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View More NewsRing, the Amazon-owned company that makes video doorbells and other home security devices, aired its first Super Bowl ad this year. As Reason reported, the commercial’s intent was to advertise a new feature, but it caused a backlash given the company’s track record of privacy violations. Within days, Ring announced it would terminate its partnership with Flock Safety, which makes products like automated license plate readers that are used by law enforcement. The move is a rare win for data privacy. The commercial advertised Search Party, a feature that allows users to upload a picture of a lost dog, which…
Ark Invest added another $18 million worth of crypto-adjacent stocks to its holdings on Thursday, including a $2 million purchase of shares in cryptocurrency exchange Bullish (BLSH).The St. Petersburg, Florida-based company also bought $12 million worth of crypto-friendly trading platform Robinhood (HOOD) and $4 million worth of ether ETH$1,946.09 treasury firm Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), according to an emailed disclosure on Friday.Ark’s investment in Bullish, the parent company of CoinDesk, extends its run of consecutive equity purchases in the crypto exchange to 10 days. Bullish shares fell 0.53% to $31.71 on Thursday.BLSH shares have lifted from a trough of around…
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Gail Slater announced her resignation as Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division on Thursday morning. Slater’s sudden departure follows disagreements over merger enforcement with Attorney General Pam Bondi, and corruption allegations about senior DOJ officials. Slater’s…
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“Do you realise that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we’ve ever had to face?” This isn’t RFK Jr talking. It’s General Jack D. Ripper, played by Sterling Hayden in Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 film Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Ripper believes that the Soviets are poisoning America’s drinking water to make all Americans, including him, sexually impotent, so he goes rogue and orders the nuclear-armed B52 bombers under his command to attack Russia. US President Merkin Muffley (played by Peter Sellers), General Buck Turgidson (played by George C.…
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Aave Labs has asked tokenholders to approve a funding package worth about $50 million in exchange for redirecting all revenue from Aave-branded products to…
HONG KONG — Crypto finding a new niche as the payments tool of choice for machines, bitcoin BTC$66,611.04 not yet at rock bottom, U.S.…
The pro-crypto political action committee (PAC) Protect Progress will reportedly spend $1.5 million opposing Texas representative Al Green in the upcoming Democratic Party primary…
The traditional four-year crypto cycle, long-tethered to bitcoin’s BTC$66,350.94 halving events, may be a thing of the past. Han Lin, founder and CEO of…
Bitcoin has posted $2.3 billion in realized losses in what an analyst says is one of the largest capitulation events in history, rivaling its…
Coinbase disclosed $1.78 billion in fourth-quarter revenue on Thursday, indicating that its business suffered alongside Bitcoin’s retreat from all-time highs last year.The figure represented…
Since being sworn in as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr has repeatedly tried to undermine public trust in vaccines.…
Bitcoin BTC$66,988.52 has fallen back to the low end of its recent trading range during late-morning U.S. trading hours on Thursday as the tech-heavy…
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has added a slew of crypto executives, including those from Coinbase and Ripple, to its Innovation Advisory Committee, who…
In brief Microsoft’s AI CEO says AI will automate most white-collar jobs like lawyers and accountants in 12-18 months. The tech giant is building…
“Border czar” Tom Homan. (Holden Smith/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom) Earlier today, Trump “border czar” Tom Homan announced that Operation Metro Surge – the massive deployment of some…
New York — Bitcoin BTC$66,988.52 isn’t just a hedge against inflation, according to ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood, but against something more disruptive: deflation…