Enlarge / An Open Connect Appliance server from around 2013 that a Redditor acquired. (credit: PoisonWaffle3 / Reddit) A Reddit user named PoisonWaffle3 recently acquired a 2013-era Netflix cache server that had been pulled from service and wiped for disposal, which marks a rare occasion where the public has been able to get a look…
Enlarge / A field of solar panels and windmills in the desert. (credit: Getty) On Monday, the Energy Information Agency released its annual figures for how the US generated electrical power during 2021. The year saw lots of changes as the country moved out of the pandemic, with coal, wind, and solar power all seeing…
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Twitter is turning the famous blue check mark into a symbol that denotes you’ve paid Elon Musk $8, rather than one that identifies public figures. But of course, if anyone with a spare $8 and a fragile ego can get verified, then the symbol is rendered meaningless, paving the way for trolls to go hard…
Movie theater attendance is down, largely thanks to the pandemic, but chains like AMC still need to make money. If meme stocks aren’t a reliable business plan, why not find another use for a giant room with a huge screen and lots of seats? In partnership with Zoom, AMC Theatres will launch a product called…
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has become known as crypto’s bailout king. Whenever a crypto company would fail, Bankman-Fried, who’s also known as SBF, would swoop in with the cash to keep them afloat. Now, SBF is seemingly getting a bailout of his own. On Tuesday, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance…
One of Australia’s biggest health insurers, Medibank, has said it won’t be paying up in order to get its data back following a recent ransomware attack. The decision was confirmed by the company’s CEO, David Koczkar, via LinkedIn, following a somewhat longer post on the platform earlier this week where he to Medibank customers for…
Brad Pfaff’s campaign; Derrick Van Orden’s campaign; Insider Democrat Brad Pfaff is running against Republican Derrick Van Orden in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District. The 3rd District is mostly rural and covers southwestern Wisconsin. Democratic Rep. Ron Kind, who’s held the seat since 1996, is retiring and not running for a 14th term. Democratic Wisconsin state…
MediaNews Group/Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images; Insider Democrat Josh Shapiro and Republican Doug Mastriano are running for Pennsylvania governor. Mastriano, a state senator, sought to overturn the 2020 election in Pennsylvania. Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s attorney general, is painting Mastriano as an extremist. Republican Doug Mastriano and Democrat Josh Shapiro are running in a consequential open race for…
AP; Marianne Ayala/Insider Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is facing off against Republican Tudor Dixon in Michigan’s gubernatorial election. Trump backed Dixon before her primary win and she has raised unfounded questions about the 2020 election. Whitmer has sought to highlight that abortion is on the ballot this November. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is seeking reelection…