Explainability is not a game
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Month: July 2024
Newsletter writer covering Evolve Bank’s data breach says the bank sent him a cease and desist letter
The situation around a data breach that’s affected an ever-growing number of fintech companies has gotten even weirder. Evolve Bank & Trust announced last week that it was hacked and confirmed the stolen data has been posted to the dark web. Now Evolve has sent a cease and desist letter to the writer of a … Read more
Ethereum Foundation email hacked to promote Lido staking phishing scam
A hacker broke into the Ethereum Foundation’s email server and sent scam emails to 35,794 people, recording 81 subscriber email addresses in the process.
Sydney Sweeney’s Twitter Account Hacked to Pump Yet Another Meme Coin Scam
Another day, another celebrity hack: Actress Sydney Sweeney has her Twitter account stolen (again!) to flog a pump-and-dump scam.
The Queen’s Doll’s House
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Babies babble with acquired accents
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Ethereum DApp volume surges by 83%, but there could be a catch
Ethereum network volumes have soared, but a single decentralized application accounted for 59.5% of the entire network’s volume.
Graph-Based Ceramics
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Common Lisp Documentation
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Overexposed
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Netflix’s latest game is a mobile take on Minesweeper
Image: Netflix Netflix is launching Minesweeper as part of its selection of subscriber-only games, and it’s available now on Android and iOS. The classic puzzle game that most people know from Microsoft Minesweeper, available in Windows 11 and versions dating back to 1990, has a fresh coat of paint with colorful graphics and new modes. … Read more
3 ways futures traders can use leverage and avoid liquidation losses
Pro traders use a combination of futures trading strategies to generate profits while limiting their liquidation risk.
Xbox Live is down
Illustration: The Verge A widespread Xbox outage is preventing players from connecting to Xbox Live and playing online games, downloading games, or using other services, with many seeing the message “Error 0x87DD0033.” In a post at around 3PM ET, Xbox says it’s “aware that some users have been disconnected from Xbox Live” and that the … Read more
Google’s carbon footprint balloons in its Gemini AI era
Illustration: The Verge Google’s greenhouse gas emissions have ballooned, according to the company’s latest environmental report, showing how much harder it’ll be for the company to meet its climate goals as it prioritizes AI. Google has a goal of cutting its planet-heating pollution in half by 2030 compared to a 2019 baseline. But its total … Read more
Shadow of the Erdtree’s new perfume weapons are seriously broken and seriously fun
Image: Bandai Namco Imagine if those aggressive salespeople at the Macy’s perfume counter were shoving napalm in your face instead of Chanel No. 5: that’s what it feels like playing with the new perfume bottle weapons in Shadow of the Erdtree. The early days after any Souls game release are always some of the best. … Read more