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Amazon Busted for Widespread Scheme to Inflate Prices Across the Economy

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/amazon-busted-for-widespread-price

#HackerNews #Amazon #Inflated #Prices #PriceGouging #Economy #NewsTech #ConsumerRights

Capital One just decided to splash $5.15B on #Brex, because apparently, there's no better way to manage your own debt than by buying a #startup that helps others manage theirs 🤔💸. Meanwhile, Reuters is so cutting-edge they can't even display this groundbreaking news without JS—welcome to the future, folks! 🚀🔧
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/capital-one-buy-fintech-firm-brex-515-billion-deal-2026-01-22/ #CapitalOne #Acquisition #DebtManagement #NewsTech #HackerNews #ngated

💰✈️ Oh look, Japan's rolling out the red carpet with a $700M "please come teach us" fund, while The Register chuckles behind a "403 Forbidden" wall, making sure nobody knows what’s actually happening. 🤖🚫 Guess the real talent is in avoiding their website’s robot bouncers!
https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/16/japan_has_a_yen_for/ #JapanFunding #JapanTech #TheRegister #NewsTech #403Forbidden #HackerNews #ngated

🚀🎉 Breaking news: #Flatpak is *still* a thing! Apparently, people are excited about this magical app packaging format that promises world peace and an end to world hunger, one package at a time. 🌍✨ Meanwhile, at the Linux Application Summit, masses rejoiced as Flatpak was declared "great" by a guy named Sebastian—truly a groundbreaking revelation. 🙄🥳
https://lwn.net/Articles/1020571/ #LinuxAppSummit #AppPackaging #NewsTech #WorldPeace #HackerNews #ngated

Title of work deciphered in sealed Herculaneum scroll via digital unwrapping

https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/title-work-deciphered-sealed-herculaneum-scroll-digital-unwrapping

#HackerNews #Herculaneum #Scrolls #DigitalUnwrapping #AncientTexts #Archaeology #NewsTech #History