“There’s a new cryptocurrency in town,” quips SFGate. “But the only crash you’ll experience with this one is from sugar.” Inspired by the recent headlines and discussion around cryptocurrency, Hostess decided to capitalize by debuting their own edible investment: Enter $TWINKcoin, the latest limited-edition Twinkie iteration to hit shelves. “We Read more…
After admonishing crypto lender Voyager Digital for “false and misleading” statements on the subject, the FDIC said banks must ensure that crypto firms they partner with are clear about whether customer deposits are insured. In industry guidance published Friday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said insured banks should monitor that Read more…
Iran has made steady advances in the design and production of military drones in recent years, and has stepped up their transfer to militant groups across the Middle East as it seeks to shift the dynamics of battlefields from Yemen to Gaza. Those efforts have now extended far beyond the Read more…
A new study attempts to measure how knowledge gleaned from Wikipedia may play out in one specific realm: the courts. A team of researchers led by Neil Thompson, a research scientist at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), recently came up with a friendly experiment: creating new legal Read more…
A single chemical could be responsible for whether people go bald or not, a new study has found. In the UK, approximately two thirds of men will face male pattern baldness. The study says the discovery of the chemical could “not only treat baldness, but ultimately speed wound healing.” In Read more…
A study of 39,000 video gamers has found “little to no evidence” time spent playing affects their wellbeing. From a report: The average player would have to play for 10 hours more than usual per day to notice any difference, it found. And the reasons for playing were far more Read more…
Kenya’s national cohesion watchdog threatened to suspend Facebook from the country Friday if it doesn’t mitigate hate speech ahead of the country’s general elections next month. The regulator has given the company one week to remediate the problem, which included Facebook’s approval of ads advocating for ethnic cleansing. Human rights Read more…