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Mazar’s recent Binance “proof of reserve” report only covers a small set of financial data, raising fresh questions about Binance’s ability to meet obligations (Jonathan Weil/Wall Street Journal)

Jonathan Weil / Wall Street Journal: Mazar’s recent Binance “proof of reserve” report only covers a small set of financial data, raising fresh questions about Binance’s ability to meet obligations — Crypto exchange has begun releasing data to shore up confidence following collapse of FTX — Crypto’s Crash Has Been Swift but Largely Self-Contained.

South Korean prosecutors believe Do Kwon, who founded the collapsed TerraUSD and LUNA, is hiding in Serbia, traveling via Dubai from Singapore in October (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)

Song Jung-a / Financial Times: South Korean prosecutors believe Do Kwon, who founded the collapsed TerraUSD and LUNA, is hiding in Serbia, traveling via Dubai from Singapore in October — Prosecutors seek co-operation with Belgrade as search intensifies for Terraform chief — South Korean prosecutors believe that Do Kwon …

Daily Authority: 🏆 Meet the best smartphone of 2022

Good day, and welcome to the Daily Authority! We had a spectacular thunderstorm last night, breaking into a fresh, cool morning. These are rare weather conditions for this part of the world, but I’ll take it after days of oppressive heat! We’re expecting some more rain today, and I couldn’t be more excited! This is

Poll: Do you know your partner’s phone PIN code?

Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority All of you should have a PIN code or some other form of authentication on your smartphone, preventing unauthorized people from accessing your device and serving as a security measure for theft. But are you the only one who knows your phone’s PIN code or does your loved one

MIUI 14 goes official: Features, release schedule, and more

Credit: Xiaomi Xiaomi has announced MIUI 14 features, release date, and eligible devices. The updated software brings new design, security, and system optimization features for Xiaomi phones. Xiaomi has finally made its new Android skin — MIUI 14 — official. The company announced new features coming with MIUI 14 alongside the launch of its flagship

Laser Projector Needs Hardware Hack After Software Mod

You probably recognize that dreadful feeling when you reboot a gadget after updating its firmware, only to be greeted by a blank screen and an unresponsive device. This apparently happened to the previous owner of a bricked RGB laser projector that [Buy It Fix It] got his hands on: it briefly flashed its laser on

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra China listing reveals speed boost, more

Credit: Smartprix Samsung’s Galaxy S23 Ultra has been listed by China’s TENAA body. The listing reveals details related to size, weight, battery capacity, RAM, and more. We already know a lot about the Samsung Galaxy S23 series thanks to leaks and certification listings. Now, another listing may have given us a comprehensive look at the

Sources: Thoma Bravo is in advanced talks to acquire Coupa Software, which helps companies manage their spending, after outbidding Vista Equity Partners (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Thoma Bravo is in advanced talks to acquire Coupa Software, which helps companies manage their spending, after outbidding Vista Equity Partners — Thoma Bravo LLC is in advanced talks to acquire Coupa Software Inc. after outbidding Vista Equity Partners, according to people familiar with the matter.

With AI image generation tools like Stable Diffusion and DreamBooth, it’s easy to make life-wrecking deepfakes with a few photos of a person from social media (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica)

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: With AI image generation tools like Stable Diffusion and DreamBooth, it’s easy to make life-wrecking deepfakes with a few photos of a person from social media — AI tech makes it trivial to generate harmful fake photos from a few social media pictures. — If you’re one of the billions

See What You’re In For When Buying And Moving A Lathe

Sometimes, with patience and luck, one can score a sweet deal on machinery. But for tools that weigh many hundreds of pounds? Buying it is only the beginning of the story. [Ben Katz] recently got a lathe and shared a peek at what was involved in moving a small (but still roughly 800 pound) Clausing

Hackaday Links: December 11, 2022

“They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” That might be stretching things a bit, especially when the “paradise” in question is in New Jersey, but there’s a move afoot to redevelop the site of the original “Big Bang Antenna” that has some people pretty upset. Known simply as “The Horn Antenna” since it

The Witcher: Blood Origin isn’t witcher-y enough to stand out

Michelle Yeoh in The Witcher: Blood Origin. | Image: Netflix Without Geralt (or another memorable lead), the series doesn’t do enough to feel different from all the other sprawling fantasy adventures. Continue reading…

