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Daily Archives: May 1, 2022
Residents Hear Loud Boom That Turns Out to Be a Meteor – Futurism
Posted: May 1, 2022 at 11:34 am
"I thought the dinosaurs was coming back for us."Southern Heat
More than 30 people in three Southern states reported seeing a bright fireball shooting through the sky Thursday morning. According to a Facebook post from local emergency management services in Mississippi, it was followed by a loud boom as well.
The Claiborne County EMA post said the fireball was a meteor about a foot in diameter that weighed about 90 lbs.
[It] generated an energy equivalent of three tons of TNT, which created shock waves, the post said.
According to an Associated Press report, one resident said the object was about the size of a basketball in the sky. Under a post about the meteor made on Mississippis statewide emergency management office, residents shared photos of what they saw overhead.
I saw this on my way home, one commenter responded. I thought the dinosaurs was coming back for us.
The timing is striking thats the same day scientists had said last week that a huge asteroid the size of the Empire State Building would narrowly miss hitting Earth. According to a Live Science post about the asteroid that nearly made impact, it only skimmed by our planet at a planetary hairs breadth of 2 million miles away.
The difference between a meteor and an asteroid lies in whether the chunk is orbiting the Sun or streaming towards Earths surface. NASA says car-sized meteor hits Earths atmosphere and burns up pretty much every year, so the one sighted yesterday was certainly smaller and hardly a threat no matter where it came from.
More on dinosaurs coming back for us: Humans Causing Worst Ocean Extinction Event Since Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs
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Scientists Find Giant Tooth – Futurism
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"Bigger is always better."Big Find
Scientists have unearthed fossils from three huge new ichthyosaurs including one tooth so big, it outguns other fossilized teeth from the same species of dinosaur and could rewrite what we know about prehistoric evolution.
As detailed in anew studypublished Thursday in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, a team of European researchers recovered the fossils from the Kssen Formation of the Swiss Alps, a geological formation that dates back to the Late Triassic age when some of the earliest dinosaurs were still roaming the Earth.
The recovered tooth, which is missing most of its crown, is about four inches long and has a root twice as wide as any other known aquatic reptile. Scientists suggest the ancient giant it belonged to was around 49 feet in length, roughly half the length of a full-grown blue whale.
The researchers were shocked when they came across the giant dinosaur tooth.
Bigger is always better, said lead author Martin Sander, a paleontologist at the University of Bonn in Germany, in a statement. It amounts to a major embarrassment for paleontology that we know so little about these giant ichthyosaurs despite the extraordinary size of their fossils.
According to the study, the tooth may represent the upper limits of ichthyosaur tooth size and could indicate that late-Triassic ichthyosaurs, like this one who lived about 200 million years ago, were distinctly larger than their more familiar Jurassic relatives.
Yet many questions remain.
It is hard to say if the tooth is from a large ichthyosaur with giant teeth or from a giant ichthyosaur with average-sized teeth, Sander admitted in the statement.
Sander said he hopes that maybe there are more remains of the giant sea creatures hidden beneath the glaciers. Given the current rate of climate change and carbon emissions, he may get his wish.
More on climate change: Humans Causing Worst Ocean Extinction Event Since Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs, Scientists Say
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The Curse of the Toilet Continues! Bathroom Broke During Tourists’ Stay on ISS – Futurism
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They had to ask the Russians to use their toilet.Knock Knock
Going to the bathroom in microgravity is anything but simple. Doing your business requires some surprisingly sophisticated machinery, including a suction fan, funnel, bucket, and plastic liners.
Given that Rube Goldberg of human waste, its not surprising that plumbing troubles have plagued off world bathrooms.
In fact, now it turns out that the crew of the latest space tourist mission into space, Ax-1, had to figuratively knock on the door of the Russian segment of the ISS to use their facilities because the American sectors toilet broke down during their stay.
We had one day when the toilet was down for a couple hours, Larry Connor, one of the missions space tourists told CNN. The Russians were very cordial, very accommodating. We operate as one team up there and they said, Hey, come on over and use ours.'
