MacKenzie Sigalos | Lillian Rizzo | Rohan Goswami Distressed crypto firm BlockFi has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey following the implosion of putative acquirer FTX. In the filing, the company indicated that it had more than 100,000 creditors, with liabilities and assets […]
Mastodon is “subtly designed to reduce the huge, viral surges of attention we see on Twitter” and others, which have “deformed people’s behavior… coaxed people to constantly try to hack the attentional marketplace… incessantly making posts … operatically theatrical… enrage … [other] high-voltage reaction”. Hence “antiviral design”, of which Mastodon is a great example, engineered […]
by Zahra Tayeb | Business Insider Apple is now worth more than fellow tech giants Alphabet, Amazon and Meta combined, after it ended trading Wednesday with a market value of $2.307 trillion. At the same time, the market caps of its three tech giant peers added up to $2.306 trillion at the close of trading […]
I knew it the minute I opened my eyes. Once again I crossed the line. Yep, I let alcohol get the better of me. August 24, 2019 was my come to Jesus day. That sad day started and ended with the same question in my head and my heart. Why do I take it so […]
‘Theo, drop the knife!’: Dog walker begs armed pup to surrender weapon He was armed to the teeth. Theo, a fluffy and innocent-looking Great Pyrenees gave his dog walker plenty of agita this week by picking up a sharp knife while out on a stroll. “I thought he grabbed a stick as usual,” Matt Paprocki, who was […]
by GAURAV SHUKLA | REVIEW GEEK For years, consumer-grade devices used single-frequency GPS receivers to determine their location. But that is changing as newer gadgets have started adding support for a second GPS frequency called L5. Here’s everything you need to know. The GPS Signal Although initially designed for the United States military, the Global Positioning System or […]
by TIM BROOKES Wondering where your stolen or lost iPhone went? Thanks to Activation Lock and Find My iPhone, Apple locks your devices to your Apple ID. This forces thieves to turn to increasingly inventive ways of making the device usable (and saleable) again. Scammers Want You to Remove Activation Lock It’s not enough to […]
by Will Lockett | Medium Elon’s miracle internet just had the rug pulled from under it, and it could derail his future space plans. Elon got his billionaire start by redefining the internet with PayPal. But his future success is tied to revolutionising how we access the internet with Starlink. Starlink’s vast constellation of satellites […]
A shipment of baby wipes turns out to be $11.8 million worth of cocaine by JONATHAN FRANKLIN U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered more than 1,500 pounds of cocaine hidden in a place where you would least expect it: a shipment of baby wipes. The narcotics seizure occurred last Friday at the Laredo-Colombia Solidarity […]
A 74-year-old former high school teacher in Australia has been found guilty of murdering his wife in 1982 after popular true-crime podcast “The Teacher’s Pet” renewed an investigation. A judge found Christopher Dawson killed his then-33-year-old wife, Lynette, to pursue a relationship with a 16-year-old former student who babysat the couple’s two daughters. Dawson faces […]
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