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Ploopy’s smallest open-source trackball now includes a button

Canadian-based Ploopy announced the Nano 2 on Friday. It’s an update to the ultra-compact Nano trackball featuring a new button, improved performance, and a USB-C port that replaces the original’s chunky USB-B port. The company made a similar upgrade with its Classic 2 trackball mouse earlier this year. The Nano 2 is still designed to […]

Amazon launches Amazon Bazaar, a standalone, low-cost shopping app in 12+ markets across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, with most products priced under $10 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon launches Amazon Bazaar, a standalone, low-cost shopping app in 12+ markets across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, with most products priced under $10  —  On Friday, Amazon announced the debut of Amazon Bazaar, a new low-cost shopping destination for Asia, Africa …

Katamari Damacy's creator and more artists reimagine 8-bit games in a new art show

iam8bit is hosting a video game art show for its 20th anniversary, and we have an exclusive peek at some of the 8-bit inspired pieces from the show.

Stranger Things 5 releases five-minute clip of the Upside Down

Netflix has released a 5-minute clip of the first five minutes of the final season of Stranger Things; depicting a flashback of Will and Vecna

Commonware, which develops open-source code for launching blockchains, raised $25M led by Tempo, a stablecoin-focused blockchain backed by Stripe and Paradigm (Ben Weiss/Fortune)

Ben Weiss / Fortune:
Commonware, which develops open-source code for launching blockchains, raised $25M led by Tempo, a stablecoin-focused blockchain backed by Stripe and Paradigm  —  Patrick O'Grady, founder of Commonware.  —  COURTESY OF COMMONWARE  —  A high-profile project launched by fintech giant Stripe …