Over 54 minutes of elevator music and then – complete silence. That’s what X users who tried to tune into Elon Musk’s interview of Donald Trump were treated to on Monday night as X’s live audio platform, Spaces, glitched out when hundreds of thousands of user accounts tried to listen …
Read More »X is testing the removal of like, comment, and repost buttons from replies
Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, is once again planning a controversial design change to the platform. X is currently testing the removal of like, comment, and repost buttons, along with their counts, from replies to posts. The view count would be removed from reply posts as well. This …
Read More »Microsoft releases easier CrowdStrike fix
The massive global tech outage that occurred on Friday due to an error in an update from the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike may largely be out of the public’s mind today. And that’s thanks to IT admins and departments around the world who sprung into action to fix the problem that …
Read More »Elon Musk's X adds pro-Trump icons for Trump hashtags
Over the weekend, Elon Musk made his support for Donald Trump official by publicly endorsing the former-president shortly after Trump was wounded in the ear by a would-be assassin during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Now, it appears that Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is also …
Read More »Fake Elon Musk livestreams promoting crypto scams keep popping up on YouTube
Is there any end in sight to fake Elon Musk livestream scams on YouTube? Over the weekend, Engadget reported on a YouTube broadcast featuring Elon Musk talking at what appears to be a Tesla conference-type event. The livestream had over 30,000 viewers at one point according to Engadget. One problem: …
Read More »Two MIT students charged for exploiting Ethereum blockchain bug, stole $25 million in crypto
Just when you’ve thought you’ve seen everything when it comes to cryptocurrency theft, two brothers attending MIT have uncovered a brand new way to steal millions. According to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announcement on Wednesday, Anton Peraire-Bueno and James Peraire-Bueno have both been charged with conspiracy to commit …
Read More »Fake Bitcoin ETF news pumps price to $30,000
On Monday morning, Bitcoin quickly spiked thousands of dollars, hitting as high as $30,000 on some cryptocurrency exchanges. Why? Because erroneous reports about the SEC approving BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETF spread online. However, those reports turned out to be completely false. “The iShares Bitcoin ETP application is still under review …
Read More »FTX determines around $9 billion in customer funds are missing
It’s official: FTX is missing a lot of its customers’ funds. How much is a lot? Try around $9 billion. In a preliminary analysis released by the bankrupt crypto exchange on March 2, FTX laid out its current findings for stakeholders. And it confirmed the worst: a “massive shortfall,” as …
Read More »DOJ charges tiny crypto exchange Bitzlato with money laundering after teasing 'major' crypto announcement
After a hellish 2022, was crypto’s biggest reckoning about to hit in the first weeks of 2023? That’s what many thought after word quickly spread on Wednesday from the United States Department of Justice about an upcoming press conference announcing a “major international cryptocurrency action.” Many assumed the announcement could …
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