On Monday, former New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who just left office following the election of Zohran Mamdani, promoted the launch of a new NYC Token memecoin on the Solana blockchain via a press conference, social media, and interviews. According to Adams, the goal of the crypto token is to help “fight anti-semitism” across […]
Proton’s Lifetime account raffle raises $1.27 million for digital rights advocates
Proton raised a record $1.27 million, awarding 10 Lifetime accounts Grants were awarded to 10 community-chosen digital rights groups Proton further backs a private, open internet with free tools Proton’s 2025 Lifetime Account Charity Fundraiser generated $1.27 million for digital-rights organizations. The news comes only a few days after the Trump administration decided to withdraw […]
Boots Riley’s Post-Apocalyptic ‘Simpsons’ Stage Show Is Becoming a Movie
X-Men legend Chris Claremont teases the potential surprise return of another mutant in Avengers: Doomsday. Jennifer Lawrence dances around questions of her return to Hunger Games for Sunrise on the Reaping. Plus, Rhea Seehorn teases when to expect the return of Pluribus. To me, my spoilers! Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play Boots Riley confirmed on Twitter (via World of […]
Anthem servers have officially been shut down and dedicated players are already hoping for a revival — ‘Here’s to some, REALLY wishful, thinking that this game gets revived one way or another’
Anthem‘s servers have officially been shut down by EA Players of BioWare’s 2019 online shooter are sharing their farewells online through final gameplay clips, memes, and memories Other players are hopeful the game will see a revival one day After almost seven years online, EA has officially shut down Anthem‘s servers for good. At some […]
Elijah Wood Says More ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movies Are Coming, Just Don’t Ask Him if He’s in Them
Someone was going to ask him eventually, and the time has arrived: Elijah Wood has responded to Ian McKellan’s cheeky tease last summer that a character named Frodo would be in Andy Serkis’ new Lord of the Rings film, The Hunt for Gollum. And the answer is… he isn’t saying if that’s true or that […]
Peter Capaldi Thinks ‘Doctor Who’ Has to Become Less Important to Survive
We’ve got a long time to wait—basically the rest of this year—to keep wondering just how badly things went for Doctor Who last year, which means there are plenty of opportunities for people to chime in and ruminate on just why things went wrong. It’s not, however, every day that a former Doctor is the one […]
Spanish energy giant Endesa says it was hit by data breach
Endesa Energia suffered unauthorized access, exposing customer data and IBAN numbers Hackers allegedly selling 20m records, 1TB SQL files, on dark web Company warns of phishing, impersonation risks; investigation ongoing Endesa Energia, the retail arm of one of Europe’s biggest energy providers, Endesa, S.A., has confirmed it recently suffered a cyberattack which saw it lose […]
Alphabet’s Wing Adds 150 Walmart Stores to Drone Delivery Program
Delivery services show few signs of losing interest among Americans. While they often include significant surcharges over in-person shopping, it also means not having to press a button to get a case unlocked for deodorant or detergent. And Wing and Walmart have been able to capitalize on a drone delivery service in two regions so […]
Tether Freezes $182 Million in Stablecoins as Reports Point to Heavy Crypto Use by Venezuela
Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal reported on the use of stablecoins, specifically Tether’s USDT, to circumvent sanctions imposed by the United States on Venezuela. The report indicates PdVSA, which is the country’s state-run oil company, began demanding payments to be made via USDT in 2020, with as much as 80% of the country’s […]
‘Turning a blind eye to X’s egregious behavior would make a mockery of your moderation practices’: US Senators tell Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai to pull X and Grok from app stores
X’s Grok AI tool has created pornographic images of women and children Now, US Senators have told Apple and Google they must ban the apps Malaysia and Indonesia have already blocked the apps from use In recent weeks it’s emerged that X’s built-in artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok is being actively used to generate explicit […]