Day: February 9, 2022

The DOJ’s $3.6B Seizure Shows How Hard It Is to Launder Crypto https://ift.tt/yG4FcLz On Tuesday, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan were arrested in New York and accused of laundering a record $4.5 billion dollars worth of stolen cryptocurrency. In the 24 hours since, the cybersecurity world has ruthlessly mocked their […]

Stephen King’s Firestarter unleashes new trailer, release date https://ift.tt/QuzxTyj Nearly 40 years ago, a post-E.T. Drew Barrymore starred as Charlie McGee in the first adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter. now, newcomer Ryan Kiera Armstrong will take over the role of Charlie in Universal Pictures and Blumhouse’s upcoming Firestarter reboot. And […]

Apple launches new book club dubbed ‘Strombo’s Lit’ https://ift.tt/PnNVGOd Bookworms in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia now can check out Apple’s new book club, curated by Apple Music host George “Strombo” Stroumboulopoulos. Stroumboulopoulos joined up with Apple in 2020 as an Apple Music Hits live radio host. He hosts […]

Firefighters in ice-rescue training class suddenly spotted two teens in need of real-life ice rescuing (video) https://ift.tt/rCqp7BZ Missouri firefighters were just finishing up an ice-rescue training exercise when, right on cue, two nearby teens — 15 and 17 years old — ran across the thin ice and fell through, plunging […]

Meta’s Oversight Board says Facebook needs to change its doxing rules https://ift.tt/vrVW97p Back in April 2021, Facebook (now Meta) asked its independent Oversight Board to weigh in on the matter of sharing users’ private residence information on Facebook and Instagram. The Oversight Board has since released its thoughts on the […]

Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes is a chaotic new spinoff https://ift.tt/HvST5ER Today’s Nintendo Direct started with a bombastic announcement: Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, a spinoff title starring the cast of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, is in development. This third-person action RPG pits Byleth, Edelgard, Dmitri, Claude, and the other […]

Trevor Noah explains why Rogan’s “Planet of the Apes” slur is even worse than his use of the n-word https://ift.tt/yPwer6s I watched Joe Rogan’s bizarre non-apology about making racist statements on Sunday, and his explantion for why he said a Black neighorhood was like the “Planet of the Apes” made […]

Mario Kart 9 isn’t happening yet, but 8 is getting new DLC https://ift.tt/N9QE7uM Nintendo didn’t show a sequel to Mario Kart 8 during February’s Direct, but players will have no reason to put the game down any time soon. Instead of a sequel, Mario Kart 8 will be getting 48 new courses […]

Zack Snyder reaches for the stars in Netflix’s Rebel Moon https://ift.tt/QK5Avs1 Director Zack Snyder had a banner year in 2021, with both a director’s cut of Justice League on HBO Max and a Netflix original movie, Army of the Dead, being watched by millions of streaming viewers. And it looks […]

These 2 grocery items are being pulled from supermarket shelves https://ift.tt/ARaTMc2 The mass-manufacturing process associated with the products that fill the grocery shelves we depend on for food and other household staples, to be sure, has many benefits. The efficiency helps keep a lid on prices (well, at least somewhat). […]