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Supporters of nationwide decriminalization and legalization of recreational cannabis have one very big major tech company on their side: Amazon.
Gizmodo took note of the blog post Amazon senior vice president of human resources Beth Galetti published about the company’s position on Sept. 21.
Galetti reminded readers
(Getty Images) Facebook will now be known as Meta. The oft-criticized tech giant’s company name change was announced at the Facebook Connect augmented and virtual reality conference, CNBC reports. Meta is an abbreviated form of the sci-fi term “metaverse” that CEO Mark Zuckerberg began using publicly in past Author: Maxim Staff
Oregon Chardonnay has been buzzing in the wine world, and if you’re looking to understand why, ask Josh Bergstrom. His parents, Swedish immigrants, founded their Willamette Valley vineyard decades ago. They didn’t quite mean to start a wine legacy — his father moved to the United States from Sweden Author: Kate Dingwall
You might say that other luxury watchmakers, even the finest on the planet, likely have a degree of envy for a company with as much heritage pedigree as Omega. The Omega Speedmaster famously took to lunar flight decades ago, after all, and an homage to the first Omega in space Author: Beau Hayhoe
(Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images) I n a small village in post-war Surrey, England, a young boy found himself enthralled with visions of rocket ships and had “a dream looking up to the stars.” Despite grappling with dyslexia and academic challenges, the child’s imaginative spirit was irrepressible. His headmaster predicted that he’d Author: Keith Gordon
Purpose-built watches are often built for extreme conditions, but there’s only one watch with a story quite like the Rolex GMT-Master owned by U.S. Navy Captain Thomas Francis Finley Jr.: That watch adorned the helicopter pilot’s wrist as he flew rescue missions for the 1971 retrieval of Apollo 14 astronauts. Author: Beau Hayhoe
Apple TV+ has found success with retro-minded music docs like Beastie Boys Story and 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything, and now the streamer is giving the same treatment to legendary rock band The Velvet Underground. Apple The highly-influential 1960s band fronted by Lou Reed Author: Maxim Video