Victoria Song has spent some time with the new Apple Watch Series 9 and the new Apple Watch Ultra 2, which look... a lot like the previous models. Even the bright new screen on the Ultra was hard to test indoors at Apple’s iPhone 15 launch event.
But inside these wearables, there’s a new S9 SiP (System in Package) and a new ultra wideband chip, and she was able to try out the new Double Tap control feature.
Sebastian Greenwood was the co-founder of a fraudulent cryptocurrency that pulled in $4 billion from investors between 2014 and 2016. Now U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos has sentenced him to 20 years in prison, and he was ordered to pay $300 million in forfeiture.
Through the MLM structure, OneCoin members received commissions for recruiting others to purchase cryptocurrency packages. As the top MLM distributor of OneCoin, GREENWOOD earned 5% of monthly OneCoin sales from anywhere in the world, which totaled more than $200 million from the fourth quarter of 2014 through the fourth quarter of 2016 alone and exceeded approximately $300 million in total.
Meanwhile, his partner, Ruja Ignatova, aka the “Cryptoqueen” we wrote about last year when she was added to the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List, remains at large, with a $100,000 reward for information leading to her arrest.
Making a music video (or even a movie, just ask Steven Soderbergh) recorded with an iPhone is no longer a new gimmick, but Apple’s iPhone 15 ad blitz includes this behind-the-scenes look at making the video for Olivia Rodrigo’s Get Him Back with the iPhone 15 Pro.
That’s one way to make a case for how having USB-C for external drives and Pro Res 4K Log can improve the production process.
Straight from today’s iPhone 15 launch event, Allison Johnson can tell you all about the new lineup, including the now titanium-bodied iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max that feel noticeably lighter than their predecessors.
The price of Bitcoin dropped below $25,000, as people believe the FTX bankruptcy may sell off significant holdings of “altcoins” from the failed exchange. (CoinDesk)
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin’s Twitter / X account was hacked and sent out a malicious link that stole $691k in crypto.
And someone paid a $500,000 fee to send $1,865 worth of Bitcoin. (Web3 is Going just Great)
Driving a handful of cars on some of the tracks in an early preview build of the new Forza, like the familiar Maple Valley circuit, showed the improvements in not just the graphics but also the AI drivers and physics, where I could feel improvements over previous entries. The new car mastery system also gave more feedback than ever on why I’m slow in a particular corner and how to get better.
Otherwise, it’s still the same racing sim as usual, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Whether or not it will pull people away from competitors like Gran Turismo is harder to tell, but I should know more before the game launches on October 10th.
The channel blackout that cut off an eventual US Open finalist from legitimately watching the tournament he was playing in appears likely to end before Monday Night Football kicks off tonight.
That’s according to CNBC’s David Faber, and the outlet has now confirmed it includes a “discounted wholesale price for subscribers for Disney streaming services, and an increase in marketplace, or subscriber fees, paid to Disney.” Also, there is no word on how this will impact the Hulu discount offer.
Update: And there it is, it’s over.
Google just announced a new Digital Futures Project to “support researchers, organize convenings and foster debate on public policy solutions to encourage the responsible development of AI.” Google’s parent company, Alphabet, reported $21 billion in profits in the last quarter, and this fund is splitting $20 million across some think tanks:
Inaugural grantees of the Digital Futures Fund include the Aspen Institute, Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Center for a New American Security, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Institute for Security and Technology, Leadership Conference Education Fund, MIT Work of the Future, R Street Institute and SeedAI. The fund will support institutions from countries around the globe, and we look forward to sharing more on these organizations soon.
Google isn’t new to discussing these issues openly, noting its publishing of AI principles in 2018, but the questions about how much influence Big Tech should have on policymaking and if smaller startups are being left out entirely remain.
