Walmart in talks to buy TV/electronics maker Vizio for $2billion+

I can't remember if it was Vizio or LG that said they made more money on data gathered from their smart TVs than from selling the TVs themselves, personally I think this is what Walmart is after.

Unfortunately the article itself is behind a Wall Street Journal paywall, so about all I can easily link to is the Slashdot post. I will quote one reply on Slashdot: maker of cheap shit being purchased by seller of cheap shit.

https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/02/13/2041215/walmart-in-talks-to-buy-vizio-for-more-than-2-billion

Crypto exchange FTX to repay customers in liquidation rather than reopen

FTX was the exchange run by convicted felon Sam Bankman-Fried, who is facing potentially decades in prison for his role in mis-managing the company and failing to produce the technology that the exchange needed. The current managers of the exchange have secured around $7billion in assets and will use that to try to repay customers as much as possible, their accounts were frozen in November '22 when the company filed for bankruptcy.

There's one little catch, which will make the customers unhappy: the payback will be in November '22 pricing. In late '22, crypto was in a slump. Bitcoin was trading at $16.8k, it's now at over $43k. But at least they'll be getting money back, which is more than people in most failed exchanges will be getting. All of this is taking place after having reached an agreement with the courts.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/31/ftx-crypto-exchange-cancelled-refund-customers

Paul McCartney's signature bass, stolen 50 years ago, has been returned!

It was taken from the back of a van and is now back in Paul's hands. It was used in the recording of the first two Beatle's albums and is still in its original case! The guitar is only slightly the worse for wear and needs a little restoration work before it'll be in playable form.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paul-mccartney-lost-lost-bass-found-1234969159/