Kim Kardashian at the MTV Video Music Awards on August 28, 2016. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Kim Kardashian agreed to pay $1.26 million to settle charges related to a crypto ad, the SEC said. Kardashian failed to disclose how much she was paid to promote a crypto asset on Instagram. See the post that got Kardashian…
Crypto donations were received in the form of bitcoin, ethereum and tether. (Photo illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Pro-Russian military groups raised nearly $400,000 in crypto to fund Moscow’s war with Ukraine. The groups promoted donations via Telegram and used funds to purchase equipment like drones. Research by TRM Labs suggests crypto funding…
Former President Donald Trump arrives at a Save America Rally at the Aero Center Wilmington on September 23, 2022 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Allison Joyce/Getty Images Democrats previously envisioned running for reelection by touting their legislative wins. Donald Trump’s dominating headlines and recruiting efforts prompted a recalibration. “Things have changed a whole bunch,” Joe Biden…
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks during a press conference held to celebrate U.S. President Joe Biden cancelling student debt on Capitol Hill on September 29, 2022 in Washington, DC. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for We, The 45 Million) The application for Biden’s student-loan forgiveness should be available in October. Democrats said a smooth implementation process for…
Ulises Perez inside an Amazon delivery truck. Ulises Perez Ulises Perez, 22, has been an Amazon delivery driver in Salt Lake City since 2020. He said he mentally prepares himself every morning for the strenuous and hectic day ahead. Perez started making TikTok videos to share job tips and communicate with fellow drivers. This as-told-to…
The ransomware attack against the Los Angeles Unified School District just got worse. TechCrunchreports the group that took credit for the heist, Vice Society, has published a 500GB data cache from the early September breach. The collection includes extremely sensitive details like Social Security numbers, bank account info and health data that extends to students’…
Google is a relative newcomer to the headphones market. The company’s technology – Google Assistant – has been present in headphones for a number of years, but in terms of the hardware, the Pixel Buds Pro are only Google’s fourth set of headphones. The Pixel Buds started the trend in 2017, but it wasn’t until…
Xiaomi is holding a product launch event tomorrow, Tuesday 4 October 2022, but Amazon seems to have lifted the lid on the two expected phones early. The Xiaomi 12T and 12T Pro have both appeared on Amazon sites across Europe, with Amazon Spain and Amazon Germany both listing the handsets (that we’ve found). A number…
Players have been taking to social media to say their goodbyes to Overwatch. After six years of being one of the most popular multiplayer shooters, Overwatch has been retired ahead of Overwatch 2‘s launch tomorrow. The official Overwatch Twitter account invited players to share their memories and fan creations with the hashtag #SeeYouOnTheOtherSide to say…
So, Stadia finally met its demise last week. After an unsuccessful launch with general apathy from the audience, there’s an argument that the platform was doomed right from the very beginning – despite Google itself investing a gigantic amount of cash into the hardware and various publishing deals. Perhaps the writing was on the wall…