CityDAO — the group that bought 40 acres of Wyoming in hopes of “building a city on the Ethereum blockchain” — announced this week that its Discord server was hacked and members’ funds were successfully stolen as a result. From a report: “EMERGENCY N…
Fortnite Sneaks Back Onto iPhone By Way Of GeForce Now
It’s been 518 days since Apple kicked Fortnite off of the App Store after Epic Games tried to bypass its payment system. Now the popular free-to-play battle royale is once again playable on iPhones, sort of. From a report: Starting next week, Fortnite …
China To Create Own NFT Industry Based on State-backed Blockchain Infrastructure
China’s state-backed Blockchain Services Network (BSN) plans to roll out infrastructure at the end of this month to support the deployment of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a major step to creating a Chinese NFT industry that is not linked to cryptocurren…
Ground Temperatures Hit 129F as Argentina Suffers Blackouts
Ground temperatures climbed above 129 degrees Fahrenheit (54 degrees Celsius) in parts of Argentina this week as the country suffers through a shockingly hot start to summer. Air temperatures were equally suffocating, leading to widespread blackouts as…
Asia’s Richest Man Plans To Invest $76 Billion in Green Projects
The conglomerate led by Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, announced plans to invest $76 billion toward clean energy projects, dwarfing an earlier commitment of $10 billion by the world’s biggest fossil-fuel billionaire. From a report: Reliance Industr…
Adhole, the Massive Public Pi-hole Instance, Shuts Down
segaboy81 writes: I’ve been running Pihole for years (for myself), but this guy was running one for everybody! Since 2017, those not so savvy who still wanted the experience of Pi-hole, could turn to Adhole.org. That is, until now. Adhole.org is shutti…
The PC Market Just Had Another Big Year Thanks To Pandemic Demand
The PC market experienced its first big growth in a decade during 2020, when the pandemic began to force people to work and learn from home. Market research firms Gartner and IDC are now reporting that the worldwide PC market has grown again throughout…
FCC Proposes Stricter Requirements for Reporting Data Breaches
The Federal Communications Commission is the next US regulator hoping to hold companies more accountable for data breaches. From a report: Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has shared a rulemaking proposal that would introduce stricter requirements for da…
Microsoft Hires Key Apple Engineer To Work on Custom Chips
Microsoft lured away a veteran semiconductor designer from Apple as it looks to expand its own server-chips efforts, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. From a report: Mike Filippo will work on processors with…
Chrome Will Limit Access To Private Networks, Citing Security Reasons
Google says that its Chrome browser will soon block internet websites from querying and interacting with devices and servers located inside local private networks, citing security reasons and past abuse from malware operations. From a report: The chang…