PleasrDAO, a digital autonomous organization, spent $4.75 million to buy the Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, which was previously owned by Martin Shkreli. Shkreli purchased the album for $2 million in 2015 and was later sentenced to seven years in prison for securities fraud. The government seized the album and sold it to help pay a $7.4 million penalty.

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The Barbie Phone is a clamshell-style feature phone developed by Mattel and HMD, the company that used to make Nokia-branded smartphones. It runs KaiOS and has a range of accessories, including charms and gem stickers. The phone is part of HMD's pivot to crafting its own smartphones and feature phones in partnership with notable companies.

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China's BYD has become the seventh largest automaker in the world, surpassing Honda and Nissan, with exports to Mexico reaching $4.6 billion in 2023. The company's new vehicle sales rose 40% year over year to 980,000 units in the April to June quarter, driven by increased demand for its affordable electric vehicles.

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French prosecutors arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov at Paris' Le Bourget airport on Saturday, holding him in police custody until Wednesday as part of an investigation against an unnamed person. The investigation, initiated by Section J3 cybercrime prosecutors, began on July 8 and involves charges of money laundering, violations of encryption tool import and export, refusal to cooperate with law enforcement, and complicity in drug trafficking, child pornography, and other crimes.

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Autumn has arrived, and WIRED has rounded up the best early Labor Day deals on home theater gear, bedding, and more. The deals will be updated as new ones are found. The LG C4 TV, rated 9/10 by WIRED, is considered the best high-end TV on the market.

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Tim Ballard, a former Homeland Security operative, has become nationally known for his claims to fight sex trafficking. His followers, however, have been harassing and intimidating two women, Celeste Borys and Kira Lynch, who have spoken out against him. The women have reported being stared at, yelled at, and even having someone tell them to keep their mouths shut.

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Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov was arrested at Le Bourget Airport in France on Saturday evening as he exited his private jet from Azerbaijan. He was accompanied by a bodyguard and a woman. The arrest warrant was issued by OFMIN, a new law enforcement office tasked with preventing violence against minors, as part of a preliminary investigation into alleged offenses including drug trafficking, cyberbullying, organized crime, and the promotion of terrorism.

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Israel launched an online advertising campaign to discredit and defund UNRWA, a nonprofit that raises money in the US on behalf of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. The campaign, which started in mid-January, targeted UNRWA USA and accused 12 UNRWA staffers of participating in a deadly attack by Hamas extremists on Israel. The ads directed users to an Israeli government website.

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Donald Trump's supporters, including Elon Musk and Bill Ackman, have been trying to downplay his comments on the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017. Trump said there were 'very fine people on both sides' of the clashes. The Kamala Harris presidential campaign and President Joe Biden have highlighted this comment. The event occurred on August 15, 2017.

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Microsoft has launched preorders for its new all-digital Xbox Series consoles, which will be available on October 15. The company envisions a future where every screen is an Xbox, including PC gaming on Windows and streaming Xbox games through devices like Fire TV sticks.

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