Changpeng Zhao (also known simply as “CZ”), the founder and CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has agreed to step down from his position and will plead guilty to violating anti-money laundering requirements enforced by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to numerous media reports.
Zhao is expected in a federal courtroom in Seattle on Tuesday to enter his plea, with Binance reportedly agreeing to pay $4.3 billion in fines. The news was reported earlier by the
We do just about everything on our phones and computers. From paying bills, to having private conversations, to googling a new and unpleasant rash, our devices hold information about our lives that is quite personal. But if you’ve ever worried about someone peeking at what you’re doing on your phone or your laptop, you’re certainly not alone. “Shoulder surfers” are a genuine problem that leads to hacking, stolen information, and even identity theft.
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Elon Musk followed through with his threat to sue Media Matters Tuesday after the nonprofit reported last week that Twitter/X “has been placing ads for major brands next to content that touts Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party.” This resulted in several major advertisers, including Disney, Paramount, NBCUniversal, Comcast, and Lionsgate, pulling their ads from the site.
The suit was expected. The location the company filed it—in a Texas federal court—was a b
Much has changed in the AI world in the past week. But as turmoil rages over the chaos at OpenAI, another major moment went comparatively overlooked because it occurred just before the world’s leading AI company fell to pieces.
On November 15, two days before the OpenAI debacle began, Ed Newton-Rex, who had been vice president of audio at Stability AI for just over a year, resigned from his position leading the audio team at the company over a disagreement over copyright.
Whether it’s the exhausting hours in the kitchen, Aunt Lisa’s helping herself to a little too much wine, or Uncle Marc deciding that over desert is the perfect time to launch into a political debate, Thanksgiving is a holiday with plenty of land mines.
While, for most people, it’s a day to gather with friends and family and enjoy each other’s company, the feast of plenty can be a bit too much to handle for others.
Etiquette experts have their ow
When the communications platform Discord was founded in 2015, its users were mainly bonding over their shared interest in video games. But during the pandemic, the app became more than just a place to play games with friends.
According to Discord cofounder and CEO Jason Citron, Discord saw a major spike in sign-ups as users increasingly turned to the platform to connect with others. Something as simple as discussing shared hobbies became a vital resource.
“Participa
Today, Nvidia will report its Q3 2023 earnings after the bell. Expectations are high for the company once mainly known for its graphics hardware that helped power high-end video games. But in the last year, Nvidia has seen its stock price grow thanks to a relatively new market it’s entered into: making chips and related hardware for the AI industry.
Nvidia’s chips power most of the computers that AI programs run on, like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Competitors Intel and A
In 2019, actor, producer, and entrepreneur Tracee Ellis Ross founded Pattern Beauty, a Black-owned, Black-centered haircare brand for people with textured, curly hair in 2019. Now, the company has ten retail partners and 30 employees. We turned to them to get wellness-themed product recommendations this year and they delivered. From incense to bar soap to a fancy gold fan, here is what they recommend.
Montalee Chavious, Product Development Manager
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New York–based exhibition and media design firm Local Projects is known for its work on the National September 11 Memorial Museum, as well as historical venues such as Hyde Park Barracks, a museum focused on the impact of colonialism in Australia. This year, we asked them for product recommendations that would make our own homes and kitchens exhibit-worthy. Here’s what they suggest.
Miguel Bermudez, lead full-stack developer
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In late September 2020, a series of photos started spreading on Twitter, showing what looked like at least 1,000 mail-in ballots sitting in dumpsters in Sonoma County, California. The photos, which were being interpreted online as clear evidence of election fraud, caught the attention of misinformation researchers at the University of Washington, who quickly put in a call to Sonoma County election officials.
The photos, they found out, actually showed empty mail-in ballots from 2018