Turns out it’s not so easy to improve the way we produce the stuff beneath our feet.
Source: Wired
Google experiments in local news, MoviePass pulls out of AMC theaters and the Kalanick-Benchmark lawsuit has officially been dismissed. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
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A Japanese cryptocurrency exchange has claimed it lost more than $400 million in tokens following an alleged hack on its service. Coincheck said Friday that some 500 million tokens of NEM, worth around $400 million at the time of writing, according to comments at a press event attended by Bloomberg. NEM, the tenth largest cryptocurrency based on total coin market cap, is a distributed… Read More
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Magna’s new iCON radar tech for cars is one of a new breed that takes a page from military radar.
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In what might be an event horizon for virtual reality, Darren Aronofksy’s “Spheres” just sold for more than a million bucks. I tried it out.
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Fans of Elon Musk and flamethrowers are trying to access a password-protected product page for a promised fire-shooter on the Boring Company website.
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Hackers wreaked havoc all summer with ransomware. Researchers from Malwarebytes think users might have stopped hackers by getting smart.
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At least one Facebook employee has been interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller as part of his investigation into potential Russian interference with the 2016 election, reports Wired. But don’t put on your conspiracy hats just yet. Read More
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One of Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Coincheck, reportedly lost $400 million in cryptocurrency to hackers. It’s unknown how the coins were stolen, but Japan’s Financial Services Agency is investigating the transfer.
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Mark Vande Hei appears to have the whole world in his hands in this week’s cool snapshot from the International Space Station.
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