Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has released a free decryption tool for MortalKombat, a months-old strain of ransomware targeting predominantly cryptocurrency users.MortalKombat, named after t...
[photo1]Andrew WilliamsWhy won't Vertu die? It's the cockroach of phone companies. The once huge LG made its smartphone exit in 2021. HTC and Sony are just about clinging on by their fingertips. And y...
Sam Bankman-Fried (Photo by Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)The case of Sam Bankman-Fried has been a fascinating one for the legal industry. Sure, the collapse of FT...
As the U.S. government continues to rein in the crypto industry with a spate of regulations, other places are emerging as new hubs for the virtual asset industry. On Monday, Hong Kong proposed rules t...
Pipe, an alternative financing platform that was last privately valued by investors at $2 billion, has announced its new chief executive, an appointment that comes months after the company's three co-...
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In mid-2021, Gabor Cselle bought a $15 Moleskine notebook to sketch out ideas for new startups. On the first page, he wrote "T2" and began taking notes for a better version ...
Tesla recorded a $204 million impairment loss in 2022 on its bitcoin holdings, according to regulatory filings. The loss was offset by $64 million in profits from bitcoin trading, leaving the automake...
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[photo1]* Google doesn't think much of the government's antitrust action. It might want to try a quick Bing search on antitrust law. [Reuters]
* Asking ChatGPT to write a poem about being a law stu...