Reuters reports that a popular NFT trading platform “has halted most transactions because people were selling tokens of content that did not belong to them, its founder said, calling this a ‘fundamental problem’ in the fast-growing digital assets market….” The U.S.-based Cent executed one of the first known million-dollar NFT Read more…
“Apple said Thursday it plans to add more safeguards to AirTags to cut down on unwanted tracking,” reports CNN, “following reports that the devices have been used to stalk people and steal cars.” In a blog post, Apple said it has worked with safety groups and law enforcement agencies to Read more…
A U.S. district judge “sentenced a Nintendo Switch hacker to 40 months in federal prison,” Gary Bowser, 52, is one of the leaders of the “Team Xecuter” hacker criminal enterprise, a notorious video game piracy gang, authorities said. The gang sold software to hack and download stolen games to various Read more…
As Gita Jackson reported recently in Vice News, some Amazon customers are now explicitly asking the company’s drivers to deliver a performance along with the package. They are posting signs to their front doors or tapping unusual delivery instructions into the Amazon app in the hopes of capturing a spectacle Read more…
Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, is making a $200 million strategic investment in Forbes, the 104-year-old magazine and digital publisher, CNBC has learned. The funds will help Forbes execute on its plan to merge with a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, in the first quarter, according Read more…
The first images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have been released, according to Space.com. The main photo, which doesn’t even hint at the power Webb will bring to the universe once it’s fully operational, shows a star called HD 84406 and is only a portion of the mosaic taken Read more…
Network gear maker Cisco Systems has made a takeover offer worth more than $20 billion for software maker Splunk, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The offer was made recently and the companies are not in active talks, the newspaper said, citing some of the sources. In November last Read more…