Connor told CNN that the cosmonauts were gracious hosts, inviting him and the rest of his crew to their segment for the equivalent of juice boxes and a little bit of dessert.
The ISS has been in continuous use since the early 2000s, and the cracks are literally starting to show. The stations toilet facilities have broken and replaced on a number of occasions over the decades.
Its far from the first time astronauts have had issues with the American segments toilet. In 2019, the toilet reportedly blew up, spilling water everywhere which is bad news,especially in a microgravity environment.
SpaceX,which carried the Ax-1 tourists to the station in a Dragon capsule, has also struggled to build a reliable space latrine. Astronauts have had issues with a leaky commode on board the companys Crew Dragon spacecraft on more than one occasion.
The latest instance of bathroom sharing is also a reminder that operations on board the ISS are still largely unaffected by the political crisis unfolding back on the ground.
The topic of Ukraine never even came up, according to the report a rather awkward conversation to be had,surely, while youre waiting for the toilet to free up.
READ MORE: Private astronaut just back from space station describes interactions with Russian cosmonauts [CNN]
More on the ISS: NASA Deciding Whether Russian Cosmonaut Is Allowed on SpaceX Launch
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Humans Causing Worst Ocean Extinction Event Since Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs, Scientists Say – Futurism
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Fish are literally suffocating.Under the Sea
Things are definitely not better down where its wetter.
Ocean life are in the most danger theyve experienced since that one asteroid struck Earth around 66 million years ago and killed off the dinosaurs, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.
The Princeton researchers behind the paper said in a press release that if current carbon emissions levels go unchecked, tropical zones could see biodiversity loss and polar zones could suffer mass extinction as marine life runs out of oxygenand food, cooking in too-warm water.
As greenhouse gas emissions continue to warm the worlds oceans, marine biodiversity could be on track to plummet within the next few centuries to levels not seen since the extinction of the dinosaurs, reads the release.
The findings are dark, and echo the protests other scientists have made over government inaction to stop climate change.
Extreme warming would lead to climate-driven extinctions that, near the end of the century, will rival all current human stressors combined, study co-author Justin Penn said in the press release.
There is some slightly good news, though: theres still time to prevent the worst possible extinction scenarios, the researchers say.
The silver lining is that the future isnt written in stone, Penn said. Theres still enough time to change the trajectory of CO2 emissions and prevent the magnitude of warming that would cause this mass extinction.
We might not be moving fast enough, but efforts at clean energy are picking up. Lets hope we can close the gap before we have to see if this study proves right.
More on climate change strategy: CRISPR Creator Says We Could Engineer New Species to Fight Climate Change
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SuperRare is Coming to SoHo – The Defiant – DeFi News
Posted: at 11:34 am
A few years before NFTs captured global attention, NFT marketplace SuperRare hosted pop-up art exhibits at major tech conferences like DevCon. People were mostly confused and uninterested.
Were about to see how much times have changed.
SuperRare is planning to open a gallery at 417 West Broadway in SoHo, New York on May 19, the company said in a press release Thursday. The gallerys theme is science-fiction and futurism, and will feature a curated selection of 15 SuperRare NFT artists. It will run through Aug. 28.
The gatekeeping involved in running galleries and museums might seem counter to the idea of an open and inclusive crypto ecosystem, but SuperRare CEO said this curation continues to be important in the NFT space.
In a world thats open and permissionless which is part of the excitement its still good to have tastemakers that can help tell these stories, SuperRare CEO John Crain told The Defiant.
SuperRare has been doubling down on their community since launching their DAO based around their $RARE token. A cohort of five SuperRare artists was selected by DAO members to curate themed NFT collections known as SuperRare Spaces.
Although SuperRare has been hosting exhibits in the metaverse throughout COVID, curator An Rong said in an interview, theres a physical component missing in the metaverse where one can have conversations with friends, artists, and collectors.
