Kim Jong Un marked a decade as supreme leader of North Korea in December. Whether he can hold on to power for another 10 years may depend on state hackers, whose cybercrimes finance his nuclear arms program and prop up the economy. From a report: Accor…
FDA Authorizes First Pill To Treat Covid-19
The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized Pfizer’s antiviral pill, Paxlovid, to treat Covid-19. From a report: This is the first antiviral Covid-19 pill authorized for ill people to take at home, before they get sick enough to be hosp…
In 2021, the Internet Went for TikTok, Space and Beyond
Cloudflare blog: Let’s start with our Top Domains Ranking and 2021 brought us a very interesting duel for the Number 1 spot in our global ranking. Google.com (which includes Maps, Translate, Photos, Flights, Books, and News, among others) ended 2020 as…
Amazon Issues False Copyright Strike Against New World YouTuber for Reporting Bug
segaboy81 writes: Amazon Games is new to the AAA games space, finding tremendous success with their title New World. Since its release in September, YouTubers like Sethphir and Video Game Databank have begun to carve out their own niche in the New Worl…
“Merry Christmas”: First SMS Sells for Over 100,000 Euros in Paris Auction
The first text message ever sent, reading “Merry Christmas,” was sold on Tuesday for 107,000 euros ($121,000) as a ‘Non-Fungible Token’ at a Paris auction house. From a report: The text, which was sent on Dec. 3, 1992, was put up for auction by the Bri…
Imaginary Numbers Could Be Needed To Describe Reality, New Studies Find
InfiniteZero writes: Imaginary numbers are necessary to accurately describe reality, two new studies have suggested. Imaginary numbers are what you get when you take the square root of a negative number, and they have long been used in the most importa…
Google Pushes Developers To Adapt Android Apps for Chromebooks
The number of people using Android Apps on Chromebooks grew 50 percent year over year, according to a blog post from Chrome OS product managers Fahd Imtiaz and Sanj Nathwani this week. The execs cited internal Google data recorded from 2020-2021. From …
Stablecoin Supply Grew By 388% this Year, Driven by DeFi and Derivatives
The market for stablecoins experienced breakneck growth in 2021, with the supply for dollar-backed cryptocurrencies surging by 388%, according to data compiled by The Block Research. From a report: As indicated by The Block Research’s 2022 Digital Asse…
JPMorgan Hit With $200 Million in Fines for Letting Employees Use WhatsApp To Evade Regulators’ Reach
JPMorgan Chase is paying $200 million in fines to two U.S. banking regulators to settle charges that its Wall Street division allowed employees to use WhatsApp and other platforms to circumvent federal record-keeping laws. From a report: The Securities…
Oracle To Pay More Than $30 Billion Including Debt for Cerner
Oracle is expected to pay more than $30 billion including debt for electronic-medical-records company Cerner, WSJ reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. From a report: The all-cash deal is expected to be announced later Monday and val…