This week we recap the biggest nerd news in both entertainment and tech.  

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• New York Post: Chris Pratt’s ‘Super Mario Bros.’ casting angers Italians and Nintendo fans.
  • https://nypost.com/2021/09/24/chris-pratts-super-mario-casting-angers-italians-nintendo-fans/ 
• Marvel is fighting to keep the rights to some major characters
  • https://www.ign.com/articles/marvel-ditko-copyright-termination-doctor-strange-spider-man 
• Facebook overpaid the FTC by nearly $5 billion to ‘protect Zuckerberg’ and ‘make his problems go away’
  • https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-cambrige-analytica-shareholder-lawsuit-ftc-fine-2021-9 
• Crypto trading hamster
  • https://www.npr.org/2021/09/25/1040683057/crypto-trading-hamster-goxx-warren-buffet-s-p-500?ft=nprml&f=1040683057 
• China’s cryptocurrency ban: What it means for Bitcoin, Coinbase and the US
  • https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/chinas-cryptocurrency-ban-what-it-means-for-bitcoin-coinbase-and-the-us/ 
• CNN: An alarm went off on SpaceX’s all-tourist space flight. The problem was the toilet.
  • https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/25/tech/spacex-toilet-waste-management-system-scn/index.html 
• Elon Musk says he’s sending Jeff Bezos a silver medal and a ‘giant statue’ of the number 2 after surpassing him again to become the world’s richest person
  • https://news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-says-hes-sending-215710183.html