A US judge sentences Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for stealing from users of his now-bankrupt FTX crypto exchange and orders him to forfeit $11B+
Past 6 pm on December 29 … Matthew Russell Lee / Matthew Russell Lee's Newsletter : Aftermath: SBF Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison After Coin Flip and Presidential Aspirations Cited by Judge - Ellison...
Canada's Civil Resolution Tribunal rules that Air Canada must give a passenger a retroactive discount, which was erroneously promised by the airline's chatbot
Air Canada appears to have quietly killed its costly chatbot support — https://arstechnica.com/... Jeffrey P. Bigham / @jbigham@hci.social : open season on “redteaming” these annoying company chatbo...
Twitter rolls out its updated “interim” X logo, replacing the iconic bird, following Elon Musk's weekend announcement; X.com now redirects to twitter.com
it's just an X that someone tweeted at him Sean Hollister / The Verge : Twitter removed half its HQ sign — then the police arrived Jon Porter / The Verge : RIP Twitter's iconic bird logo Kyle Barr / G...
The US Federal Reserve launches FedNow, its long-awaited real-time payments system that will eventually let individuals and businesses transfer money in seconds
JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, and 33 Banks Onboard Emma Roth / The Verge : The Federal Reserve's 24/7 payment system could deposit your paycheck instantly Paul Hill / Neowin : FedNow Service launches bringin...
New crypto mortgages in the US real estate market let property buyers pledge their digital holdings as collateral for a loan, with no down payments necessary
It took Vincent Burniske months to get a seven-figure loan to buy two small apartment buildings in a coveted Miami neighborhood. Tweets: @jeannasmialek , @sami_lynnnnn , @thomdunn , @nastyoldwomyn , @...
VAMS, a CDC website built by Deloitte at a cost of $44M to manage rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, has been abandoned by states due to bugs and problems
mission comes second, profit comes first. And that comes at a cost: vaccines delayed, loved ones lost. https://twitter.com/... Lawrence Mower / @lmower3 : Unreliable registration, problems that lock s...