Rong describes this era of NFTs and crypto art as a digital renaissance. Her curatorial team chose sci-fi and futurism as the theme of the gallery because the traditional art world has historically been dismissive of technology in artwork.
The gallery will feature artworks by Alex Ness, Blake Kathryn, Botto, Dangiuz, David Bianchi, Federico Clapis, Fernando Magalhaes, Idil Dursun, lphacentaurikid, Krista Kim, Mari.K, Maskarade, Reuben Wu, Vintagemozart, Xsullo, and Zomax.
Out of the 1,000 sci-fi artists on SuperRare, Rong chose artists based on their art quality, market performance, and length of time on SuperRare. She said a physical gallery is a win for the artists, collectors, and community: artists will have their work seen by more people, collectors can understand the art and artist more thoroughly, and the community can come together to enjoy themselves and discuss art.
This is not the first time that NFTs could be found in real life. NFTs took Art Basel by storm in Dec. 2021 and ETH Denver in Feb. 2022. As for galleries, BrightMoments leads the space; they are an art organization owned and operated by CryptoCitizen NFT-holders that has galleries in Venice Beach, NYC, Berlin, and London.
NFT artist and educator Dame.eth told The Defiant that although NFT galleries have existed before, SuperRares gallery means that more everyday people will be exposed to the concept as they walk by, so that could be a net positive.
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Best Garmin Watches of 2022 – Futurism
Posted: at 11:34 am
The best Garmin watches grace the arms of professional and amateur athletes alike. The company packs a wide range of health sensors into their smartwatches to optimize the wearers training efforts. Models track your runs, let you pre-plan your route, and offer cues as you go with detailed maps. And Garmins keep tabs on far more than your heartbeat and steps, measuring cadence and blood oxygen levels, and sending alerts to your emergency contact if it suspects a fall or accident.
Most importantly, Garmin watches are known for their accuracy, whether youre wearing a basic model or a top-of-the-line adventure watch. Garmin uses a three-satellite system to maintain a GPS lock, so if you lose your connection with one satellite, there are two more to keep the watch updated. The company has an extensive line, and weve put together a list of the best Garmin watches, with models for the competitive athlete and the relaxed weekend warrior.
Best Overall: Garmin Forerunner 245 Music Best for Running: Garmin Fenix 6 Pro Best for Hiking and Outdoors: Garmin Fenix 7S Sapphire Solar Best for Triathletes: Garmin Instinct 2 Solar Best Budget: Garmin Forerunner 45
Garmin offers a few features that are standard across most of their models, like incident detection, step tracking, and heart-rate monitoring. We looked past those kinds of features to the watchs size and weight, ease of use, advanced tracking features, and premium integrations to determine the best Garmin watches.
Size and Weight: Garmin offers several sizes and feature options in their smartwatch lines. Models in different sizes and weights give users a chance to find a model that fits their wrist and workout style.
Ease of Use: Touchscreens and easy navigation entered into our considerations. Even if the watch did not have a touchscreen, it should be fairly easy to navigate through the most-used menus.
Advanced Tracking Features: Advanced tracking features include navigation orcourse assistance, mapping, and workout suggestions or help.
Premium Integrations: Not everyone wants or needs premium integrations. However, for those that do, we looked for watches that could integrate with specialized tracking apps for sports like surfing or golf.
Why It Made The Cut: The Forerunner 245 Music has a few advanced features like music (no need for your phone) but balances them with a relatively affordable price, making it the best Garmin watch.
Specs: Screen Size: 1.2 inches GPS Tracking: Yes Weight: 38.5 grams (1.36 ounces)
Pros: Accurate GPS tracking Course guidance Large, bright display Plays music without a phone Accurate tracking with a few advanced features
Cons: No touchscreen display Some menus are difficult to navigate
The Garmin Forerunner 245 Music balances features with price. It also has a few advanced features like the music option (its also available without the music option). It stores up to 500 songs, so you can go for a run without bringing your phone.
