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Welcome to Sam Altman’s Orb Store
World opened the doors to its new San Francisco storefront with eight brand-new orbs ready for eyeballs to scan.
Now, with an orb, you scan your eyeball, store that data on the blockchain, and confirm your “humanity” to make purchases, play video games, or (coming soon) sign up for dating apps. Scott said she was “ambivalent” about partaking in the orb experience, but after successfully unlocking her iPhone using (she says) the Face ID feature on a wedding picture in her home, she felt compelled to find a more secure solution. After fielding media questions about data privacy and technical glitches (which Traina dubbed orb’s "stage fright"), I asked why the company’s services weren’t available in New York, which my colleagues and I had noticed in the fine print of their launch announcement.
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