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Costco Working on Ad Network to Sell Its Shoppers’ Data
Costco is the perfect place to shop whenever you need a 3kg tub of pretzels and four litres of mayonnaise. Or, perhaps more famously, those $1.50 hot dog combos. But now those purchases will help the retailer target you with ads, according to a report from Morning Brew Thursday. Costco plans to put customer buying…
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Luxury Handbag Maker Wins Trademark Lawsuit Against ‘MetaBirkin’ NFT Maker
Look to your left, and see an image of a famed, extremely expensive luxury Birkin-brand handbag. On your right, is a non-fungible token, a digital image whose rights of ownership are recorded on a blockchain. On Wednesday, a jury in New York decided that these MetaBirkin NFTs were indeed a big ripoff of the famous…
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Walmart Aromatherapy Spray Linked to Mystery Outbreak of a Deadly Tropical Disease, Recall Issued
On Friday, the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention announced a primary suspect behind a perplexing outbreak of melioidosis, a tropical and often fatal bacterial disease rarely found in the United States: a brand of aromatherapy spray sold by the retail chain Walmart online and at dozens of stores. Though the investigation is ongoing,…