Health monitoring is advanced with the help of the Connect IQ app. Using the information collected by the watch, it can calculate your fitness age, energy levels, and can send alerts if it detects heart rate abnormalities.
Of course, it does the basics incredibly well, like heart-rate monitoring, distance, and steps. However, the 245 Music goes even further, offering interval training, downloadable workouts with guidance, and training status, load, and effect information.
Course guidance is one of the premium features that runners, even amateurs love. You can enter your course or workout before leaving the house, and the watch offers prompts so you dont get lost.
While the Forerunner 245 Music is the best choice for the vast majority of people, it does have its issues. It doesnt have a touchscreen, which is becoming more standard with newer models. Additionally, some of the menus can be difficult to navigate.
Why It Made The Cut: Loaded with features, the Fenix 6 Pro provides all the stats needed to optimize performance and packs an impressive battery life, making it the best Garmin running watch.
Specs: Screen Size: 1.3 inches GPS Tracking: Yes Weight: 85 grams or 2.99 ounces (steel), 72 grams or 2.54 ounces (titanium)
Pros: Easy to use Offers lots of storage Packed with high-end features Outstanding battery life Multiple sizes
Cons: Bulky and heavy Expensive
The Garmin Fenix 6 Pro is an improvement on the Fenix 5 in battery life and storage, yet its slightly smaller. The size difference is a good thing because one of the few downsides of the Fenix 5 was the bulk and weight. While the Fenix 6 Pro is still on the heavy side, its smaller than the previous version but has better battery life and storage.
Keep in mind that a watch with advanced integrations, storage, and battery life is going to be larger and heavier than average. It does come in three sizes, so you can reduce the bulk a bit by choosing a smaller size.
The 6 Pro offers a long list of integrations, from Surfline sessions to PacePro and ClimbPro to Trendline. It can load ski resorts, golf courses, and provide animated workouts on the watch face. Mountain bike metrics, running metrics, surf metrics the Fenix 6 Pro tracks them all and a wide range of other activities and has features to optimize performance in each.
Battery life is a huge pro. It can traditionally charge but also includes solar charging to keep the battery up during extended workouts. The expedition mode can extend battery life up to 46 days. However, there are several battery modes so you can adjust the battery use according to your needs.
The Garmin Fenix 6 Pro may be bulky, and the price could make you wince. However, if you appreciate a watch with plenty of integrations and the ability to last longer than you, it doesnt disappoint.
Why It Made The Cut: The Fenix 7S Sapphire Solar can last for days, is packed with integrations and features, including a stamina mode that can prevent overexertion, making it the best Garmin watch for outdoors.
Specs: Screen Size: 1.3 inches GPS Tracking: Yes Weight: 58 grams (2 ounces) to 96 grams (3.4 ounces), depending on which model
Pros: Stamina mode keeps track of exertion Sport-specific metrics for many activities Solar charging extends battery life Touchscreen Excellent satellite connections
Cons: Expensive Cannot take calls or send texts
Outdoor adventurers, prepare yourselves for all that the Garmin Fenix 7S Sapphire Solar has to offer. First, the Fenix 7 line comes in several configurations that vary in size and weight and, sometimes, features. But for those of you with smaller wrists who want a powerful watch with less bulk, you can find one in the Fenix 7S lineup.
This powerhouse of a timepiece does a little of everything, including sport-specific metrics for a very long list of activities from surfing to golf and skiing to traditional smartwatch sports like running and cycling. The Sapphire Solar version also includes solar charging to extend the life of the watch.
The Fenix 7S features an easy-to-use touchscreen and excellent satellite connections for improved accuracy and mapping. We love the onboard maps and option to load maps of golf courses, ski resorts, and other venues.
One of our favorite features is the real-time stamina tool. First, you have to establish your VO2Max using the app. From there, the watch uses that information to predict your stamina, as in how much farther you can go at your current pace. Its a lifesaver during endurance training or events because you can adjust your pace to make sure youre still upright at the end.
