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The biggest crypto heist ever: $1.5 billion stolen from Bybit cryptocurrency exchange

$1.5 billion. That’s the amount of money that has just been stolen by hackers from one of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges. On Friday, Ben Zhou, cofounder and CEO of the crypto exchange Bybit, shared that hackers had gained control of Bybit’s ETH (Ethereum) wallet and transferred all of its holdings to an unknown crypto

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Anthropic Launches the World’s First ‘Hybrid Reasoning’ AI Model

The difference between a conventional model and a reasoning one is similar to the two types of thinking described by the Nobel-prize-winning economist Michael Kahneman in his 2011 book Thinking Fast and Slow: fast and instinctive System-1 thinking and slower more deliberative System-2 thinking. The kind of model that made ChatGPT possible, known as a

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1,000 artists release ‘silent’ album to protest UK copyright sell-out to AI

The U.K. government wants to move full steam ahead on big plans to use and build AI across the country, but not everyone is marching to the beat of its drum. On Monday, a group of 1,000 musicians released a “silent album,” protesting planned changes to copyright law — changes the artists say will make

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$1.5B Hack of Bybit Might Be the Largest Crypto Heist Ever

Following the revelation Friday from cryptocurrency exchange firm Bybit that hackers stole digital tokens worth about $1.5 billion – in what may be the biggest crypto heist of all time – CEO Ben Zhou wrote on X Sunday that it has replenished its reserves. Bybit was able to do this through a mix of emergency

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Are you shadowbanned? The FTC wants to hear from you.

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a request for information from members of the public whose ability to post or be seen on tech platforms has been limited by said platforms — aka, those who are shadowbanned. Shadowbanning may refer to different things, but usually, it refers to a user’s posts or account

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How Dan Bongino Went From InfoWars to FBI Deputy Director

Bongino served full-time in the NYPD from 1997 to 1999 before joining the Secret Service. He left in 2011 to pursue a political career, running for Senate as a Republican in Maryland in 2012. At the time, his opinion of his former employer was still very positive. “The president was a wonderful guy,” Bongino said

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DOGE’s HR email is getting the ‘Bee Movie’ spam treatment

Over the weekend, Elon Musk surveyed his followers on X — the platform he spent $44 billion to buy — asking whether federal employees should be required to send his team an email with a list of five things they accomplished this week. With the yes votes totaling over 70%, Musk followed through. Federal employees

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Sellful: Automate and Grow Your Business With a Strong Brand Identity

TL;DR: With Sellful, you can create a white-label website, automate communication and outreach, and so much more — all with help from AI for $399 for life (regular price is $23,940.00). Every small business owner or entrepreneur knows that you’re not just trying to grow your business by building awareness  — you have to juggle

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‘Andor’ Season 2 trailer promises Star Wars revolution

Revolution is in full-swing in the trailer for Andor Season 2. Fittingly set to Steve Earle’s song “The Revolution Starts Now,” the trailer for the acclaimed Star Wars show’s final season teases Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and his many allies’ efforts to take down the Galactic Empire. Explosions and intense piloting missions are on the

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Nearly 100 Measles Cases Have Been Reported in Texas

Ninety cases of measles have been reported in Texas in less than a month, marking the worst outbreak of the disease in the border state in more than 30 years. At least 16 people have been admitted to the hospital. Nine cases of measles have also been reported in the neighboring state of New Mexico.

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