“I think there’s no way to have sort of anticipated quite the inflation that we’ve seen.” Oopsie Elon Musk has a spot of bad news for his Tesla fanboys: Cybertrucks are going to end up costing more than the $40K price-point they were promised. “I hate to sort of give a little bit of bad news,”… Continue reading The $40,000 Cybertruck is Officially Dead
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Crypto Company Offers Massive Bounty to “White Hat Hackers” After Giant Heist
It just wants its money back. Chaos Theory A cryptocurrency company is offering millions of dollars to its “white hat hacker friends” after thieves made off with $190 million in what one cybersecurity expert called a “frenzied free for all.” In a Medium post, Nomad — a crypto “bridge” service that allows users to transfer… Continue reading Crypto Company Offers Massive Bounty to “White Hat Hackers” After Giant Heist
Concerned Shareholders Heckled While Addressing Tesla Ethics
It’s absolutely infuriating. Cyber Roundup Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting, regrettably called the “Cyber Roundup,” took place last night at the company’s Texas Gigafactory — and it turned out to be a real dumpster fire. In light of wide-ranging reports of ethical issues and allegations — including reports of systemic racism and sexual misconduct, as well… Continue reading Concerned Shareholders Heckled While Addressing Tesla Ethics
A Slack Bug Exposed Some Users’ Hashed Passwords for 5 Years
The office communication platform Slack is known for being easy and intuitive to use. But the company said on Friday that one of its low-friction features contained a vulnerability, now fixed, that exposed cryptographically scrambled versions of some users’ passwords. When users created or revoked a link—known as a “shared invite link”—that others could use… Continue reading A Slack Bug Exposed Some Users’ Hashed Passwords for 5 Years
We Interviewed Meta’s New AI Chatbot About … Itself
What kind of data are you trained on? Kuki can talk about everything from music to sports to politics and religion! And beyond that as well Would you like me to call you Kuki? Yes! Call me kuki please!!! It would be great if we could become friends!!! We could learn so much from each… Continue reading We Interviewed Meta’s New AI Chatbot About … Itself
Toyota will buy back your recalled bZ4X EV
Toyota recalled the bZ4X in June over concerns the electric crossover’s wheels could fall off at speed, and now it’s taking extra steps to satisfy upset customers and keep vehicles off the road. Electrek has learned (and Engadget has confirmed) that Toyota’s US branch is offering to buy back the bZ4X. The terms will vary… Continue reading Toyota will buy back your recalled bZ4X EV
DreamWorks Animation will open source its MoonRay renderer later this year
DreamWorks has been open sourcing some of its technology in recent years, and now its animation division is preparing to make more tools freely available. DreamWorks Animation said it will release its MoonRay ray-tracing renderer as open-source software later this year. As The Hollywood Reporter notes, DreamWorks will offer up its Arras cloud rendering framework… Continue reading DreamWorks Animation will open source its MoonRay renderer later this year
Microsoft helps game devs pull more performance from the Xbox Series S
Frustrated that games don’t run as well on the Xbox Series S as you’d expect given the 1440p-capable hardware? Microsoft might have a fix. The Verge has learned the company’s recently highlighted June Game Development Kit gives programmers more access to memory, freeing up “hundreds of additional megabytes” of RAM for their games. That can… Continue reading Microsoft helps game devs pull more performance from the Xbox Series S
Here’s how NASA’s astronauts are preparing to go to the Moon
NASA NASA is nearly ready to kick off its Artemis mission, a multi-stage quest to send astronauts to the Moon and beyond. As the agency approaches its launch date for Artemis I — an unmanned flight around the Moon — it’s also preparing its astronauts to spend time on the lunar surface. Preparing to go… Continue reading Here’s how NASA’s astronauts are preparing to go to the Moon
Why you should really stop charging your phone overnight
What’s the best way to charge an iPhone to get the longest possible battery life? I asked myself this question and decided to do some experimenting to find out. Before going to sleep, I used to do what millions of other people do: I put my iPhone on to charge overnight. But why do we… Continue reading Why you should really stop charging your phone overnight