Get ready for sticker shock with this watch and realize that it cannot take or send calls and texts.
Why It Made The Cut: The Instinct 2 comes in several size options and offers advanced training features for running, cycling, and swimming, making it the best Garmin watch for triathlons.
Specs: Screen Size: 1.3 inches GPS Tracking: Yes Weight: 52 grams (1.83 grams)
Pros: Multiple size options, including a smaller size Impressive battery life Slim but durable design Advanced training tools Excellent GPS tracking
Cons: Poor map display No touchscreen
The Garmin Instinct 2 Solar jumps ahead of the triathlon watch competition thanks to its practical, easy-to-use design and rugged build. The battery life alone, which can go on for days thanks to the solar charging, makes it an excellent tool for triathlon training or competition. That rugged build can take a few falls and spills that may happen with off-trail sports. Despite its durable design, its surprisingly slim, especially considering the number of features packed inside.
The Instinct 2 offers Garmins impressive accuracy when it comes to location, heart rate, and other important factors. However, the map display is basic, which saves battery life but lags behind more expensive course-mapping models. Besides that, there are very few weaknesses.
This model can estimate your VO2Max, fitness age, and estimated recovery time. The Instinct 2 also has advanced training tools for the big three running, cycling, and swimming like the training status, load, and effect feature, which estimates aerobic or anaerobic workouts. These features help you adjust your training schedule and load to maximize every session.
We only wish it had a touchscreen. Instead, the Instinct 2 has five manual buttons to scroll through menus.
Why It Made The Cut: The Garmin Forerunner 45 keeps tracking simple but accurate, making it the best budget Garmin watch.
Specs: Screen Size: 1.04 inches GPS Tracking: Yes Weight: 32 grams (1.12 ounces) small; or 36 grams (1.27 ounces) large
Pros: Accurate GPS tracking 13 hours of battery life in GPS mode Lightweight for running Includes adaptive training plans with guidance Music control (phone needed)
Cons: Limited sports tracking
The Garmin Forerunner 45 is one of Garmins entry-level running watches. Its well known for its accuracy, simplicity, and light weight. Runners can use Garmins adaptive training plans and receive guidance throughout your workout on the watch.
While it doesnt have Garmins most impressive battery life, in standard mode, it can last 7 days and up to 13 hours in GPS mode. One of our favorite features is the music control. It doesnt store songs as some of the more expensive Garmin watches do. Instead, it syncs with your phone and lets you control your music with your watch, so you dont have to mess with your phone while you run.
At its heart, the Garmin Forerunner 45 is a running watch, which means its a little short on tracking other sports. Its got the basics but not much more.
How do you want to use your smartwatch? Are you looking for an advanced fitness tracker? Will uploading workouts and using the watch to prompt your next move be helpful? What health stats do you want to monitor? Do you need a waterproof Garmin watch? Think about your style too. Stylish Garmin watches look at home in the boardroom, whereas others are sporty and rugged.
The answers to these questions and a good look at your lifestyle can help you narrow down your choices. You also need to consider the kinds of activities you do. Those who stick mostly to running dont need a watch that automatically offers insights into 50 types of exercise. The best smartwatches get big the more features they have packed inside. Consider how big (and heavy) of a device you want strapped to your wrist.
Battery life is another feature that can support your life/workout style. Backcountry adventurers may be out of range for hours (or days) but still need features on their smartwatch. Several Garmin watches have solar charging, extending the battery life by days in the right mode. Others may only offer six or seven hours of power if power-sucking features like GPS and music are running.
GPS tracking is one of the most attractive features of any smartwatch. Tracking may mean the watch records your workout and lets you view it when youre done. Others let you upload maps and plan your route before leaving the house, offering course guidance as you go. Consequently, you need to consider the kind of GPS features you need and want.
