Monthly Archives: September 2022

Microsoft EU cloud revisions just so happen to exclude Google, Amazon

Enlarge / Microsoft says its latest cloud licensing terms are meant to give customers more flexibility and cost control—just not on Amazon, Google, or Alibaba servers. (credit: Getty Images) Facing European antitrust scrutiny, Microsoft has made it easier to virtualize its software on non-Microsoft cloud infrastructure—just so long as that infrastructure isn’t owned by notable…

Lido, Coinbase, Kraken and Binance stake majority of ETH. Does that matter?

The Ethereum network is nearing its final hours before the Merge, which will move one of the most important global blockchains from a proof-of-work (PoW) system of achieving consensus to proof-of-stake (PoS). The upgrade to the blockchain has raised concerns in the crypto community that Ethereum could become less decentralized — more centralized — by…

Codi lands $16 million, led by a16z, to prove that we never really actually liked co-working

We know that long-term leases aren’t the move anymore, but San Francisco-based Codi has a hotter take: neither is co-working. The company, co-founded by Christelle Rohaut and Dave Schuman, began in 2018 to create more flexible office space for companies whose employees want private, flexible workspaces. These days, the startup’s most disruptive belief is one…

Arrest warrant issued for Do Kwon, creator of failed stablecoin Terra

The creator of the failed stablecoin that kicked off crypto winter is now a wanted man. On Wednesday, a South Korean court issued an arrest warrant for Do Kwon, the co-founder of cryptocurrency company Terraform Labs, for allegedly violating capital markets law. According to Bloomberg, the arrest warrant includes five other individuals. In May, Do…

Memes become murderous nightmares in ‘Grimcutty’ trailer

We all know the internet loves a good meme. Hulu’s latest trailer for its horror thriller Grimcutty plays on an internet character gone wrong, promising a 21st-century creature-feature of a trend turned catastrophe.  When “Grimcutty” starts going viral in a small town, mass panic ensues by parents who are convinced that the trend is coercing…

Marlon Wayans and Priah Ferguson fend off Halloween decorations gone rogue in ‘The Curse of Bridge Hollow’ trailer

Halloween is just around the corner, and the spooky trailers are starting to come in. Netflix’s first offering for the season is The Curse of Bridge Hollow, a fun comedy starring Stranger Things’ Priah Ferguson and horror-satire alum Marlon Wayans.  Playing the father-daughter duo we didn’t know we needed, Ferguson and Wayans move into a…

Over 280,000 WordPress sites may have been hijacked by zero-day hiding in popular plugin

A zero-day vulnerability found in a premium WordPress plugin is being actively exploited in the wild, researchers are saying, urging users to remove it from their websites until a patch is released. WordPress security plugin makers WordFence uncovered a flaw in WPGateway, a premium plugin helping admins manage other WordPress plugins and themes from a…

Russia hit Zelenskyy’s hometown with a barrage of missiles. Ukrainian officials said the strikes were ‘revenge’ for Ukraine’s big battlefield wins.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends flag hoisting ceremony in Izium after the Ukrainian forces took control of the city from the Russian forces in Kharkiv, Ukraine on September 14, 2022. Photo by Metin AktaÅ/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Russia fired eight missiles at Ukraine’s central city of Kryvyi Rih, a Ukrainian official said.  Kryvyi Rih…