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In a week that took us from craving air conditioners to coveting air purifiers, this also happened:

Target plans to increase its number of Black employees by 20% over the next three years as part of its growing efforts to build a more diverse and inclusive company, executives said. Target’s total workforce last year was 360,000, with 25% of employees Latino, 15% Black, 5% Asian and 5% people who identified as mixed race, American Indian or other underrepresented groups. The diversity is less the higher the position, however, with 61% of managers, 71% of company officers and 75% of the leadership team being white. Black employees account for only 5% of Target’s executives or senior level officials and managers. Nintendo said it will be making a modern version of its first portable gaming system, the Game & Watch, which was a collection of handheld devices, each dedicated to playing one or two simple games and, occasionally, doubling as a clock. TechCrunch says the limited edition release is part of the celebration of the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., and its games are all built around that franchise.

Facebook found out it may have to keep its data on Europeans stored within the European Union rather than moving it to the U.S. The Irish Data Protection Commission raised concerns that such transfers do not adequately protect the information from U.S. government surveillance.

Average rates on long-term mortgages fell to yet another record low amid signs that the halting economic recovery slowed over the summer. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported that the average rate on the 30-year home loan declined to 2.86% from 2.93% the previous week.

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