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Blockchains Vulnerable to Centralized Control, DARPA Report Finds
Photo: Dan Kitwood (Getty Images) Researchers at the gonzo Pentagon research agency responsible for introducing the world to stealth bombers, insect-sized surveillance drones, and the internet itself have some reservations about the blockchain technology underpinning Web3. Watch Ms. Marvel’s Directors On How Fandom Influenced the Show 01:12 Now playing What Is Dwight Schrute Doing In […]
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Tesla to Cut Staff by 10% as Musk Says He Has ‘Super Bad Feeling’ About Economy: Report
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends The 2022 Met Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022 in New York City. Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic (Getty Images) Tesla will cut its workforce by about 10% because CEO Elon Musk has a “super bad feeling” about the future of the economy, according to a new […]
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Chipotle Lovers Can Now Buy Burritos With Bitcoin, Ether, and More: Report
Pedestrians walk by a Chipotle restaurant on April 26, 2022 in San Francisco, California. Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Customers at Chipotle will now be able to pay for their burritos with cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, ether, and dogecoin, in a move that could help crypto become more mainstream, according to trade publication Restaurant Business. But […]
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Meta’s Metaverse Is Already Populated With the Worst Examples of Internet Behavior: Report
In Meta’s Horizon Worlds, a player’s avatar is force-fed a bottle of “vodka.” Report writers noted that it taking place virtually did not make it feel any less invasive.Screenshot: SumOfUs Video It took less than an hour for one researcher studying Meta’s titular metaverse to be “virtually raped” after putting on the VR headset for […]
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Thousands of Salesforce Employees Want Company to Break Ties to NRA: Report
Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff is not known for staying quiet on the most pressing issues of the day.Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer (Getty Images) A solid number of San Francisco employees for company management software developer Salesforce say it’s time for their company to tell the National Rifle Association to go stick their muzzle where the sun […]
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Remote Learning Software Tracked Kids’ Data to Sell to Advertisers and Brokers: Report
Photo: Ethan Miller (Getty Images) The kids are not alright, and tech companies know it thanks to the data they’ve been lapping up like mosquitos in a blood bank. Programs that students were using to learn from home during the worst days of the pandemic were also tracking their data and analyzing their habits, which […]
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YouTube Says It’s Removed 9K Channels and 70K Videos on Ukraine Disinfo: Report
Photo: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV (Getty Images) YouTube claimed Sunday that more than 9,000 channels alongside over 70,000 videos were removed from the platform since February in what it’s called a push to curtail Russian disinformation over the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Guardian first reported that some of these videos referred to the invasion as a […]