Maria Korolov

Maria Korolov is an award-winning tech journalist who covers cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and extended reality. She’s also a science fiction author and the editor and founder of MetaStellar, an online magazine of speculative fiction, and of Hypergrid Business, one of the world’s top virtual reality blogs. Contact her at maria@korolov.com to pitch articles or to hire her as writer, editor, or speaker at your event.

OSgrid back online after extended maintenance

(Image courtesy OSgrid.) OSgrid, the popular OpenSim-based virtual world, has officially reopened to the public after a period of extended maintenance. The grid’s return marks a significant milestone for the OpenSim community, providing users with what administrators describe as “a more professional and stable experience.” The grid went down in early March, due to problems

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AZBEE Regional Gold Award winner

Maria Korolov was awarded the Azbee Regional Gold Award by the American Association of Business Press Editors in April of 2025 for her Network World coverage of quantum computing. Five articles were part of the award submission: Crypto flexibility key to preparing for quantum threat, experts say NIST finally settles on quantum-safe crypto standards Error-correction

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