The subpar performance of FAANG stocks, which account for more than 10% of the S&P 500 weighting, will be a big drag on the market in the coming years (Kit Rees/Bloomberg)

Kit Rees / Bloomberg: The subpar performance of FAANG stocks, which account for more than 10% of the S&P 500 weighting, will be a big drag on the market in the coming years — For some investors, this year’s rout in high-flying technology stocks is more than a bear market: It’s the end of an

Returnal is coming to PC, but you’ll need 32GB of RAM to play comfortably

Returnal demands more RAM than even Microsoft Flight Simulator. | Image: Sony Sony’s Returnal is the latest PlayStation exclusive to make the jump to PC, but it comes with a hefty RAM recommendation (via WccfTech). While you’ll need a minimum of 16GB of RAM in your rig just to get it in a playable state,

Twitter’s Community Notes, the crowd-powered feature to fact check tweets previously known as Birdwatch, starts rolling out to all users globally (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Twitter’s Community Notes, the crowd-powered feature to fact check tweets previously known as Birdwatch, starts rolling out to all users globally — Twitter has begun rolling out Community Notes to all of its users globally, the company announced on Saturday.

DIY Comparatron Helps Trace Tiny, Complex Objects

Hackers frequently find themselves reverse-engineering or interfacing to existing hardware and devices, and when that interface needs to be a physical one, it really pays to be able to take accurate measurements. This is easy to do when an object is big enough to fit inside calipers, or at least straight enough to be laid

PDP-8 Plays Period Popcorn Piece

[Kyle Owen], collector of antique tech, decided to try his hand at music arrangement — for the PDP-8 computer, that is (listen to the video below the break). He’s using a program submitted by Richard Wilson to the Digital Equipment Corporation Users Society (DECUS) in 1976, appropriately named MUSIC. It runs on OS/8 and is

Ex-staffers say Twitter’s mass firing of security staff and growing reliance on automation will help China and other authoritarian regimes in silencing critics (Adam Rawnsley/Rolling Stone)

Adam Rawnsley / Rolling Stone: Ex-staffers say Twitter’s mass firing of security staff and growing reliance on automation will help China and other authoritarian regimes in silencing critics — Elon’s mass firing of security staff and increased reliance on automation is going to make it easier for tyrants to shout …

Amazon Fire TV Voice Remote Pro: Is it worth the upgrade?

If you’ve got a Fire TV device or you’re shopping for one, Amazon is eager to sell you the newly-released Alexa Voice Remote Pro as an extra accessory. I recently had an opportunity to test one, comparing it against other Fire TV remotes to judge whether it really makes a difference for the media streaming

NASA successfully completes its Artemis I mission

NASA’s Orion capsule splashed down into the Pacific Ocean at around 12:40PM ET. | Screenshot: Emma Roth / The Verge NASA’s Orion spacecraft has returned to Earth. The uncrewed capsule safely splashed down into the Pacific Ocean off of Mexico’s Baja California around 12:40PM ET on Sunday, marking the end of the landmark Artemis I

A Straightforward Old-Fashioned DAC

With modern microcontrollers, the process of interfacing with the analogue world is easy. Simply enable the on-board DAC or ADC, and talk to the world. If you’ve ever done this with a slightly older microprocessor, you might have encountered the DAC and ADC as chips in their own right, but how about the earliest generation

The developer who unlocked 90Hz on the Pixel 6A needs help finishing the project

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Remember that Pixel 6A mod that unlocks a 90Hz refresh rate? Well, the developer behind it, Nathan Brooke (aka Lunarixus), just made the changes public in hopes that other developers can finish off the tweak. In a post on Twitter, Brooke includes a link to the project on

How to Use Android’s New Distraction-Free Reading Mode

With Google’s latest update, content is more accessible, and you’re able to concentrate on the text rather than anything else. Here’s how to get set up.

Elon Musk tweeted an excerpt of Yoel Roth’s doctoral dissertation, baselessly suggesting that the ex-Twitter executive is an advocate for child sexualization (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Elon Musk tweeted an excerpt of Yoel Roth’s doctoral dissertation, baselessly suggesting that the ex-Twitter executive is an advocate for child sexualization — Elon Musk posted tweets including an excerpt of Yoel Roth’s doctoral dissertation Saturday that suggested the former Twitter executive …

Your Brain Uses Calculus to Control Fast Movements

To sharpen its command over precise maneuvers, the brain uses comparisons between control signals—not the signals themselves.

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