This is industrial scale catfishing | WIRED
This was not supposed to happen. In 2020, in a house surrounded by fields in rural Ireland, 19-year-old Liam sat at his laptop, an energy… Read More »This is industrial scale catfishing | WIRED
NBC is paying $110 million to make an NFL playoff game exclusive to Peacock
Enlarge / San Francisco 49ers new star quarterback Brock Purdy celebrates during an amazing 35-7 win over the Tom Brady-led Buccaneers. Getty Images/Thearon W. Henderson… Read More »NBC is paying $110 million to make an NFL playoff game exclusive to Peacock
Tesla has changed a deadline for investor proposals, angering activists
Tesla investors will have less opportunity to voice their dissatisfaction with management at the company’s annual meeting, which takes place Tuesday in Austin, Texas, because… Read More »Tesla has changed a deadline for investor proposals, angering activists
Autonomous Worlds aims to provide free online games from Corporate Control
OPCraft was built to demonstrate such blockchain-related functions, and also to demonstrate a toolkit developed by 0xPARC’s Lattice for building on-chain games. Conventional video games… Read More »Autonomous Worlds aims to provide free online games from Corporate Control
Microsoft scans the inside of password-protected zip files for malware
Scanning Microsoft cloud services for malware by peeking into users’ zip files, even if they are password protected, several users reported on Mastodon on Monday.… Read More »Microsoft scans the inside of password-protected zip files for malware
Wells Fargo pays $1 billion to settle shareholder lawsuit
Wells Fargo has agreed to pay $1 billion to settle a class action lawsuit accusing the bank of exaggerating the progress it has made in… Read More »Wells Fargo pays $1 billion to settle shareholder lawsuit
Cyclone Mocha leaves thousands homeless in Bangladesh and Myanmar
Hundreds of thousands of people began repairing or rebuilding their homes and livelihoods on Monday after a deadly cyclone hit Myanmar and Bangladesh over the… Read More »Cyclone Mocha leaves thousands homeless in Bangladesh and Myanmar
EU approves Microsoft’s $69 billion deal for Activision
Microsoft’s reluctant $69 billion bid to buy video game company Activision Blizzard received a glimmer of hope Monday when European Union regulators agreed to what… Read More »EU approves Microsoft’s $69 billion deal for Activision
Appeals court suspends ruling that threatened free preventive health care
The news A federal appeals court on Monday temporarily blocked a lower court decision that overturned the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that all health plans… Read More »Appeals court suspends ruling that threatened free preventive health care
Diet sodas aren’t really good for your diet, the WHO guideline suggests
Enlarge / Packets of Equal and Splenda at a New York coffee shop in 2016. People trying to shed pounds often cut calories by consuming… Read More »Diet sodas aren’t really good for your diet, the WHO guideline suggests
Families of Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims Sue Meta, Reddit, Amazon
Elmore says the goal is to force reform. “We can’t bring back the victims of this lawsuit, but we can make sure that other families… Read More »Families of Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims Sue Meta, Reddit, Amazon
Your DNA can now be pulled out of thin air. Privacy experts are concerned.
As a proof of concept in one of their experiments, the researchers scooped a soda can-sized water sample from a creek in St. Augustine, Fla.… Read More »Your DNA can now be pulled out of thin air. Privacy experts are concerned.
What are restaurant service charges for?
Here’s a familiar restaurant scene: dinner is over, the plates are cleared, and the server discreetly drops the bill on the table. But there’s something… Read More »What are restaurant service charges for?
Apple’s M3 will reportedly continue to add CPU and GPU cores to improve performance
Enlarge / Apple’s M2 Pro chip. Unsurprisingly, Apple is already testing its replacement. Apple Many Apple Silicon Macs still haven’t made the jump from the… Read More »Apple’s M3 will reportedly continue to add CPU and GPU cores to improve performance
San Francisco Fed ties to SVB chief draw attention to age-old setup
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has drawn attention to the relationship between the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, which oversaw the lender’s safety… Read More »San Francisco Fed ties to SVB chief draw attention to age-old setup
