Amazon Restricts L.G.B.T.Q. Products in United Arab Emirates
Sales of items including flags and books were blocked in the country, where homosexuality is criminalized. …
Icons of Italian Automotive Style Struggle to Go Electric
Ferrari and Lamborghini are trying to design battery-powered cars that inspire the same devotion as their costly internal combustion models. …
How China Is Policing the Future
Vast surveillance data allows the state to target people whose behavior or characteristics are deemed suspicious by an algorithm, even if they’ve done nothing wrong. …
Ken Knowlton, a Father of Computer Art and Animation, Dies at 91
His work at Bell Labs in the 1960s laid the groundwork for today’s computer-generated imagery in film and on TV. …
The Rise of the 0.5 Selfie
These selfies, taken with an ultra-wide-angle lens, aren’t fussed over. Sometimes they are just “distorted and crazy.” …
As Midterms Loom, Mark Zuckerberg Shifts Focus Away From Elections
Mark Zuckerberg, who once said securing elections was “the most important thing,” has shifted Meta’s focus to the metaverse. That may have real-world implications. …
Should You Buy Now, Pay Later? Tread Carefully.
Afterpay, Apple and other financial tech companies are popularizing installment plans for paying off shopping splurges. These programs can also cause confusion and a loss of control. …
Meta Agrees to Alter Ad Technology in Settlement With U.S.
The Justice Department had accused Meta’s housing advertising system of discriminating against Facebook users based on their race, gender, religion and other characteristics. …
Solana-based NFT marketplace Magic Eden announces a $130M Series B led by Electric and Greylock at a $1.6B valuation, following a $27M Series A in March 2022 (Yogita Khatri/The Block)
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Solana-based NFT marketplace Magic Eden announces a $130M Series B led by Electric and Greylock at a $1.6B valuation, following a $27M Series A in March 2022 — – Magic Eden has scored a $1.6 billion valuation in its latest funding round. — The Solana-based NFT marketplace plans to launch on more blockchains. …
Google Says It’s Time for Longtime Small-Business Users to Pay Up
Google is charging some small businesses for email and other apps after more than a decade of free use. Business owners say Google is being callous. …