Month: October 2022
Bitcoin Lightning Network capacity strikes 5,000 BTC
The growth in Bitcoin added to the layer-2 Lightning Network has electrified over the past year, hitting 4,000 Bitcoin less than four months ago.
Amazon is launching a dedicated hub for its affordable shopping options
Amazon is launching Amazon Access, a new hub for customers to explore the programs, discounts and features that the online retailer offers for affordable shopping, the company announced on Monday. Amazon also announced that its discounted Prime membership, which launched in 2017, will now be called Prime Access. The new Amazon Access hub gives customers … Read more
Rivian taps Capital One exec Diane Lye as its first CIO
Rivian has hired Diane Lye as its first chief information officer, a position that the EV maker says is necessary to expand globally. Lye’s hiring comes as Rivian consolidates its internal and external technology teams across its numerous departments, including manufacturing IT and customer-facing digital products. It is also ahead of Rivian’s planned expansion into … Read more
No Man’s Sky’s Switch launch was a chance to ‘focus on some of the fundamentals’
No Man’s Sky running on a Nintendo Switch | Image: Hello Games Sean Murray from Hello Games talks about bringing the game to the Nintendo Switch, as well as the other changes players can expect with No Man’s Sky’s big 4.0 update on October 7th Continue reading…
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Hackers leak 500GB trove of data stolen during LAUSD ransomware attack
Hackers have released a cache of data stolen during a cyberattack against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in what appears to be the biggest education breach in recent years. Vice Society, a Russian-speaking group that last month claimed responsibility for the ransomware attack that disrupted the LAUSD’s access to email, computer systems and … Read more
Kim Kardashian pays SEC $1.26 million to settle EthereumMax charge
The United States SEC charged the American celebrity and influencer for promoting a cryptocurrency asset security without disclosing payments received to her followers.
SushiSwap Community Votes in ‘Head Chef’ to Oversee Decentralized Crypto Exchange
New CEO Jared Grey said he plans to work out the kinks associated with Sushiswap’s internal structure that may have prompted departures in the past.
Kim Kardashian pays $1.26 million after being charged with illegally promoting crypto scheme
Kim Kardashian asked her followers: “Are you guys into crypto???” | Photo by Gotham/GC IMages Kim Kardashian has paid $1.26 million after being charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with unlawfully promoting a crypto investment scheme on Instagram. The SEC says Kardashian failed to disclose the fact that she was paid $250,000 to … Read more
A ransomware gang is releasing hacked data on LA schoolchildren
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Sensitive information about students from the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) began to appear online on Saturday after a cybercriminal gang posted data obtained in a ransomware attack. The publication of the data was confirmed by LAUSD superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho in a statement released by … Read more
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Remains Above $19K as Long-Term Holders Stay the Course
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 3, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
3 guiding FinOps principles that will help you explain cloud costs to the board
Liran Grinberg Contributor Share on Twitter Liran Grinberg is the co-founder of Team8 and the managing partner of its investment fund, Team8 Capital, focused on investing in enterprise technology, cybersecurity, data and AI companies. Has the price tag for innovation become untenable? When venture-backed companies were chasing growth metrics, higher cloud bills were shrugged off … Read more
Grayscale Takes Over Key Role for Bitcoin Trust, Other Products From Genesis
Grayscale Securities, a new broker-deal division, will handle selling shares of the company’s crypto trust products, taking over a function previously provided by fellow Digital Currency Group subsidiary Genesis Global Trading.
Citi Says Decentralized Crypto Exchanges Are Winning Market Share From Centralized Peers
Increased crypto regulation could drive users to decentralized platforms, the bank said.
Binance signs MoU with Kazakhstan to fight financial crime
Binance claimed that its compliance infrastructure is among the best in the world which has helped them gain regulatory approval even in countries where they were deemed illegal until last year.
Apple SIM can no longer activate new cellular data plans on iPads
Support for new cellular plan activation using Apple’s own SIM was removed on October 1st. | Image: MacRumors Apple SIM technology is no longer available to activate new cellular data plans on iPads. The Apple SIM, first introduced by Apple in 2014, is a programmable SIM card that could be configured with different operator profiles, … Read more
Loop raises $60M to send EV charging infrastructure for a Loop
Electric cars are great and all, but internal combustion engines (ICE) have one thing going for them: comprehensive, well-oiled infrastructure that means you can add 300 miles of range to your car, in 5 minutes, at any of 65,000 or so gas stations. Compare that with the one-hour stop at only about 6,000 high-speed charging … Read more
Kim Kardashian charged by SEC for pushing crypto, reaches $1.26M settlement
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is charging Kim Kardashian for “unlawfully touting” a “crypto security,” the agency announced on Monday morning. The SEC says that Kardashian was in violation of its rules when she promoted a “crypto asset security offered and sold by EthereumMax” without the necessary disclosure that she was paid to … Read more