Apple’s landmark App Tracking Transparency may not be as tough as some people think.
How Bitcoin mining devastated this New York town
If, in 2017, you had taken a gamble and purchased a comparatively new digital currency called Bitcoin, today you would be a millionaire many times over. But while the industry has provided windfalls for some, local communities have paid a price. Cryptocurrency is created by computers solving complicated mathematical equations—a […]
What is Blockchain: Everything You Need to Know (2022)
If you want to pay online, you need to register an account and provide credit card information. If you don’t have a credit card, you can pay with bank transfer. With the rise of cryptocurrencies, these methods may become obsolete. Imagine a world in which you can do transactions and […]
Microsoft says it will pay up to $26K more, an increase of 30% in some cases, in bug bounties for “high-impact” bugs in its Office 365 products (Jessica Lyons Hardcastle/The Register)
Jessica Lyons Hardcastle / The Register:Microsoft says it will pay up to $26K more, an increase of 30% in some cases, in bug bounties for “high-impact” bugs in its Office 365 products — Plus: HP fixes critical Teradici flaws, Karakurt may be a Conti side hustle, and info-stealing malware set […]
Venom BlackBook Zero 14 Phantom
The Venom Blackbook Zero 14 Phantom is an ultra-lightweight business-focused laptop with an excellent battery life and two charger cables.
Spotify’s recent Podsights and Chartable acquisitions are raising concerns over the availability of third-party podcast metrics for advertisers and publishers (Alyssa Meyers/Morning Brew)
Alyssa Meyers / Morning Brew:Spotify’s recent Podsights and Chartable acquisitions are raising concerns over the availability of third-party podcast metrics for advertisers and publishers — Some say it significantly reduces the number of third-party measurement options available. — When Spotify announced its acquisition …
Nokia G21
The Nokia G21 is a basic, affordable 4G phone, but beyond the price and battery there’s not much to recommend it.
A look at Lumafield, which designs CT scanners for consumer products companies like L’Oreal, OXO, and Trek Bicycle, and has raised $32.5M (Amy Feldman/Forbes)
Amy Feldman / Forbes:A look at Lumafield, which designs CT scanners for consumer products companies like L’Oreal, OXO, and Trek Bicycle, and has raised $32.5M — Lumafield emerges from stealth with $32.5 million in funding and early customers that include L’Oreal, OXO and Trek Bicycle.
A $620 million hack? Just another day in crypto
The FBI said on Thursday that the Lazarus Group, a prolific hacking team run by the North Korean government, is responsible for the March 2022 hack of a cryptocurrency platform called Ronin Network. The hackers stole $620 million in the cryptocurrency Ethereum. That’s an eye-catching number in almost any context. […]
PitchBook: global AI chip sales grew 60% YoY to $35.9B in 2021; semiconductor startups got $1.8B in VC funding in 2021, up from $1.4B in 2020 and $1.1B in 2019 (Max A. Cherney/Protocol)
Max A. Cherney / Protocol:PitchBook: global AI chip sales grew 60% YoY to $35.9B in 2021; semiconductor startups got $1.8B in VC funding in 2021, up from $1.4B in 2020 and $1.1B in 2019 — The raw computational power necessary to use machine learning has dwarfed everything else we use […]