Linden Lab has been around forever, and Ebbe Altberg, the new chief executive of the publisher of the Second Life virtual world, has a tough task ahead of him. The company is in the middle of pivoting ...

FBI investigators have visited Second Life’s internet casinos at the invitation of the virtual world’s creator Linden Lab, but the US government has not yet decided on the legality of virtual gambling ...

An increasing number of people are ditching their jobs in the real world to make a living entirely online within Second Life’s virtual economy—making thousands of U.S. dollars selling designs, ...