Monthly Archives: August 2022

US Treasury sanctions Tornado Cash, accused of laundering stolen crypto

The U.S. has sanctioned decentralized cryptocurrency mixing service Tornado Cash for its role in enabling billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency to be laundered through its platform. Tornado Cash, along with other mixers such as AlphaBay, enables customers to conceal the source of their crypto funds when participating in a transaction in exchange for a…

YouTube celebrates International Cat Day with a fur-tastic playlist of iconic felines

To celebrate International Cat Day, YouTube is paying homage to the animal that made it a household name: the noble feline. Visit the YouTube homepage today and you’ll see a cotton candy-colored kitty replace the YouTube logo, hypnotizing you in an anime-inspired sequence. Click on the cat and a blue banner will appear. Select “Explore”…

Microsoft Teams is about to pinch one of Slack’s best features

Microsoft is readying an update for collaboration platform Teams that it says should help better support hybrid working. As per a new entry in the Microsoft 365 roadmap, Microsoft Teams users will soon benefit from the ability to “record, review, send and view lightweight video messages” in chats and channels. Available across desktop and mobile…

Russian crude is quietly flowing to European buyers like Italy and Spain as EU sanctions loom

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Alexander Demyanchuk/AP Russian oil shipments to the Mediterranean region have jumped recently, Bloomberg data shows. Ports in Italy and Turkey have seen an uptick in Russian crude imports, hitting multi-week highs to start August.  The European Union’s partial ban on Russian crude will take full effect at the end of the…

‘They will MASSIVELY decrease our home values’: Billionaire Marc Andreessen slammed affordable housing in his wealthy neighborhood after criticizing ‘crazily skyrocketing housing prices’ in the past

Marc Andreessen is among the biggest defenders of the prospects of Web3. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Billionaire Marc Andreessen helped shut down an affordable housing plan in his home town, The Atlantic first reported. In a public comment to town officials he was “IMMENSELY AGAINST multifamily development.” In 2020, the founder of Andreessen Horowitz criticized “skyrocketing…

Instagram will test super-tall photos after rolling back updates that would make it more like TikTok

Instagram Reels CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images Instagram will begin testing super-tall, 9:16 photos. Instagram recently halted a TikTok-style redesign after criticism. But the company still intends to move forward with some changes. You might start to notice photos on Instagram that are a lot taller. In his weekly Ask Me Anything (AMA), Instagram boss…

The second highest-ranking US general told Trump his idea for a big military parade in DC is ‘what dictators do,’ report says

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks with (2nd L-R) Vice President Mike Pence, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Paul J. Selva, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Army Deputy Secretary Pat Shanahan at the White House on December 11, 2017. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images During his presidency, Trump wanted to hold…