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Fantasy author raises $15.4 million in 24 hours for self-publishing

Brandon Sanderson wanted to raise $1 million on Kickstarter in 30 days to fund four new books. He flew past it in about 35 minutes.

In exercising discretion over how unverified or fake content is moderated, social media companies have decided to “take sides,” said Alex Stamos, the director of… Read More »In Ukraine’s information war, a mix of fact and fiction

West’s short animated video for his new song, “Easy,” takes on his now-ex-wife’s love interest. After a short hearing she virtually attended, Kim Kardashian was… Read More »Kanye West Buries Pete Davidson’s Cartoon On Divorce Day

Liz Giorgi expected she was set to raise more money for her startup, Soona, in April. But when she saw how much money was sloshing… Read More »Today’s Startups Are Overloaded With Cash – And Watching Every Penny

For months, members of Conti — one of the most ruthless of the dozens of ransomware gangs in existence — have rejoiced in publicly sharing… Read More »Conti cybergang enjoyed leaking victims’ data. Now the roles are reversed

As the eighth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine began Thursday morning, Russian forces appeared to have gained tactical control of their first city,… Read More »How cheap Chinese tires could explain Russia’s 40-mile military convoy in Ukraine

Meeting that challenge has become an emerging and increasingly crowded market called conversational AI. Big Tech companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Oracle have… Read More »Chatbots are getting smarter – The New York Times

Amazon is closing more than 50 of its brick-and-mortar stores, including two dozen bookstores and more than 30 Amazon 4-Star stores that sell general merchandise,… Read More »Amazon plans to close more than 50 brick-and-mortar stores.

Four US senators want Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen to explain how her department plans to get cryptocurrency companies and other digital asset intermediaries to… Read More »Senators ask if Russia can use cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions

A malicious app downloaded more than 10,000 times from Google Play covertly installed a remote access trojan that stole user passwords, text messages and other… Read More »Google Play app downloaded more than 10,000 times contained RAT for stealing data

Workers at a REI store in New York City voted to unionize Wednesday, creating the only union at the outdoor gear and apparel retailer. The… Read More »REI workers in New York vote for union

On Thursday, the Marine Corps launched its first-ever Marine Coastal Regiment — a new unit that may already be worrying US near-colleagues. “Opponents don’t like… Read More »Marine Corps Launches New Coastal Unit That US Opponents Reportedly Hate

The Biden administration on Wednesday increased restrictions on exports of certain technologies to Russia and Belarus. The new controls will prevent US companies from exporting… Read More »The US extends technology restrictions to Belarus and the Russian oil industry.

If the leaders of the Big Tech platforms thought geopolitics would unburden their businesses during Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address, but they… Read More »Biden Puts Surveillance Ads In The Spotlight