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Vitalik Buterin’s X account was hacked to promote a crypto scam, leading to an estimated $650K+ of assets being stolen; the tweet was deleted within 20 minutes (Molly White/Web3 is Going Just Great)

Molly White / Web3 is Going Just Great: Vitalik Buterin’s X account was hacked to promote a crypto scam, leading to an estimated $650K+ of assets being stolen; the tweet was deleted within 20 minutes  —  The Twitter account belonging to Vitalik Buterin, inventor and effective leader of the Ethereum project, was hacked to promote

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Industrial Surge Protector Teardown

Surge protectors are a common item in the modern household, but the Meanwell unit that [Big Clive] tears apart was clearly intended for commercial use. In fact, he mentions it was made for outdoor signage. Removing the rear panel didn’t help much — the entire unit was potted in resin — but that didn’t stop [Clive].

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How Lisbon’s quality of life, crypto-friendly tax laws, and government incentives for foreigners have made the city one of the crypto capitals of the world (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: How Lisbon’s quality of life, crypto-friendly tax laws, and government incentives for foreigners have made the city one of the crypto capitals of the world  —  – Quality of life, bitcoin-friendly tax laws and a huge influx of expats have made Lisbon one of the crypto capitals of the world.

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Research: ChatGPT consumes up to an estimated 500ml of water for every five to 50 prompts; Microsoft reported its water use spiked 34% YoY in 2022, Google 20% (Associated Press)

Associated Press: Research: ChatGPT consumes up to an estimated 500ml of water for every five to 50 prompts; Microsoft reported its water use spiked 34% YoY in 2022, Google 20%  —  The cost of building an artificial intelligence product like ChatGPT can be hard to measure.  But one thing Microsoft-backed OpenAI needed …

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Dennis Austin, the principal developer of PowerPoint who led development of the presentation software until he retired in 1996, died on September 1 aged 76 (Michael S. Rosenwald/Washington Post)

Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post: Dennis Austin, the principal developer of PowerPoint who led development of the presentation software until he retired in 1996, died on September 1 aged 76  —  The program was the digital successor of the overhead projector.  It became one of the most ubiquitous and scorned programs of modern office

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How Meta and Google held back their tech to recognize unknown people’s faces due to privacy worries, opening the door for startups like Clearview AI and PimEyes (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)

Kashmir Hill / New York Times: How Meta and Google held back their tech to recognize unknown people’s faces due to privacy worries, opening the door for startups like Clearview AI and PimEyes  —  Engineers at the tech giants built tools years ago that could put a name to any face but, for once, Silicon

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