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Bitcoin Is Crashing Because Everything Is Crashing

06.17.22

By Edward Ongweso Jr
Tech

This Vigilante Keeps Crypto Safe From Thieves by Hacking It First

06.10.22

By Matthew Gault
Tech

Meet the Vigilantes Who Hack Millions in Crypto to Save It From Thieves

06.06.22

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Discord Is the World’s Most Important Financial Messenger, and a Hotbed for Scammers

05.31.22

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Billionaire Says Huge Tattoo of $40B Crypto Failure Is Reminder of ‘Humility’

05.19.22

By Edward Ongweso Jr
Tech

What Happened to SafeMoon, the Hyped-Up Crypto That Promised Riches?

05.09.22

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

79-Year-Old Carl Sagan Fan Loses Wormhole.com to Crypto Company After Lawsuit

05.04.22

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Buying Authenticity: Inside the World of the Paid Crypto Shills

05.04.22

By Maxwell Strachan
Tech

SEC Nearly Doubles Crypto Enforcement Unit Size to Tackle Fraud

05.03.22

By Maxwell Strachan
Tech

Crypto Hacker Simply Burns $1M In Stolen Funds

04.26.22

By Edward Ongweso Jr
Tech

‘We Are Fucked’: Crypto Stablecoin Collapses After $182M Hack

04.18.22

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Stablecoins Are in a War for Dominance and It’s Getting Ugly

04.11.22

By Ekin Genç

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Music

More Genres (And Artists) I Would Add to the ‘Dad Rock’ and ‘Cigarette Mom’ Musical Canon

Dad Rock and Cigarette Mom genres often boil down to a simple concept: mainstream music that white people like. Here’s more of that.

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By Lauren Boisvert
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North Carolina Man Must Pay Back the Millions He Acquired in First-Ever Streaming Fraud Case

Michael Smith used AI-generated songs and bots to scam millions from streaming platforms since 2017, and now must face the music.

54 minutes ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

Norovirus Turns Cruise Ship Into a Poop-and-Vomit Wonderland. Here’s How This Keeps Happening.

Cruise ships may be affordable and accessible, but the trade-off is spending your vacation on a giant floating petri dish of disease.

3 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Life

NASA’s Hubble Caught a Comet Breaking Up in Real Time, and the Images Are Wild

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers captured detailed images of a comet as it began to tear itself apart.

3 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Life

Scientists Discovered a New Dinosaur Species in South Korea, and It’s Named After a Cartoon

Paleontologists in South Korea have identified a new dinosaur species and named it after a beloved Korean cartoon character.

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By Luis Prada