You'd be forgiven for thinking the videocassette format long-dead, but it turns out that Betamax is still around. Sony is finally going to withdraw tapes from sale, bringing a 40-year story to an end.
The last recorders were sold in 2002.
After 40 years, Sony retires Betamax
Whole Foods CEO looking forward to being called "crazy John" after years of having right-wing opinions "muzzled"
John Mackey, the outgoing CEO of Whole Foods, is angry at young people and the left. They don't want to buy $6 bottles of Asparagus Water and they don't want to help him sell it, either. "They're taking over everything. It looks like they've taken over a lot of the corporations. It looks like they've… READ THE REST
Publishing startups want to use web3 and NFTs to sell shares in books
Esquire recently published a, umm, interesting piece about the crypto "revolution" that is allegedly coming to the book industry. It's a frustrating albeit strangely fascinating read, in that it presents these ideas with completely earnest cheerleading: What if you could own a stake in Harry Potter? What if the book series functioned like a publicly… READ THE REST
Over $100K raised so far after library defunded for having LGBTQ+ books
Patmos Library in western Michigan is getting a crowdsourced lifeline after conservative taxpayers voted against a proposal to use tax funds to support it because approximately 90 titles "could be" LGBTQ-related, reports NBC News. The shortfall of $245K would result in the library's closure in a year, according to its Board President Larry Walton. In… READ THE REST
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Study for a perfect score and help kids in need by purchasing this portable monitor
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