Several of the Garmin GPS watches are able to play music, too. These watches sync with Spotify and can hold hundreds of songs. Less sophisticated but still good Garmin watches let you control the music on your phone. The watch can then connect to wireless headphones and play music while you run. This feature lets you leave the watch at home.
Do you want to take calls and send texts like a traditional smartwatch, or do you want a Garmin watch thats designed for advanced fitness tracking with third-party integrations? You can use a Garmin watch to monitor your heart rate, get alerts of an abnormal heart rate, or get insights into your fitness age. Many Garmin watches also contain incident detection. If the watch detects a fall or accident, it notifies the emergency contacts on your phone.
Some Garmin watches also: Provide an energy score to help you adjust your workout schedule Send relaxation reminders Monitor pulse blood oxygen saturation Track splits Offer workout guidance or suggestions
Garmin watches cost anywhere from around $150 to over $1,500 for a premium model. Garmins budget watches still offer excellent accuracy and battery life, though theyre not loaded with as many advanced features. Their premium watches contain a long list of recognized activities and training insights and may have incredibly long battery lives thanks to solar charging.
A Garmin watchs life depends on how its used. When you tap it for mapping, music, and other advanced features, your Garmin will wear out faster than one thats worn as a fashion watch and used for light daily exercise. On average, a Garmin watch should last three or four years with regular use. You may get more or less than that depending on your activities.
No, Garmin watches do not measure blood pressure. However, there are models that offer many health-monitoring features, such as resting heart rate, respiration rate, pulse ox blood oxygen saturation, energy monitoring, and estimated stress levels.
Many Garmin features are free and come as a standard package with the watch and Connect IQ app. There are five subscription options available to unlock some premium features. Each subscription is only available with certain watches. For example, the LTE subscription is only available for the forerunner 945 LTE. The subscription allows you to leave your phone at home but still receive phone calls and texts. Other subscriptions provide added satellite network access or specialized features for certain populations like golfers or truckers.
Garmin watches are known for their accuracy. Their GPS system uses three satellites to stay on course. They all rate well when it comes to heart rates, cadence, and distance accuracy. While there may be some variation among the many health features on each model, overall, Garmin watches perform well.
Garmin watches do work with iPhones. But first, you have to download the Connect IQ app and connect the watch. However, there are a few Garmin features that are not compatible with an iPhone.
The Forerunners stay at the front of the pack, with the Garmin Forerunner 245 Music taking the lead. This watch offers the best mix of premium and advanced features for the price. It doesnt hurt that it can store up to 500 songs so you can exercise phone-free. However, if youre looking for an entry-level model, the Garmin Forerunner 45 will keep you on track.
This post was created by a non-news editorial team at Recurrent Media, Futurisms owner. Futurism may receive a portion of sales on products linked within this post.
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Dr. Fauci Says the "Pandemic Phase" of COVID Is Over, Then Says Pandemic Is Actually Still Happening – Futurism
Posted: at 11:34 am
US officials are still struggling to communicate about COVID-19 with the public.
Take president Joe Bidens chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci, who attempted to say today that the US has weathered the storm, entering a new and less dangerous phase of the crisis.
We are certainly right now in this country out of the pandemic phase, he said during an interview with PBS NewsHour on Tuesday a rather confusing remark, given the fact that the US is still recording over 50,000 new cases and almost 400 deaths a day on average.
Clearly, the messaging didnt quite land, with Fauci following up with a Washington Post interview, clarifying that the world is still in a pandemic.
Theres no doubt about that, he said. Dont anybody get any misinterpretation of that. We are still experiencing a pandemic.
The World Health Organization is of the same opinion.
Were in a different phase of this pandemic, certainly, but we are still very much in the middle of this pandemic, said Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHOs technical lead on COVID, during a Monday briefing.
But were nowhere near where we were when the COVID pandemic started just over two years ago.
Fauci believes there are five phases of the crisis. The first stage is a full blown, uncontrolled pandemic like the one the US has endured since March 2020, with nearly one million deaths and untold numbers of severe hospitalizations.
