OnlyFans on Digg, Foldable iPhones in 2026, and Why the Metaverse Is Officially Over

About this episode

Kevin and Alex discuss the launch of Digg's public beta, the decline of the Metaverse, and various tech trends.

https://digg.com is live! Public beta is open for community creation! January’s almost over, which means it’s either too late or just early enough to still say “Happy New Year.” In this episode, Kevin and Alex wade through that awkward seasonal purgatory, debate etiquette, and naturally land on Alex’s go-to insult: “Eat the bag.” Kevin checks in on Dry January and confirms that sleep is, in fact, real. The conversation takes a turn into the serious realities of alcohol withdrawal before pivoting to some big Digg news: the public beta is officially live, and you can now create your own Communities. Yes, that includes one called /onlyfans, which has absolutely nothing to do with what you think unless you are deeply into industrial air movers. From there, it’s a full tech firehose. The Metaverse is officially declared dead, Claude Code is writing entire web apps in minutes, and a startup called Humans just raised $480 million to make AI more collaborative, or possibly sentient. Also on the docket: foldable iPhones, mindfulness, Matt Damon’s attention span, and why chicken wings keep showing up in self-driving cars. This one’s got layers. Sponsors Anthropic: Get 50% off your first 3…

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Rose

Guest: Alex

Topics covered

• technology
• alcohol withdrawal
• community creation
• Metaverse
• AI
• foldable devices
• self-driving cars

Keywords

• Digg
• Metaverse
• Claude
• AI
• foldable iPhones
• alcohol withdrawal
• community creation
• self-driving cars

Sponsors

Anthropic, Monarch, Wispr Flow, ZBiotics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Digg, Claude, Humans

Products: Claude Pro, onlyfans, foldable iPhones

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