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Bose is buying Skullcandy and plans to keep the headphone brand in Park City, Utah, Wired reports, following an existing audio-licensing partnership.
The acquisition gives Bose a route to lower-priced products and a board-sports audience, while putting Skullcandy’s cultural identity under a new owner.
Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer said on October 21 that the US-backed newborn hepatitis B study would not proceed in Guinea-Bissau because researchers lacked necessary government approval.
The halt stops the proposed study from proceeding in Guinea-Bissau while leaving institutions to account for announced funding, seized vaccines, and the authorization process.
Meta announced an agreement linking Mark Zuckerberg’s sales of proposed non-voting shares to his continued residence near its headquarters amid California’s wealth-tax proposal.
The proposed shares would let Zuckerberg obtain cash without reducing his voting control, leaving other investors with financial exposure but no votes attached to the new stock.
Airbnb announced restrictions on host-required cleaning chores for bookings made on or after November 20, prompting host objections and guest celebrations, Wired reports.
The restrictions change how much checkout labor travelers can be required to supply, but they do not establish that cleaning fees or total booking prices will fall.
Elon Musk is attempting to merge Tesla and SpaceX, according to an October 21 Financial Times report that identifies shareholders and global regulators as audiences still needing persuasion.
Merger terms would determine how Tesla and SpaceX investors share ownership, finance investment, and bear risks currently held in separate companies.
The PHP Foundation disclosed two critical vulnerabilities affecting web-serving installations, developers released fixes, and Reuters reported that websites went offline over the risks.
Website operators must deploy the fixes through their own hosting arrangements while deciding whether continued service exposes users to unacceptable security risks.
Nscale has reportedly rented the Kalmar, a former floating detention center, to house construction contractors for its delayed data-center project in Glomfjord, Norway.
Contractors’ ability to rest, reach the jobsite, and leave employer-arranged accommodation depends on housing and transport terms that the available account does not establish.
Al Jazeera reports that Bitupan Deka, a computer technology professor in Shillong, developed a textile-design system after learning that weavers in Assam received one-time design fees rather than royalties.
A commercial tool could expand textile design choices without securing continuing income or decision-making power for the craftspeople whose work gives those designs cultural value.