Special Masters and the Trump Records Investigation, Explained
An independent arbiter’s review of government documents seized at the former president’s home could significantly delay the criminal inquiry.
Winter fuel crisis must be solved by green investment – not new gas fields, say experts
The impending winter fuel crisis must be solved by helping households save energy, not by fracking and sourcing new gas fields, experts have urged the new prime minister.…
‘Ridiculous’: Former WH official on Trump’s offer to pardon Jan. 6 rioters
Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham reacts to former President Trump's proposal of pardoning Jan. 6 rioters if he is reelected.…
A video game industry veteran on making the art behind popular NFTs
Welcome back to Chain Reaction, where we unpack and explain the latest in crypto news, drama and trends, breaking things down block by block for the crypto curious.…
Remember, the Brendan Fraser Renaissance Began With Doom Patrol
People are ready for Brendan Fraser to make his comeback. By all accounts, that will happen with The Whale, Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming film starring Fraser as a 600-lb.…
U.N. Team Calls for No-Fire Zone at Ukraine Nuclear Plant
In a highly anticipated report, nuclear experts who crossed a battlefield to inspect Europe’s largest nuclear plant called for Russia and Ukraine to halt all military activity around the complex.…
How The Merge will slash Ethereum’s climate pollution
Ethereum just set The Merge in motion — and the stakes are huge for the planet.…
Video Raises Concerns About Election Data Breach in Georgia County
Surveillance video from rural Coffee County, Ga., raised new questions about the extent to which election data was improperly shared with pro-Trump figures challenging the 2020 election results.…
Crypto Exchange KuCoin Highlights Flaws in DeFi Platform Acala’s Post-Exploit Proposal
The exchange has pinpointed several mistakes in the platform’s data on erroneously issued stablecoins.
Javier Zamora Carried a Heavy Load. He Laid It to Rest on the Page.
Decades after traveling without his parents from El Salvador to the U.S. as a 9-year-old — a journey that almost killed him — Zamora describes the experience in a memoir.…
Twitter’s lawyers say Elon Musk wanted out of the deal because of ‘World War 3,’ not bots
The whistleblower complaint from Twitter’s former head of security is already complicating the company’s legal battle with Elon Musk. Lawyers representing Musk and Twitter met in court Tuesday for a hearing that will determine whether the claims made by Pieter “Mudge” Zatko can be added to Elon Musk’s legal case to get out of his $44 billion commitment to buy Twitter.…
Juul agrees to pay $438.5M in its biggest settlement yet, while a newer vape maker gains steam
Juul has long argued that it’s trying to save lives; meanwhile, its own existence seems precarious at times.
Right now is one of those times.…
Inhaling Whippits Left a Man Unable to Walk
In a new paper this month, doctors describe how a 32-year-old man’s habit of inhaling nitrous oxide via “whippits” left him partially paralyzed.…
Bitcoiner Dan Held: Ethereum Merge Will ‘Add Pressure to Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption’
Switching to proof-of-stake “opens up attack vectors the Bitcoin community does not want to take on," Held told Decrypt during a podcast interview.…
Burr avoided $87,000 in losses with ‘well-timed’ stock sales at start of pandemic
Sen. Richard Burr avoided about $87,000 of losses when he sold off stock at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a 2020 search warrant affidavit unsealed on Monday.…
Mark Cuban says pharma villain Martin Shkreli inspired him
The Shark Tank investor and Dallas Mavericks owner takes inspiration where he can get it.…
Star Wars: The Acolyte Adds After Yang’s Jodie Turner-Smith
Good news for fans of Star Wars’ Dark Side. It seems Leslye Headland’s High Republic-set Disney+ show, Star Wars: The Acolyte, is currently casting up beyond just its star, Amandla Stenberg.…
Standalone Facebook Gaming App to Be Shuttered Oct. 28
Meta is pulling the plug on its attempt to carve into Twitch's niche, saying last week that its standalone Facebook Gaming application will be shut down Oct.…
Peter Straub, Literary Master of the Supernatural, Dies at 79
A fan of Henry James and John Ashbery, he brought a poet’s sensibility to stories about ghosts, demons and other things that go bump in the night.…
After Uvalde, Texas State Police Revise Training for Mass Shootings
Five Department of Public Safety officers have been referred for formal investigation over their response to the May 24 school shooting.…
Trans activist forced to flee across the globe by online troll farm
Clara Sorrenti, a trans activist who was forced to flee her home in Canada after users of a hate-filled website targeted her, has succeeded in her campaign to get the site taken offline, for now.…
Woman who can ‘smell Parkinson’s’ helps scientists come up with diagnostic test
A woman who could "smell Parkinson's" has helped scientists come up with a test which spots the disease.
Twitter Developer Labs to Ride Off Into the Sunset Oct. 31
Twitter Developer Labs and all of its remaining endpoints will be no more as of Oct. 31. Staff developer advocate Suhem Parack said in a blog post that the original purpose of Twitter Developer Labs was for the platform to build the next generation of its application-programming interface alongside its developer community, and with Twitter...…
Daemon Targaryen, Westeros’ John Wick
House of the Dragon, following in the footsteps and long shadow of its predecessor, wasted no time in giving itself a meaty battle scene this week.…
Here Are the Ads That Won Big at the 2022 Gerety Awards
The Gerety Awards, the only advertising awards program with an all-female jury, has revealed its 2022 winners. Six U.S.-based campaigns received gold this year: Pepsi's "Better with Pepsi" campaign, NFL's "Bring Down the House," Call of Duty's "Warzone in Paradise," Chipotle's "A Future Begins" campaign, the "Rescue Doodles" campaign for Pedigree and "I Will Always...…
Daily Crunch: PSG, Battery Ventures invest $100M in open source password manager Bitwarden
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What we learned driving VW’s new electric ID Buzz
Enlarge / Volkswagen won't reveal the US-spec ID Buzz for another year, but it invited us to drive the European version, which it has just launched.