The second phase is deceleration and the third is control, the one we currently find ourselves in, Fauci argued.
Were really in a transitional phase, from a deceleration of the numbers into hopefully a more controlled phase and endemicity, he told WaPo.
Endemic means that while it wont be gone, it could become far less deadly, just as many experts have long predicted.
That also means were not going to eradicate this virus, as Fauci told PBS.
Faucis communication skills certainly leave something to be desired here. While the media took him by his word, quoting him for saying that the US is out of the pandemic phase, the reality of the situation is far more nuanced than that.
And thats certainly something he, of all people, is painfully aware of.
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Oops! Hacker Steals $1 Million in Crypto and Then Destroys It – Futurism
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That's gotta sting.Cleaned Out
Despite the old saying, not everything lives forever on the internet including stolen crypto.
This week, crypto security firm BlockSec announced that a hacker figured out how to exploit lending agreements and triple their crypto reward on the ZEED DeFi protocol,which runs on the Binance Smart Chain and trades with a currency called YEED.
Our system detected an attack transaction that exploited the reward distribution vulnerability in ZEED, BlockSec said on Twitter this week.
The end of the thread threw readers for a loop, though, because BlockSec also said the stolen currency had been permanently lost because of a self-destruct feature the hacker used.
Interestingly, the attacker does not transfer the obtained tokens out before self-destructing the attack contract. Probably, he/she was too excited, BlockSec said in a following tweet.
The sheer thought of losing a million dollars is enough to make anybody sweat bullets, but its possible the hacker did this on purpose. BlockSec isnt sure what the motive was, and suggests it couldve been an accident.
A report by VICE published this week says the hacker couldve been a vigilante with a message or something to prove. Because the self-destruct feature burned the tokens, theyre essentially gone forever. VICE suggests the hacker couldve wanted to watch the crypto world burn and the mysterious attacker certainly did cause a lot of chaos.
After selling the hacked tokens, YEEDs value crashed to near zero. Sales wont resume until ZEED takes steps to secure, repair and test its systems.
Maybe the hacker messed up, or maybe we just witnessed a modern day Robin Hood attack. Its possible well never know who pulled off the hack, or why.
More on crypto hacks: Hackers Reportedly Get Away With $13.7 Million Worth of Bored Ape NFTs
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St. Lucia’s Latest EP, ‘Utopia,’ Now Available for Streaming – Broadway World
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Led by husband-and-wife duo South Africa-born Jean-Philip Grobler and Germany-born Patti Beranek, St. Lucia retreats from a fractured world on fire and into the glow of a rapturous synth-spiked electro-pop catharsis-like a dance party at the edge of existence. On the aptly titled Utopia I EP, St. Lucia beams out a light of its own and shines brighter than ever.
"In a way, this is my rebellion against the darkness of the world," states Jean-Philip. "From the beginning, the name St. Lucia came from me making escapist music. In South Africa, there's a place called St. Lucia, and it's similar to the island in the Caribbean because it's where you escape. It's utopia. There are many ideas of utopia, whether it means virus-free or a virtual tech utopia. It's easy to feel depressed these days, so I'm trying to bring something joyous to the world. I was sick of seeing stuff on the Internet, and I just wanted to feel good. That's what being human is about. We have to feel alive, no matter what is happening around us."
Patti adds, "I feel really proud of the EP. I think there is purity in it that you can't describe. You just have to listen and feel it. I think that this comes from having another child, being parents, and being thrown into a weird time in our lives. It unleashes things, and I think we did a good job capturing that."
Inspired by everyone from David Bowie, The Weeknd, Daft Punk, and Parcels, Jean-Philip wrote and recorded at a feverish pace. They enlisted the mixing talents of trusted collaborator Chris Zane [Passion Pit, The Walkmen] and buttoned up their first new music in four years. The opener "Separate World" rides shimmering keys, handclaps, and a propulsive groove, followed by the retro-pop track "Another Lifetime." Elsewhere on the EP is first single, "Rocket On My Feet, which hinges on high-register vocals underlined by neon-hued disco keys, and "Memory," the EP closer that unfurls like a dreamy night-time lullaby. To support today's EP release, the group shares a euphoric-pop single, "The Golden Age." "'The Golden Age' is always accessible to you," says Jean-Philip. "You can blame social media or politics. At the end of the day, we can all somehow find stillness within."
