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Entertainment companies explore how to use the “magical” metaverse to blur reality

From “Tron” to “The Matrix” to “Ready Player One” — The virtual world is becoming a reality.  Filmmaker Maureen Fan is one the entertainment visionaries upgrading traditional 2-D movies to an entirely new experience.  Her studio created a virtual set for the award-winning animated, interactive film “Baba Yaga,” starring Glenn …

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Few Americans file for jobless claims amid tight labor market

The number of Americans filing for jobless aid ticked up last week but stayed at historically low levels, showing the labor market remains tight. Some 202,000 people applied for first-time jobless aid in the week ending March 26, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s an increase of 14,000 from the …

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Here’s who may still be eligible for up to $1.6 billion in stimulus checks

Thousands of Americans may still be owed a third government stimulus check — a payment of $1,400 per eligible taxpayer that was authorized by the American Rescue Act in 2021. About 645,000 potentially eligible people hadn’t gotten a third stimulus check by the middle of September 2021, according to a …

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