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After latest kidnap attempt, crypto types tell crime bosses: Transfers are traceable

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  • 2025-05-16 03:34 event
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After latest kidnap attempt, crypto types tell crime bosses: Transfers are traceable
Crypto abduction attempts continue to rock France.

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43. Fortnite players can speak with Darth Vader through a James Earl Jones-voiced AI

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When Fortnite players meet Darth Vader in the game’s ongoing Star Wars event, they will be able to speak with the Sith Lord directly, and he’s going to respond with a voice that sounds exactly like James Earl Jones. Though Darth Vader has previously appeared as an NPC (and a battle pass skin) in Fortnite, […]

44. Microsoft says its Azure and AI tech hasn’t harmed people in Gaza

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Microsoft says it has found no evidence that the Israeli military has used its Azure and AI technology to harm Palestinian civilians or anyone else in Gaza. The software maker says it has “conducted an internal review and engaged an external firm,” to perform a review, after some Microsoft employees have repeatedly called on the […]

45. Capcom goes for deep cuts with latest fighting game collection

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At this point, there are more than enough ways to play Street Fighter II. But Project Justice and Plasma Sword? Well, those are something entirely different, and much harder to find. And Capcom has made the smart decision to continue to make some of its more obscure fighters the focal point of its growing library […]

46. HBO’s no good very bad rebrand

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It's not TV, it's HBO. No, sorry, it's HBO Go. And also HBO Now. But now it's HBO Max, except wait, now it's not HBO at all? It's just Max? Actually, I'm being told it is once again HBO Max. Thank you for joining us on this wild and utterly nonsensical branding journey. Please keep […]

47. Charter and Cox to combine businesses in $34.5 billion megamerger

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Charter and Cox have announced plans to merge in a $34.5 billion deal that will create a cable and internet behemoth. The two telecom companies say the merger will allow them to “aggressively compete” against larger broadband companies and mobile providers that have rolled out internet plans of their own. Charter, which currently has 31.5 […]

48. Drop Duchy is a deck-building, Tetris-like, Carcassonne-esque puzzler

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The game layers tile dropping onto worker placement, and stacks up nicely.

49. Rocket Report: How is your payload fairing? Poland launches test rocket.

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No thunder down under.

50. The top fell off Australia’s first orbital-class rocket, delaying its launch

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The Australian startup behind the Eris rocket says the rest of the vehicle was undamaged.

51. FBI warns of ongoing scam that uses deepfake audio to impersonate government officials

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Warning comes as the use of deepfakes in the wild is rising.

52. After latest kidnap attempt, crypto types tell crime bosses: Transfers are traceable

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Crypto abduction attempts continue to rock France.

53. Microsoft’s Surface lineup reportedly losing another of its most interesting designs

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Surface Laptop Studio 2 is reportedly no longer being manufactured.

54. Tesla changes lease policy, didn’t use old cars as robotaxis

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From 2019–2024, Tesla would not offer a buyout to lease customers.

55. Telegram bans $35B black markets used to sell stolen data, launder crypto

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One market's shutdown comes after the Treasury Department sought a related ban.

56. With US out, WHO director says it’s running on budget of a local hospital

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Mike Ryan, previously an executive director, is among the high-profile departures.

57. Report: Terrorists seem to be paying X to generate propaganda with Grok

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Did Musk rip Treasury Department over terrorist payments while X paid terrorists?

58. Renewable power reversing China’s emissions growth

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It's the country's first one-year emissions decline that's not linked to economic issues.

59. Google restores Nextcloud user’s file access on Android

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Nextcloud's public story of Play Store problems seems to have helped.

60. Trump has “a little problem” with Apple’s plan to ship iPhones from India

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Trump says he told CEO Tim Cook "We are not interested in you building in India."

61. New twist on marshmallow test shows power of a promise

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Younger children were slightly more likely to successfully delay gratification than older children.

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