Month: September 2024
Hone Capital, a Silicon Valley firm, is being probed by the FBI
According to the FT, the FBI is now poking around nine-year-old Hone Capital, a Palo Alto, Ca.-based venture firm funded by a Chinese private equity firm, to determine whether some of its capital came from the Chinese government — and if it shared sensitive startup data with Beijing. Originally launched with $115 million from China’s … Read more
Binance Says it Helped India’s Enforcement Directorate Trace $47.6 million Related to a Gaming Scam
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has helped India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED), the authority investigating financial crimes, in the arrest of four individuals in a gaming scam worth $47.6 million, the exchange said on Wednesday.
OpenAI is rolling out long-awaited ‘advanced voice’ feature
OpenAI’s new advanced voice feature introduces five new voices, capable of remembering previous conversations and changing the topic of discussion mid-conversation.
The TechBeat: Data Migration from Dell ECS to MinIO (9/25/2024)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what’s trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set email preference here. ## Data Migration from Dell ECS to MinIO By @minio [ 7 Min read ] Dell ECS clusters allow you to migrate … Read more
Stand With Crypto drops ‘supports crypto’ tag from Harris after backlash
A Coinbase-backed lobby group initially graded Kamala Harris as “supports crypto” but dropped the characterization after wide criticism.
‘Patron NFTs’ could be answer to ‘broken’ crypto fundraising model — Kain Warwick
Venture capitalists and angels get a “100x better deal than everyone else” under the current crypto fundraiser model, which is what Kain Warwick’s “Patronage” model intends to fix.
Crypto wallet Exodus donates $1.3M to help ‘mobilize’ US crypto voters
Exodus’ donation to the political action committee is to “help support their mission of educating and mobilizing crypto voters around the country.”
Gnome 47 Wallpapers
Comments
Doom on a modified rotary phone
Comments
SQL Tips and Tricks
Comments
Stand With Crypto Group Moves Harris’ Rating to ‘NA’ From ‘B’
The change comes as Crypto Twitter points out that Harris doesn’t have a crypto policy in her platform.
No more blurry fonts in Linux (2023)
Comments
G, a Statistical Myth (2007)
Comments
Sky reevaluates plan to offboard WBTC following discussion with BitGo CEO
BA Labs, an advisor to DeFi lender Sky, says its concerns with Tron founder Justin Sun’s involvement in the custody of the Wrapped Bitcoin token have been addressed and new recommendations will be put to a vote on Oct. 3.
MoneyGram admits ‘cybersecurity issue’ behind dayslong outage
MoneyGram’s services have been offline since Sept. 20, with the firm confirming the outage is due to a cybersecurity incident three days later.
BlackRock's head of crypto doesn’t see Bitcoin as a ‘risk on’ asset
Equities, unemployment, job numbers, or manufacturing really have no connection to Bitcoin, argues BlackRock’s head of digital assets.
Thoughts on Debugging
Comments
AI Can Best Google’s Bot Detection System, Swiss Researchers Find
Researchers from ETH Zurich used advanced machine learning to solve 100% of Google’s reCAPTCHAv2, designed to distinguish humans from bots.
Gensler grilled as most ‘destructive’ SEC chair before congressional hearing
SEC Chair Gary Gensler has taken heat from lawmakers and members of his own agency during a House Financial Services Committee hearing over his handling of crypto regulation in the United States.
Magic Mushrooms Are a Promising Treatment For Depression, New Study Finds
The six-month study involved 59 patients who suffered from moderate to severe depression. Thirty were given a single dose of psilocybin.