Enlarge / Craig Wright, self-declared inventor of bitcoin, center, arrives at federal court with his attorney Andres Rivero, right, in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, June 28, 2019. reader comments 84 with 54 posters participating Share this story In 2016, when Craig Wright promised to provide “extraordinary proof” that he is bitcoin creator Satoshi ..
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Getty Images | SimoneN reader comments 58 with 44 posters participating Share this story The US Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday filed a lawsuit against 11 people accused of creating and promoting a crypto pyramid and Ponzi scheme known as “Forsage.” The fraudulent scheme “raised more than $300 million from millions of retail investors worldwide, ..
reader comments 119 with 63 posters participating Share this story In December 2020, a New York Times op-ed declared that Pornhub had a child porn problem. Subsequently, Visa temporarily suspended all business with Pornhub and other sites hosted by Pornhub owner MindGeek. At that time, a MindGeek employee confidentially claimed that this was MindGeek’s worst ..
Enlarge / Employees wearing cleanroom suits monitor chemical vapor deposition operations inside the GlobalFoundries semiconductor manufacturing facility in Malta, New York. Production plants for semiconductors have become a focal point as the economic recovery from the pandemic is held back in areas by a shortage of some of the critical electronic components necessary. reader comments 55 with ..
Enlarge / Former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf. reader comments 168 with 92 posters participating Share this story “Protestors are literally storming the Capitol. Breaking windows on doors. Rushing in. Is Trump going to say something?” This text from White House correspondent Michael D. Shear to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows ..
Enlarge / Charter Spectrum cable van in West Lake Hills, Texas, in April 2019. reader comments 86 with 65 posters participating Share this story A Texas jury has ordered Charter Communications to pay $7 billion in punitive damages to the family of an 83-year-old woman murdered in her home by a Spectrum cable technician. The ..
Getty Images | Grace Cary reader comments 83 with 40 posters participating Share this story Twitter is moving ahead with a shareholder vote on the merger with Elon Musk a few weeks before its lawsuit against Musk goes to trial. Twitter yesterday sent a letter to shareholders inviting them to a September 13 special meeting ..
Getty Images | Namthip Muanthongthae reader comments 48 with 39 posters participating Share this story The CEO of a purported cryptocurrency investment company pleaded guilty for his role in a crypto fraud scheme that raised $21 million from investors, the Department of Justice said. Michael Alan Stollery (aka “Michael Stollaire”), 54, was CEO and founder ..
reader comments 77 with 58 posters participating Share this story Last year, Hulu raised its ad-supported subscriptions by a dollar, shortly after prompting subscribers to submit more feedback on ads. Since 2017, vocal members in the Hulu community have complained about seeing the same political ads “1,000 times,” with some claiming they were repeatedly served ..
reader comments 111 with 55 posters participating Share this story Since 2019, Vladimir Putin has supercharged his plan to separate Russia from the global Internet. The country’s sovereign Internet law, which came into force that November, gives officials the power to block access to websites for millions of Russians. The law was used to hit ..
