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KPop Demon Hunters gets a Criterion Collection edition, saving it from Netflix jail

Directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans’ KPop Demon Hunters is coming to the Criterion Collection after Grammy nominations and Netflix success.

Fortnite fan and Olympian Alysa Liu wants her own skin in the game

Alysa Liu currently has two gold Olympics medals. Surely, Epic Games can spare some Fortnite cosmetic skins.

The creators of Dark Sky have a new weather app that shares multiple predictions

After selling their popular weather app to Apple in March 2020, where some of its core features were incorporated into Apple Weather, the creators of Dark Sky have left Apple to create yet another alternative. Their new app, called Acme Weather, embraces the fact that forecasts will never be entirely accurate by providing both a […]

Software stocks extended their weeks-long selloff on Monday; several of the biggest decliners were discussed in a post by Citrini Research (Jack Pitcher/Wall Street Journal)

Jack Pitcher / Wall Street Journal:
Software stocks extended their weeks-long selloff on Monday; several of the biggest decliners were discussed in a post by Citrini Research  —  The weeks-long selloff in software stocks deepened Monday amid general unease about the threat posed by AI.  —  Software-makers AppLovin, CrowdStrike …

Sources: Trump's "Board of Peace" is exploring a USD-pegged stablecoin for Gaza; a source says it will not be a "Gaza Coin" or a new Palestinian currency (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Sources: Trump's “Board of Peace” is exploring a USD-pegged stablecoin for Gaza; a source says it will not be a “Gaza Coin” or a new Palestinian currency  —  Proposal to launch cryptocurrency pegged to US dollar comes after cash supply was decimated during Israeli offensive