Month: March 2021
InBalance Research forecasts demand for energy suppliers to ensure they optimize distribution
From distributed homes in Cambridge, Mass. and Cambridge, England, inBalance Research is joining Y Combinator as it looks to accelerate its business as the oracle for independent energy providers, utilities, and market makers. Selling a service it calls Delphi, the very early stage startup is hoping to provide analysis for…
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Hackers leak other hackers’ information online Hacker
Users of the now-defunct illegal online service WeLeakInfo could soon find themselves in trouble with the law or even other hackers as a user on a popular hacking forum is now selling a database which contains highly sensitive information on more than 24,000 previous customers. Before it was shut down…
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Hackers stole NFTs from Nifty Gateway users
Over the weekend, some users of NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway said hackers stole digital artwork worth thousands of dollars from their accounts. Some people who were hacked also said their credit cards on file were used to purchase additional NFTs, also costing thousands of dollars, which were then transferred away…
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3 things we’ve learned about Facebook’s AR glasses Facebook AR Glasses
AR wearables have long been thought of as the next great innovation in the world of mainstream consumer tech – but after all these years, no one has yet managed to come up with a commercially-viable proposition. Now, after the trials and tribulations of Apple, Google and Samsung before it,…
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HBO’s QAnon documentary is a megaphone for extremists — and it’s unbelievably boring
QAnon has become a nearly inescapable part of politics. The conspiracy is organized around an anonymous figure called Q, who was supposedly operating inside the Trump administration. Using anonymous online message boards, Q has sent a string of cryptic messages about a plan to mass-arrest Democratic politicians and celebrities, who…
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U.S. e-commerce on track for its first $1 trillion year by 2022, due to lasting pandemic impacts
The COVID-19 pandemic boosted U.S. online shopping by $183 billion, accord to a new report by Adobe’s e-commerce division, released this morning. This figure represents the increase in online shopping during the months of March 2020, when the pandemic began in the U.S, through February 2021. During this time, U.S.…
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