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BARCELONA STADIUM BECOMES SPOTIFY CAMP NOU UNDER SPONSORSHIP

Barcelona is teaming up with Spotify — and changing its stadium name — to ease some of the financial struggles that hindered the Spanish club recently.

AMAZON TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEAR TRANSIT STOPS

Amazon said it will spend more than $120 million to build affordable-housing units close to transit stations near Seattle and Washington, D.C, the latest example of a tech company trying to address the affordable housing crisis critics say the industry has exacerbated.

Use Inkscape Extensions to Create 3D Objects From Paper - Paper Tiger

Papercraft is coming back into fashion. Linux users can turn to Inkscape and plugins such as Boxes.py, Paperfold, and Tabgen to create templates from 3D objects for printing.

Create Cartoons and Anime With Opentoonz Toon Time

OpenToonz is a professional animation tool for comic and manga artists.

Building Apps With NocoDB - No Code, No Problem

NocoDB lets you build useful applications without writing a single line of code.

The MusE 4 MIDI Sequencer Music Maker

MusE, a digital audio workstation, offers a free software solution for MIDI projects on Linux.

TIRED OF WAITING FOR DRIVERLESS VEHICLES? HEAD TO A FARM

For years Americans have been told autonomous technology was improving and that driverless vehicles were just around the corner.

iPad Air

The power of the M1 processor & 5G connection

HOUSE DEMS SEEK PROBE OF USPS PLAN FOR NEW MAIL TRUCK FLEET

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking an investigation into a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its aging mail trucks with mostly gasoline-powered vehicles.

INTEL UNVEILS $88B CHIPMAKING EXPANSION PLAN FOR EUROPE

U.S. chipmaker Intel unveiled plans this week to invest up to 80 billion euros ($88 billion) across Europe as part of an ambitious expansion aimed at evening out imbalances in the global semiconductor industry that have led to big chip shortages.

IN AMERICA, A FEW DAYS IN MARCH 2020 ECHO TWO YEARS LATER

The conversations went like this: It will be just a few days. It can be kept at bay. There will be some inconvenience, sure, but the world will merely be paused — just a short break, out of an abundance of caution, and certainly not any kind of major grinding to a halt. Certainly not for two years.

IN ‘THE ADAM PROJECT,' A BLOCKBUSTER THERAPY SESSION

Pathos and action are found in equal parts in “ The Adam Project,” the latest attempt by Netflix to create the kind of throwback blockbuster that you might have paid to see in movie theaters.

HACKED US COMPANIES TO FACE NEW REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Companies critical to U.S. national interests will now have to report when they’re hacked or they pay ransomware, according to new rules approved by Congress.

War in Ukraine Disrupts Key Supply Chains and Lives

It can be hard to measure the ways that Russia’s war in Ukraine has disrupted the global supply of parts and raw materials needed to complete a variety of products – from cars to computer chips.

US Astronaut to Ride Russian Spacecraft Home During Tensions

US astronaut Mark Vande Hei has made it through nearly a year in space, but faces what could be his trickiest assignment yet: riding a Russian capsule back to Earth in the midst of deepening tensions between the countries.

War Censorship Exposes Putin's Leaky Internet Controls

Long before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia’s internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to China’s so-called Great Firewall.

Studio Beyond Pro: The new M1 Ultra Mac powerhouse

Apple tore up the rulebook at its March Peek Performance event, introducing a range of new products including the Mac Studio and a stunning new Studio Display.

NETFLIX, TIKTOK BLOCK SERVICES IN RUSSIA TO AVOID CRACKDOWN

Netflix and TikTok suspended most of their services in Russia as the government cracks down on what people and media outlets can say about Russia’s war in Ukraine.

MICROSOFT CLOSES ON $16 BILLION ACQUISITION OF NUANCE

Microsoft has closed on its approximately $16 billion acquisition of speech recognition company Nuance.

CYBER FIRM: AT LEAST 6 US STATE GOVERNMENTS HACKED BY CHINA

Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government broke into the computer networks of at least six state governments in the United States in the last year, according to a report released this week by a private cybersecurity firm.

HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 VS. TESLA MODEL Y

Consumer appetites for small SUVs seem insatiable, and as electrification reaches every corner of the automotive landscape, a spotlight has appeared over compact EV SUVs.

GEORGIA SENATE PASSES BILL SEEKING TO REGULATE SOCIAL MEDIA

The Georgia state Senate voted 33-21 on Tuesday to pass a bill that seeks to prohibit social media platforms from removing or censoring content amid an outcry from conservatives that their political views are being discriminated against, even though a similar Texas law has been put on hold by a federal court.

APPLE, MLB ANNOUNCE ‘FRIDAY NIGHT BASEBALL' PACKAGE

Apple will enter the live sports coverage arena with “Friday Night Baseball.”

APPLE INVESTORS URGE COMPANY TO UNDERGO CIVIL RIGHTS AUDIT

Apple’s shareholders have approved a proposal urging the iPhone maker to undergo an independent audit assessing its treatment of female and minority employees, delivering a rare rebuke to a management team that runs the world’s most valuable company.

Apple's New Budget iPhone Will Be Faster and More Expensive

Apple on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its budget-priced iPhone that’s capable of connecting to ultrafast 5G wireless networks, an upgrade that’s already been available on the company’s upscale models for more than a year.

‘HODL': A Typo Takes Hold as a Sound Cryptocurrency Strategy

Late in 2013, with bitcoin prices in the middle of a steep dip, a post appeared in an online forum featuring a misspelling that would become legendary: “I AM HODLING.”

SERIOUS SLIME

THE GUNK is an enjoyable adventure stuck short of greatness

Apex Predator

Monster Hunter: Rise is as good as Capcom’s flagship series has ever been

The Settlers

Building cities and burning them down in Ubisoft’s RTS reboot

GLOOMY NIGHTS FOR THE DARK KNIGHT IN ‘THE BATMAN'

Batman, never a day person, is plunged into perpetual night in Matt Reeves’ nocturnal, nihilist, neo-noir take on the Caped Crusader.