John Carmack Leaves Meta
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John Carmack Leaves Meta
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Tesla’s new virtual power plant lets Texans sell electricity back to the grid
This home with a Tesla Solar Roof and Powerwall could be an ideal candidate for the new Tesla Energy service. | Image: Tesla Tesla launched a new power utility provider service in Texas this week that lets select locals with home Powerwall backup batteries sell excess energy back to the grid. To qualify, residents must … Read more
Oppenheimer Cleared [pdf]
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Google is letting businesses try out client-side encryption for Gmail
The extra privacy does come at the cost of a few features. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has launched a beta of its client-side encryption for Gmail, letting businesses apply to test out the feature meant to make “sensitive data” and attachments unreadable even to Google. The company announced the beta, … Read more
Ask HN: Help with Meta
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Daily Crunch: Twitter removes live audio chat after CEO joins Space with banished reporters
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Fridaaaaaaaay! Today we particularly enjoyed the Equity podcast team’s 2023 predictions on the future of building, crypto, and AI. Meanwhile, good luck to Alex (who mostly looks after TechCrunch+ these days, but … Read more
Epic is giving away free games daily for the holidays — again
Get a new game every day until January 5th. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Epic Games is once again giving away a bunch of free games over the course of the holiday season. Technically, the company will be giving 15 free games on the Epic Games Store, but since the sale kicked … Read more
Aristocrat Inc
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Elon Musk is offering the generous opportunity to invest in Twitter at $54.20
I’m not owned! I’m not owned! | Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about that time when Elon Musk bought a McLaren F1 for $1 million and then immediately drove it into a ditch while trying to show off to Peter Thiel. “You know, I had read all … Read more
SEC charges are a tax win for FTX investors who lost cash
Will your losses to FTX be classified as capital losses or as a “theft loss” that involved a Ponzi scheme? Either way, you’ll probably win.
Home and the birdsong
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Cruise’s autonomous driving tech comes under scrutiny from safety regulators
U.S. safety regulators have opened a preliminary investigation into the robotaxis developed and operated by GM self-driving subsidiary Cruise. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration said it opened the investigation after learning of incidents when these robotaxis “may have engaged in inappropriately hard braking or became immobilized while operating on public roads.” The preliminary investigation … Read more
90s Web “Humor” Button
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Hal Finney’s wife resumes activity on Bitcoin pioneer’s Twitter account to avoid potential purge
Under Elon Musk’s leadership, Twitter suspended a number of accounts including those controlled by high-profile journalists and social networking platform Mastodon.
Democrats plan to return over $1 million from FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried
Illustration: The Verge; Image: Getty Images Three top Democratic campaign arms said Friday that they would set aside more than $1 million in contributions from former crypto golden boy FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, as first reported by The Washington Post. The groups plan to return the money to FTX customers as part of ongoing legal … Read more
Argentina’s province to issue US dollar-pegged stablecoin
The bill also authorizes local artists to issue nonfungible tokens (NFT) to promote financial and cultural inclusion.
Crypto Markets Today: Co-Founder of OneCoin Pyramid Scheme Pleads Guilty; CoinDesk Market Index Drops
Crypto Markets Today is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today’s crypto markets.
Netflix’s Dragon Age show is a fun romp without the games’ emotional stakes
Image: Netflix As a Dragon Age fan, Netflix’s new show Dragon Age: Absolution was always going to be like catnip for me. I am unable to resist the alluring scent of not only a new Dragon Age anything but also a new Dragon Age something that might give me a few precious crumbs of Dreadwolf … Read more
Crypto Stories: Dr. Adam Back shares his life of hacks
A cartoon version of Dr. Adam Back recounts stories of hacking coded doors at university and the inception of Hash Cash in the latest of Cointelegraph Crypto Stories.
UWaterloo Steam Tunnels (2016)
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SBF doesn’t need SPF where he’s going and other TC news
This week, I talked with Tim De Chant about his coverage of fusion energy and what feels like a rare hopeful story in renewable energy tech. And Jacquelyn Melinek walks us through Sam Bankman-Fried’s alleged crimes and confirmed arrest. Plus, as always, we go over the top stories in tech from the week Articles from … Read more
Kadena CEO Stuart Popejoy on blockchain design: proof of work is a feature, not a flaw
The former JPMorgan executive shared how he learned to love crypto and why the Kadena is not letting go of its firm embrace of proof of work.