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Cliff Joseph/ZDNETSometimes it's hard to drum up excitement. In an anxious world, many people just want old, familiar feelings. Like security, safety and, well, sanity. This can make it hard for companies that want their customers to feel a perpetual sense of wonder.Apple traded on that perpetual sense of wonder for a long time. I wonder whether that's getting quite difficult. I only sink to this thought because, according to vibrantly excited rumors, Apple will shortly launch an M3 MacBook Air.Also: The 6 best…

Former Barclays Plc bond traders Ovie Faruq and Mike Anderson have sold a collection of iconic digital art that triggered their departure from banking and their pursuit of careers in nonfungible tokens. Faruq and Anderson sold 72 Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs for between 78.08 and 78.18 Ether each this week, which translates to roughly $9.25 million, according to transactions recorded on NFT marketplace OpenSea. Faruq said the initial investment was around $1.14 million, which would make for at least 700%…

Image via Marvel Studios Beginning with 2021’s Wandavision, the MCU has been slowly inundating fans with movies and series about the multiverse as part of a vast, arcing saga. In the (not so distant) past, Marvel Studios has successfully pulled off the ambitious Infinity Saga, telling an overarching storyline through a series of 23 (!) stand-alone films. The ability to keep audiences interested in a franchise for over a decade is no small feat; the Infinity Saga undeniably changed the trajectory of film by…

The BAYC community is granted the ability to commercially use their NFTs, such as for a pop up burger joint in California. Critics have said Yuga Labs doesn’t grant ownership, so much as a license for their ape.Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images)Yuga Labs, the company behind the toilet-obsessed Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, is in a strange space regarding its intellectual property.As first reported by ARTnews, new documents filed by Yuga Labs in an ongoing lawsuit go out of its way to explainwhether its infamous Bored Ape…

The creator of the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club collection of NFTs and its promoters, including Madonna, Paris Hilton and Justin Bieber, were sued by investors. The creator of the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club collection of NFTs and its promoters, including Madonna, Paris Hilton and Justin Bieber, were sued by investors claiming they were duped into buying the collectibles by celebrities who didn't disclose they were paid to pump sales. Yuga Labs Inc., the blockchain start-up behind Bored Ape Yacht Club, Hollywood…

Image: rafapress (Shutterstock)A class action lawsuit was filed against Yuga Labs, the parent company of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), on Friday, in which investors claimed the company didn’t disclose celebrities’ alleged involvement in promoting and selling NFTs (non-fungible tokens).The lawsuit, seen by Gizmodo, named celebrities who were reportedly used to increase revenue by “billions of dollars” that were generated by their endorsements. The plaintiffs, Adonis Real and Adam Titcher claim the campaign artificially…

Dozens of celebrities have been named in a class action lawsuit against Yuga Labs Inc.—the cryptocurrency startup behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs.The suit, filed Thursday in Los Angeles federal court, alleges A-list actors, musicians, and athletes were discreetly paid to “misleadingly promote” and inflate the value Yuga Financial Products. Plaintiffs Adam Titcher and Adonis Real, who allegedly began purchasing Yuga assets in 2021, say “vast scheme” resulted in “staggering losses” for investors.According to the…

Elon warns that Twitter might face bankruptcy as senior executives leave! Read more tech news here Good morning tech fam, here are some quick tech updates for you to catch on to! What’s New Today: EU antitrust regulators are building up charges against Meta over its growing implementation of user data and classified advertisement services. Fast-Track Insights: Tether’s native token USDT drops below 3% breaking below its US$1 peg. Experts believe that these are the contagion risks of the FTX and Binance’s failed deal.…

Yuga Labs’ founders defended NFT creator royalties and called out OpenSea’s NFT Royalty plan With top NFT marketplace OpenSea saying over the weekend that it may follow the trend of no longer enforcing creator royalties on secondary sales, more and more prominent artists and creators are making their views known. OpenSea’s NFT Royalty Tool is unclear and potentially misleading, and that part of its plan is anti-competitive. As many NFT platforms shifted away from honoring NFT creator royalties in recent weeks, top…

A Source Once Claimed Scarlett Johansson Likes To Be In Control In Her Relationship(Photo Credit –wikimedia) Scarlett Johansson is one of the biggest names in Hollywood. She grew up as a child actor and has faced the ups and downs of the film industry. The Black Widow actress has gone through hypers*xualisation, which she recently spoke about. Scarlett felt that being objectified from a young age affected the roles she got. Now, she has become one of the most critically acclaimed actresses. The Jojo Rabbit star has a…