Elon Musk Pushed So Many People Away From Twitter That There Are At Least Two Studies About It
While the whole #TwitterMigration to Mastodon movement may not have been sustainable — for a number of reasons, chief of which being that not a lot of people really know enough/care about decentralization yet — the surge or initial reaction was significant enough that it became the subject of at least two scientific studies. “Drivers […]
Is This Show A ‘Shark Tank’ for Shitcoins?
Apparntly there’s a reality show called Unicorn Hunters that’s kind of like Shark Tank where business owners pitch to judges. And it’s not just the judges who can invest, people at home can too. Also, the show has its own “official cryptocurrency,” the Unicoin. Produced by Craig Plestis, the same guy behind I Can See […]
British Man Accused of Creating Ponzi Scheme That Targeted Wine Collectors Pleads Not Guilty
In a New York court on Saturday, British national Stephen Burton, 58, pleaded not guilty to charges of orchestrating a fraudulent scheme that allegedly defrauded investors of nearly $100 million. Burton, extradited from Morocco where he was arrested in 2022 with a fake Zimbabwean passport, faces accusations of running Bordeaux Cellars, a company that purportedly […]
Feds Give Toronto $471 Million for Housing
In a bid to address the pressing housing demand in Toronto, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday a significant investment of $471 million from the federal Housing Accelerator Fund. The funds are earmarked to expedite the construction of nearly 12,000 additional housing units within the next three years. During the announcement in Toronto, Prime […]
Tesla Recalls May Be “Insufficient,” Cabin Cameras Also Appear to Be Overheating
Consumer Reports has raised concerns over Tesla‘s (Nasdaq: TSLA) response to the recent recall of over two million vehicles equipped with the Autopilot system, according to TechCrunch. Following preliminary tests, Kelly Funkhouser, the associate director of vehicle technology at the nonprofit organization, found that Tesla’s fix for the recall was deemed “insufficient.” Funkhouser discovered that […]
Is Russia Behind the Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea?
Yemen has granted exclusive passage rights to tankers carrying Russian oil through the Red Sea to the Suez Canal. This development has raised eyebrows and sparked concerns about the geopolitical dynamics in the region. While Western ships face alternative routes, including a lengthy 15,000-mile journey around Africa, navigating Russia’s Northern Arctic route, or rail transit […]
$100 Million Deli? Ex-Convict Pleads Guilty In New Jersey Stock Fraud Case
A former stockbroker and ex-convict from North Carolina, James Patten, pleaded guilty to securities fraud in connection with a scheme to manipulate the stock of a company named Hometown International and inflate it to a market capitalization of $100 million despite having just one asset — which was a small neighborhood deli in southern New […]
Substack Is Okay With Keeping Nazi Content Monetized
Over 200 Substack authors are demanding to know why the newsletter hosting site’s founders are continuing to platform and monetize Nazis following a report from The Atlantic which revealed that “Substack has not only been hosting writers who post overtly Nazi rhetoric on the platform; it profits from many of them.” But the platform, through […]
Did The Grand Theft Auto Hacker Do It With An Amazon Fire Stick While Under Police Custody?
An 18-year-old hacker, Arion Kurtaj, a key member of the international cyber-criminal gang Lapsus$, has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order after leaking clips of the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 (GTA 6). The sentencing, delivered at Southwark Crown Court, sheds light on the extent of the gang’s audacious attacks on tech giants, […]
Rudy Giuliani Files for Bankruptcy Amid $148 Million Defamation Penalty
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, following a recent court order to pay $148 million in damages to two Georgia election workers falsely accused of fraud after the 2020 presidential election loss of Donald Trump. The bankruptcy filing, submitted to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, revealed Giuliani’s financial […]