Even Gold-Obsessed Indians Are Pouring Billions Into Crypto
The cryptocurrency aficionados' mantra that Bitcoin is equivalent to digital gold is winning converts among the world's biggest holders of the precious metal. From a report: In India, where households own more than 25,000 tonnes of gold, investments.....»»
New Study Estimates as Much as $75 Billion in Global Victims’ Losses to Pig-Butchering Scam
“These are large criminal organized networks, and they’re operating largely unscathed,” said the lead author of the study, which tracked the flow of funds through crypto exchanges. Pig-butchering scammers have likely stolen mo.....»»
HP Omen Transcend 14 review: going for gold
HP is entering the 14-inch gaming laptop market, and despite a few stumbles, the Omen Transcend 14 still manages to impress......»»
Climate change cost U.S. ski industry billions, study says, and future depends on emissions
U.S. ski areas lost $5 billion from 2000 to 2019 as a result of human-caused climate change and could lose around $1 billion annually in the 2050s depending on how much emissions are reduced, a new study found......»»
US Cities Could Be Capturing Billions of Gallons of Rain a Day
With better infrastructure and “spongy” green spaces, urban areas have made progress but should be soaking up way more free stormwater......»»
Reddit cashes in on AI gold rush with $203M in LLM training license fees
Two- to three-year deals with Google, others, come amid legal uncertainty over "fair use." Enlarge / "Reddit Gold" takes on a whole new meaning when AI training data is involved. (credit: iStock / Getty Images) The last.....»»
The internet is obsessed: Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet match for "Dune: Part Two" promo
Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet sport matching pink and blue coveralls for 'Dune: Part Two' promo in South Korea. Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet traded in stillsuits for matching pastel coveralls to promote Dune: Part Two in South Korea. T.....»»
Black hole fashions stellar beads on a string
Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded. This mega-explosion billions of years ago may help explain the formation of a striking pattern of star clusters around two massive galaxies, resembling be.....»»
Weedy rice gets competitive boost from its wild neighbors
Rice feeds the world. But a look-alike weed has many ways of getting ahead. Weedy rice is an agricultural pest with a global economic impact. It is an aggressive weed that outcompetes cultivated rice and causes billions of dollars in yield losses wor.....»»
There’s another fake crypto app on the App Store, and Apple has yet to remove it [U]
Apple is once again being accused of approving a scam app on its iOS App Store. This time, the developers of Rabby Wallet, a crypto wallet app, have been warning their users about a fake version of their app that is available for iPhone and iPad user.....»»
Fake crypto app on the App Store has stolen thousands of dollars already [u]
An app purporting to be for the Rabby Wallet crypto service, is the latest failure for Apple's App Store review team.The App Store is meant to be safe from scam appsApple's Phil Schiller has correctly said that the EU's requirement for alternative ap.....»»
There’s another fake cypto app on the App Store, and Apple has yet to remove it [U]
Apple is once again being accused of approving a scam app on its iOS App Store. This time, the developers of Rabby Wallet, a crypto wallet app, have been warning their users about a fake version of their app that is available for iPhone and iPad user.....»»
There’s another fake cypto app on the App Store, and Apple has yet to remove it
Apple is once again being accused of approving a scam app on its iOS App Store. This time, the developers of Rabby Wallet, a crypto wallet app, have been warning their users about a fake version of their app that is available for iPhone and iPad user.....»»
Fake crypto app on the App Store has stolen thousands of dollars already
An app purporting to be for the Rabby Wallet crypto service, is the latest failure for Apple's App Store review team.The App Store is meant to be safe from scam appsApple's Phil Schiller has correctly said that the EU's requirement for alternative ap.....»»
Even if we can"t see the first stars, we could detect their impact on the first galaxies
For a long time, our understanding of the universe's first galaxies leaned heavily on theory. The light from that age only reached us after traveling for billions of years, and on the way, it was obscured and stretched into the infrared. Clues about.....»»
Researchers capture strange behavior of laser-excited gold
New research, conducted at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, illuminates the strange behavior of gold when zapped with high-energy laser pulses......»»
Analysis: Biden"s drive for EVs collides with Detroit"s profit machines
The Biden administration and automakers are in the final stages of negotiating over ambitious new rules to accelerate the electric-vehicle transition that could cost Detroit's automakers billions and fuel an election-year clash over climate policy......»»
Roblox ‘Weight Lifting Sim’ Dev Gains Muscle From DMCA Counter-Notice
As the creator of the Weight Lifting Simulator series, among others, Christopher Boomer is one of the most successful game developers on Roblox. His games have been played billions of times and there's no shortage of copycats demanding a piece of the.....»»
Violence prevention can transform Canadian hockey culture—but only if implemented properly
The recent charges against five members of Canada's gold medal-winning 2018 world junior hockey team in connection with an alleged sexual assault has thrust Hockey Canada and its issues back into the public eye......»»
Gold nanoparticles found to reverse brain deficits in multiple sclerosis and Parkinson"s
Results from phase two clinical trials at UT Southwestern Medical Center showed that a suspension of gold nanocrystals taken daily by patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's disease (PD) significantly reversed deficits of metabolites li.....»»
The Super Bowl’s best and wackiest AI commercials
It's nothing like "crypto bowl" in 2022, but AI made a notable splash during the big game. Enlarge / A still image from BodyArmor's 2024 "Field of Fake" Super Bowl commercial. (credit: BodyArmor) Heavily hyped tech produ.....»»