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Alongside today's EP release, St. Lucia shares details of their Fall 2022 North American tour, on sale today. The run begins in Boston on October 10 and ends on November 15 with a hometown show at Brooklyn Steel. Renowned for their energetic live shows, this six-week tour is St. Lucia's first full headline run in four years. See below for the full set of dates, more info, and tickets at stlucianewyork.com/live.
Equal parts colorful disco, 70s funk, and 80s pop, the EP is a luminous palette of synths, pulsating with vibrant sonics that has come to characterize their genre-defying career. Utopia I is available at all digital retailers HERE.
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Elon Musk’s Twitter utopia can never be realised – The New Statesman
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Its confirmed:Elon Musk is buying Twitter. The richest man in the world has struck a deal with the platform worth $44bn. This is bad news on multiple levels. Its bad for the distribution of power in the world, its bad for the power of Big Tech and its bad for free speech. (While Musk says that he wants to securefree speech, that sometimes comesat the cost of people less powerful than him.)
But what does all of this actually mean for Twitter as a platform?
Many of those outraged by Musks acquisition are specifically concerned about how he might change the way that Twitter functions. Will he introduce an edit button? Dangerously lax moderation? Or worst of all, reinstate the account of Donald Trump? They fear Twitter will get much worse, even unusable; that theyll open their apps next week to find a completely different platform, full of violent imagery, abuse and an endless stream of unchecked pro-Trump content. While all of this is technically possible and if the last decade has taught us anything, its to not discount the most far-fetched outcome it seems far more plausible that the changes we will see under Musk will be much less dramatic.
From what we know so far, it seems Musk has bought Twitter on a gut feeling rather than with a clear vision to overhaul the platform in mind. So far the changes hes mentioned are relatively light, and are far from original, such as getting rid of full bans andintroducing temporary timeoutsor turningTwitters San Francisco headquarters into a homeless shelter(it seems unlikely the latter will actually come to pass). Many of the changes people fear Musk might introduce were already on Twitters agenda for this year and next: the edit button has, apparently,been in the works for several months;andthe company was already intending to address letting Trump back on to the platform, especially given his apparent plans to run as a candidate in the 2024 US presidential election. And when it comes to moderation, it may prove to be more of a headache than a liberation to reduce it significantly,with content such as child abuse proliferating even under current levels of moderation.
It also seems likely that Musk hasnt consideredthe boring logistics of running Twitter, a platform that has struggled to keep up with its contemporaries and which is about to come up against new rules in the UK and EU that may make it more demanding to run. Moderation changesalso risk losing advertisersand breaking laws, which again may impede Musks mission.
[See also: If only freedom of speech was as simple as Elon Musk thinks]
But the outcry over Musks ownership reveals a more fundamental issue: the ideal of what Twitter should be can never exist. Theres a contingent of Twitter users who believe the platform should be purely a fun, harmonious space where the content you believe is bad doesnt exist. At the other end of the spectrum are those who believe that even most hideous things should be allowed to be shared ad nauseam, with no repercussions. Its impossible to create a social media utopia where everyone is happy because it will always be at odds with someone elses vision. Its easy to act as though Musk is the problem, but he merely represents a divide that runs much deeper.
Of course, even in a matter of a few weeks, I could be proved wrong about all of this. Twitter could become an unmoderated cesspit of scams, hate speech and violent imagery that makes it effectively unusable, and Musk could simply shrug off fines and legal issues with his endless cash. However, it feels likely that the reality will be much more dull: a Twitter thats ever so slightly worse, but not bad enough to force the majority of users to leave.
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