Blockchain.com scores payment license from Singapore central bank
The crypto exchange is the 12th to receive a crypto-dealing license in the country allowing it to service accredited investors and institutions.…
Cypher Protocol freezes smart contract after an estimated $1M exploit
A crypto wallet suspected to be tied to the exploit shows it gained over $1 million in SOL and UDSC since the attack.…
China reportedly had ‘deep, persistent access’ to Japanese networks for months
Late last year, Nikkei Asia reported that Japan was planning to add thousands of personnel to its military cyber defense unit.…
Fiction Analytics Site Prosecraft Shut Down After Author Backlash
Prosecraft.io, a site that used novels to help power a data-driven project to display word count, passive voice, and other much more subjective, writing-style markers such as vividness, shut down today after authors protested the project.…
Trump Cheers the Defeat of Rapinoe and the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team
The former president taunted a U.S. team after its defeat on the world stage.
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Meet with Samsung Next and other pivotal partners at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, which runs September 19–21 in San Francisco, is the startup world’s big tent. It draws founders, venture partners, CEOs, engineers, scientists, policy makers, researchers and entrepreneurs, product managers, CMOs, corporate M&A directors, MBA candidates and business developers who form the entire backbone of the startup ecosystem.…
Paramount Streaming Losses Shrink, Subscribers Reach 61 Million
As the writers and actors strikes continue to disrupt the entertainment industry, Paramount added a modest 700,000 subscribers to its main streaming service, Paramount+, the company announced during an earnings call this evening.…
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Meatable sinks its teeth into $35M to accelerate launch of its cultivated pork products
Venture capital funding to the cultivated meat industry has largely followed other industries in fewer investments made this year; however, there’s still movement in this sector yet.…
Lenovo Slim 7i vs MacBook Air (M2): Which laptop is right for you?
Searching for a new and great laptop can sometimes be difficult, but we do have two suggestions on where you might want to start.…
Urban foxes are bolder but not cleverer than their rural relatives, study finds
Foxes that live in London and other urban areas are generally bolder than foxes living in rural areas, new research has found.…
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Obese and overweight people’s brains different from those of normal weight
Obese and overweight people brains have different appetite control centres in their brains to those of normal weight, a new study suggests.…
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Apple’s M3 Max MacBook Pro rumored to have 40 GPU cores and up to 48GB of RAM
Over the weekend, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman dug into the specs of a Mac Mini in testing with the new generation of Apple Silicon, and today, he’s reporting that in the high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro, at least one version of the M3 Max chip seen in testing contains 16 CPU cores and 40 GPU cores as well as up to 48GB of memory.…
Central Bank of Brazil Reveals Name of Its Controversial CBDC
Although only a few financial institutions can handle DREX, its implementation is expected to help Brazilians access more banking products.
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How to use Spatial Audio when sharing audio in tvOS 17
Apple has upgraded the shared audio experience in tvOS 17 by adding Spatial Audio support. Here's how to get it set up.…
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Samsung’s 970 EVO Plus 500GB SSD drops to just $30, falling to its lowest price ever
The Samsung 970 EVO Plus is ranked as one of the best M.2 SSDs on the market right now. Of course, there are newer models out there, but if you're looking for a PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD, you won't find anything better than the 970 EVO Plus.…
Hollywood Mourns the Passing of Director William Friedkin
From iconic directors and legendary actors, to big corporations and famous name brands, it seems everyone in Hollywood has something incredible to say about William Friedkin.…
A New AI-Driven Cyberattack Can Steal Your Data Just By Listening to You Type
A new study published by a number of British researchers reveals a hypothetical cyberattack in which a hacker could leverage recorded audio of a person typing to steal their personal data.…
Investors Have Stopped Shorting Bitcoin for First Time in 3 Months: CoinShares Report
According to the latest Coinshares Fund Report, outflows into short Bitcoin (BTC) products have ceased for the first time in fourteen weeks. …
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China’s risky Bitcoin court decision, is Huobi in trouble or not? Asia Express
Man loses $10M after Chinese court rules Bitcoin lending is not protected by law, loads of Web3 founders get arrested, and Huobi rumors swirl.…
Elon Musk-Backed Brain Hacking Firm Neuralink Raises $280 Million
The biotechnology firm obtained significant financial support for its brain-computer interface development from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.
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It’s no surprise Zoom wants workers back in the office
Zoom, the videoconferencing company whose product became synonymous with remote work calls during the pandemic, has joined the legions of large technology companies forcing most employees back to the office.…
Washington approves first Abrams tank delivery to Kiev
The US-made heavy armor is due to arrive in Ukraine by early autumn, the Pentagon has said
Kiev will get its first batch of the US-made Abrams tanks by early autumn, a senior Pentagon official told journalists on Monday.…
M3 Max chips being tested for future MacBook Pro models
Apple has begun testing the M3 Max processor with a 16-core CPU for 2024 MacBook Pro models.
MacBook Pro will get M3 Max in 2024Apple revealed the M2 Pro and M2 Max-equipped MacBook Pros in January 2023, so news of the M3 models being tested isn't unexpected.…
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MacBook Pro will get M3 Max in 2024New SARS-CoV-2 variant gains dominance in US amid mild summer COVID wave
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For a fourth consecutive summer, COVID-19 is on the rise, though this year's warm-weather wave appears milder than those in the emergency period of the pandemic.
Sony is now reportedly streaming PS5 games at 4K over the internet in public beta
Sony said it was coming, and now it appears to be here.…
New York City Has ‘Tepid’ Plans for Fixing Rikers, Monitor Says
City officials are not moving quickly to fix the troubled jail complex despite the growing prospect of losing authority over it, according to a new report.…
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The right-wing backlash against the US women’s national soccer team, explained
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Authors are losing their patience with AI, part 349235
On Monday morning, numerous writers woke up to learn that their books had been uploaded and scanned into a massive dataset without their consent.…