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• Russia legalizing software piracy https://gizmodo.com/russia-looks-at-legalizing-software-piracy-to-offset-sa-1848616859
• Escape From Tarkov virtual currency https://www.vice.com/en/article/dypk4m/escape-from-tarkov-players-feel-the-squeeze-of-the-rubles-collapse
• Better.com’s Vishal Garg did it again https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/08/better-com-employees-learned-of-layoffs-when-severance-checks-appeared-in-payroll-app/ https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/8/22967171/better-employees-latest-layoffs-severance-checks-vishal-garg
• Lead exposure study https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/lead-gasoline-blunted-iq-half-us-population-study-rcna19028 https://gizmodo.com/half-of-americans-exposed-to-iq-lowering-levels-of-lead-1848618519
• LimeWire is back and doing NFTs now https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3n85w/piracy-icon-limewire-is-coming-back-but-as-an-nft-marketplace
• Apple Event https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/9/22968839/apple-mac-studio-display-m1-ultra-strategy-users https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/8/22967608/mac-studio-top-specs-price-cpu-gpu-m1-ultra-expensive https://gizmodo.com/apples-studio-display-is-a-27-inch-5k-external-monitor-1848623423