Month: February 2023
An NFT Guy Lied About Being In A Coma. He Says The Ruse Was To Help Him Fight Scams.
@LittleShapesNFT, who had been touting an NFT project consisting of 4,444 images of different shapes he said were generated with a physics engine, subsequently tweeted a photo showing him “walking out the hospital.” Then came the gut punch. “what the fuck happened to my FTX account,” he tweeted, followed in…
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Pinterest’s new round of layoffs comes weeks after its last cuts
The company says its “making organizational changes to further set us up to deliver against our company priorities and our long-term strategy,” according to a statement sent to The Verge by spokesperson Meredith Klein. It did not specify how many employees were being laid off. The people who are losing…
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Nissan shows off a real version of its rad-looking Max-Out electric convertible concept
The Nissan Max-Out is virtual no longer. The automaker rolled out a physical version of its electric convertible concept to celebrate its Nissan Futures event, which is being held at its global headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, for the next several weeks. We’ve seen renderings of the Max-Out, alongside several other…
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Wednesday’s top tech news: happy Samsung Unpacked day to all who observe
“The problem in trucking is that drivers are incentivized to work themselves well beyond healthy limits—sometimes to death.” This heart-breaking story on the digital surveillance of long-haul truckers is worth your time — because trucking is a place where worker surveillance is being tested. And not just worker surveillance! Artificial…
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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is making this the ‘year of efficiency’
During Meta’s fourth-quarter earnings call with investors today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained why he wants to make this the “year of efficiency.” “I just think we’ve entered somewhat of a phase change for the company,” he said, noting that headcount steadily climbed for nearly two decades, making it “very hard…
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Facebook now has 2 billion users
Almost 20 years in, Facebook is still growing. The social network now has 2 billion daily active users, Meta reported alongside its fourth-quarter earnings. The report marks the first time Facebook, which added 16 million users last quarter, has reached 2 billion daily users. While Facebook isn’t the first Meta-owned…
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