Walk among the pharaohs: Video game company Creative Assembly’s latest strategy video game Total War: Pharaoh takes place during the New Kingdom of Egypt in the years leading up to the collapse of the Bronze Age. The game is based on written accounts, archeological discoveries, and art to revive ancient Egypt in an emerging gameplay, the Guardian wrote. The game allows you to become Egypt’s “last great Pharaoh and stand against the collapse of an iconic civilization,” following the death of the old Pharaoh. The game, which will be out in October of this year, allows players to play as a number of Egyptian rulers — Ramesses, Amenmesse, Tausret, Seti, Irsu, or Bay.

The newest entrant to the crypto world is… just a little bit unsettling: Worldcoin, a new crypto project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, launched yesterday, Reuters reported. Among other products, the project offers identity verification by creating digital passports called World IDs that can only be obtained through an in-person iris scan using a specific orb, co-founder Alex Blania told Reuters. The purpose of the World IDs is to distinguish between real people and AI bots online. These IDs can be stored on crypto blockchains to preserve privacy and prevent them from being governed by any single entity. Worldcoin is positioning its World ID as a product that will be necessary in the era of generative AI chatbots, including ChaptGPT, which are able to generate human-like language. Worldcoin has attracted 2 mn users during its beta phase so far and is expanding its “orbing” operations to 35 cities in 20 countries.

Stockpiled Yeezys are flying off the shelves: Adidas received EUR 508 mn (around USD 565 mn) for orders of 4 mn pairs of unsold Yeezy shoes, the Financial Times reports. This comes, ironically, as CEO Bjorn Gulden stated that the company would “probably not make [net income]” on its remaining Yeezy inventory back in March. The company ended its partnership with Kanye West in late October after he made antisemitic remarks that left the fate of the remaining inventory unknown. Adidas announced in May that it would sell some of this inventory through an online sale, which saw huge demand. This exceeded the company’s most optimistic forecast, sources familiar with the matter told the Financial Times.

Adidas will give back: The company is planning to donate some of the proceeds from the sale of its unsold Yeezy inventory to charity, the Financial Times says, citing sources familiar with the matter. It has already chosen five charities in the US and China, including the Anti-Defamation League and the Philonise and Keeta Floyd Institute for Social Change, the sources added. Adidas is also planning to use some of the proceeds to pay royalties to Kanye West and to cover costs of ending the partnership, including laying off staff, closing production facilities, and the legal costs.

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