SBF Says He's Worth 'Close to Nothing' After FTX Crash

As October turned to November, Sam Bankman-Fried had an estimated net worth of $16 billion. ““I don’t have any hidden funds here – everything I have, I’m disclosing. Everything I had, even all the loans I had, those were things I was reinvesting. I put everything I had in FTX.” Until November, FTX was among the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges. Its implosion began on Nov. 2, when the company’s finances were leaked to CoinDesk....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 143 words · Jennifer Williams

Scam Texts Cost Consumers $330 Million in 2022, FTC Says

Cybersecurity researchers say they’ve alsonoticed a rise in these kinds of scams. Dubbed smishing, a contraction of SMS and phishing, some texts are clearly spammy. Either way, they’re dangerous. Those who do respond are connected to fake bank workers. The use of fake-bank texts has jumped twentyfold since 2019, the FTC says. Instead, report the message by forwarding it to 7726 (SPAM). This is a very bad idea. If nothing else, it lets the scammer know that you’re a real person....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 142 words · Jeffrey Cuevas

Scammers Are Zeroing In on the Super Bowl: Here's How to Keep Your Info and Money Safe

Read on for everything you should probably know about these scams. Who are these Super Bowl LIX scammers targeting? “We are here to ensure that anyone who tries to exploit our fans will be held accountable. if you bump into an issue, know that the Attorney General’s Office is here to help.” How can I avoid Super Bowl ticket scams? These vendors are also authorized ticket resellers. Other payment methods, including cash, checks, debit, Venmo or Cash App are discouraged....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Paul Pollard

Scanning That QR Code Could Be More Dangerous Than You Realize

But those can be a little dirtier and a lot more dangerous than you might think. So what can we do about it? We’ve all been trained never to click a link in an email, even if it looks legit. Rebecca Hausner / Unsplash When we think of links, we think of URLs that take us to websites. URLs are dangerous, as Lurey’s parking meter phishing scam illustrates, but links can do much more....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 227 words · Sarah Cain

Scener Brings Remote Viewing Parties to HBO

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April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 9 words · Laura Cooper

Schedule File Downloads in Chrome for Android (Soon)

From there, search for enable download later, tapEnablefrom the dropdown menu, then restart Canary. The feature is still in the experimental stages, and9to5Googlenotes it will often fail and may only work occasionally. However, it is a beta, so maybe dont forgo your current downloading process just yet. Techdows It may be all you have for a while. Learn More About Google Chrome

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 62 words · Jordan Morris

Schneider Electric's New Power Stations Can Keep You Charged on the Go

There are threeSchneider OffGridportable power station units to choose from: Schneider OffGrid330,500or730. Energy storage capacity ranges from 332 to 738 watt-hours and power output ranges from 300 to 700 watts. There’s also a wireless charging pad on top. Can solar panels save you money? Interested in understanding the impact solar can have on your home? Enter some basic information below, and well instantly provide a free estimate of your energy savings....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 149 words · Jason Miller

Schools May Be Using AI to Keep Tabs on Students—Here's Why

Staying safe or privacy invasion? Tom Werner / Getty Images Schools are increasingly going beyond surveillance cameras to keep an eye on their students. But some observers are crying foul. Tom Werner / Getty Images This can discourage vulnerable groups, such as students with mental health issues, from getting needed services. At least 37 colleges have used Social Sentinel since 2015. Navigate360, the company that acquired Social Sentinel in 2020,called the investigationinaccurate and outdated....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · Mr. Lonnie Schwartz

Schools, police warn of US school shooting threats on TikTok

The alleged threats prompted school districts across the country to takeprecautions. Police departments around the country also said they’d keepa closer eyeon schools than they usually do. CNET wasn’t able to find TikTok videos that threatened violence at schools. Two videos that CNET sent to TikTok are now unavailable. “What we find are videos discussing this rumor and warning others to stay safe. “TikTok didn’t immediately respond to questions about how it defines an “alarmist warning....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Adrian Spencer

Scientists concerned climate change is causing animals to 'shape-shift'

That raises a piercing question: Can evolution keep up with the result of human-driven carbon emissions? “We don’t know if they’ll be able to keep up as the crisis worsens.” The fluffy parrots streaked with bright colors aren’t the only victims of a warmer world. That timeline doesn’t taper off for a while. “Climatic changes are happening at a faster rate than ever before,” Ryding said. By strong selection, Ryding is referring to the intensity with which natural selection occurs....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · David Oliver

Scientists create a wooden knife that's three times sharper than steel

They’re good at moving food around a plate, but that’s really it. The plastic sometimes works a little better, but that’s not great for the planet. And then there’s theknives made from frozen human feces? Don’t get me started on how poorly those cut through meat. This was achieved by ensuring the wood retained a higher level of cellulose. Li’s two-step process was able to remove these weaker components but retain the cellulose....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Noah Vance

Scientists Create Cyborg Cockroaches Controlled by Solar-Powered Backpacks

When it feels threatened, it squeaks out a hiss by quickly passing air through holes in its back. The result is something resembling the rattle of a snake’s tail. Pressing a button sends a shock to the backpack that tricks the roach into moving a certain direction. If you’re freaked out, let me explain. Rise of the robo-roach Cockroach cyborgs are not a new idea. One on the left, one on the right....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 202 words · Daniel Payne

Scientists Decode Mysteries of the Brain With Dark Matter and the Multiverse

Quantum particles exist and don’t exist. Space is likely a moldable fabric. Dark matter is invisible, yet it binds the entire universe. And our universe, created from an explosion 13.8 billion years ago, is infinitely expanding into something. Or, maybe nothing. Unless you’re a trained physicist, at least one of those statements probably hurts your brain. We experience a sort of cognitive dissonance when attempting to comprehend the vastness of such unimaginable, complex concepts....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 243 words · Katelyn Humphrey