I felt…

Michael Calore: No, because I don’t have a folding phone. I only have a regular, old, nonfolding Pixel.Lauren Goode: And you call yourself a tech editor.Michael Calore: Yes, several people call me a tech editor.Lauren Goode: I guess my…

Michael Calore: I used to vape all the time.Lauren Goode: You did?Michael Calore: Back when it was all the rage, about, I don't know, five, six years ago. Yeah.Lauren Goode: Oh, so I just missed your vaping stage because I joined WIRED…

They did a second thing, which is they changed their developer licensing agreement such that if there's ever a dispute, they need a court injunction to cut you off. This is a fundamental belief that for the metaverse to thrive,…