One year ago yesterday, I wrote how MagSafe could be the biggest reason to buy an iPhone 12. I believed it, too. It looked like Apple had cracked the code…
Category: Technology
US Treasury says ransomware payouts in 2021 could top entire past decade
The ransomware business is booming this year and could be bringing in billions for some of its top players, according to a report released by the US Treasury’s Financial Crimes…
Valve bans blockchain games and NFTs on Steam, Epic will try to make it work
Games that use blockchain technology or let users exchange NFTs or cryptocurrencies won’t be allowed on Steam, according to a rule added to Valve’s “What you shouldn’t publish on Steam”…
Epic says it’s ‘open’ to blockchain games after Steam bans them
Epic said that it’s “open to games that support cryptocurrency or blockchain-based assets” on its game store, unlike its competitor Valve which has banned games that feature blockchain technology or…
Human rights activist suing Twitter for allegedly giving Saudi spies access to his info
A Saudi human rights activist has filed a lawsuit against Twitter, alleging that the company hired two people who spied on behalf of the government of Saudi Arabia and accessed…
Moscow adds facial recognition payment system to more than 240 metro stations
Moscow launched “Face Pay” on Friday, a facial recognition payment system implemented in more than 240 Mosmetro stations, “the largest use of facial recognition technology in the world,” officials claim…
Busta Rhymes has questions about NFTs, and he has NFTs for sale
You can’t always take Busta Rhymes literally, and sometimes you shouldn’t take his questions seriously at all, but a tweet from this morning about NFTs is solidly in line with…