Booking photo, Malone Lam, defendant in $230 million bitcoin heistBroward County Sheriff’s OfficeTwo young men accused of committing one of the largest person-to-person crypto thefts in U.S. history went on a brazen spending spree that included buying exotic cars and a $2 million wristwatch, renting mansions and running up nightclub tabs of hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece, new court records reveal.The Aug. 18 cyber heist swindled a Washington, D.C., resident out of $230 million in cryptocurrency. To date, at least $100 million in bitcoin stolen from the victim remains unaccounted for, prosecutors said in a recent court filing in…
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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii received a new trailer at the Xbox Partner Preview event Thursday, highlighting the game’s naval combat. The trailer showed off ship battles, melee skirmishes and more of Goro Majima’s eccentric adventures. Developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio also announced that the action-adventure Yakuza spin-off will now be released a week earlier on February 21, 2025.First revealed in September, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii directly follows the events of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. The protagonist this time is beloved series anti-hero Goro Majima, who wakes up on an island without his memories…
NBA star Dwight Howard would love a chance to get back in the league when his time on Dancing With The Stars is over. But will the NBA take him back? In a new interview, the father of five discussed his goals for the future and where he’d like to be after exiting the competition. Read on to get the scoop. Dwight Howard Dreams Of Winning Another Championship With The Lakers Former Lakers star Dwight Howard is having the time of his life competing on Dancing With The Stars at the moment. Although he and Daniella Karagach have quite a…
The logo for Merck is displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 17, 2021.Andrew Kelly | ReutersMerck on Thursday said its experimental treatment designed to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus showed positive results in a mid- to late-stage trial, bringing the company one step closer to filing for approval of the shot. The pharmaceutical giant could emerge as a new competitor in the market for treatments against RSV, which causes thousands of deaths among older Americans and hundreds of deaths among infants each year. Complications from the virus are the leading cause of hospitalization among…
Amazon Web Services CEO, Matt Garman speaks during CNBC Power Lunch on July 1, 2024.CNBCAmazon’s cloud boss on Thursday gave employees a frank message about the company’s recently announced five-day in-office mandate.Staffers who don’t agree with Amazon’s new policy can leave, Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman said during an all-hands meeting at the company’s second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.”If there are people who just don’t work well in that environment and don’t want to, that’s OK, there are other companies around,” Garman said, according to a transcript viewed by CNBC. “At Amazon, we want to be in an environment…
The Vans Warped Tour is returning. In celebration of its 30th anniversary, the legacy emo, rock, and pop-punk festival will be stopping in three cities in 2025: Washington, D.C. (June 14 and 15), Long Beach, California (July 26 and 27), and Orlando, Florida (November 15 and 16). Each two-day stop will feature 70 to 100 bands, with full lineups still to be announced.The Warped Tour last took place in 2019, as it celebrated its 25th anniversary with shows in Cleveland, Atlantic City, and Mountain View, California. In a statement about the festival’s return, founder Kevin Lyman said, “People are craving…
Mark Cuban speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse, in La Crosse, Wis., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.Abbie Parr | APMark Cuban mocked Donald Trump on Thursday over his sweeping tariff proposals, suggesting the Republican presidential nominee doesn’t understand his own tax ideas.”I’ve learned a lot about business, including how tariffs work,” the billionaire investor and former “Shark Tank” host told supporters of Democratic nominee Kamala Harris at a campaign rally in La Crosse, Wisconsin.Trump “thinks that China pays for them,” Cuban said of the proposal to hike…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The National Book Foundation has announced comedian and author Kate McKinnon as host of the 2024 National Book Awards, with musical guest Jon Batiste. This year marks 75 years of the National Book Awards, which honor the best works in fiction, nonfiction, translated literature, poetry, and young people’s literature, plus lifetime achievement award honorees each year. Jon Batiste is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and television personality who has collaborated with artists from Stevie Wonder and Prince to Ed Sheeran and Lana…
Why are people so upset these days? The answer is simple. Politics. The political climate in this country is more extreme than at any time since the days of demagogue Huey Long in 1936 and of segregationist George Wallace in 1968. The Democratic side believes that if Donald Trump wins, it will mean the end of democracy and a triumph for dictatorship, a triumph for the gang of autocrats that includes Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jung Un. What’s worse, Democrats believe Mr. Trump when he says that he will jail center-of-the-road political opponents like Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and Hilary…
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Al Pacino has opened up about having to make drastic career changes at one point in his life after losing all his money in a Ponzi scheme. The veteran actor shared in his recently published memoir Sonny Boy that he “had $50 million, and then I had nothing” due to a corrupt accountant, who eventually served time in prison for the scheme. Pacino said in 2011, he started “to get warnings that my accountant at the time, a guy who had lots of celebrity clients, was not to be trusted.” Following the scheme, the Oscar-winning actor said he “was broke”…
Tthe Robinhood logo is displayed on a smartphone screen.Rafael Henrique | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesRetail brokerage firm Robinhood is launching a new tool for more sophisticated traders as it looks for additional avenues for growth.The firm introduced Robinhood Legend, a desktop-based platform for active traders. The offering includes advanced charting tools for users who want to do detailed analysis of stocks.”In looking at the landscape of trading tools and by talking with active traders, we realized there is frustration with legacy offerings,” Steve Quirk, chief brokerage officer at Robinhood, said in a press release.”Specifically, moving back and…
Threads — Instagram’s microblogging platform and a competitor to X (formerly Twitter) — is rolling out a new feature that lets users see if others are online. Similar functionality is already present on Meta’s other social media apps such as Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook, and Threads is the latest in line to add it. Like its availability on other apps, only users who have turned on this feature will be able to see the activity status of other users.Activity Status Indicator on ThreadsIn a post on Threads, platform head Adam Mosseri shared the rollout of this feature on the microblogging…
[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for the Matlock series premiere.] Matlock stunned viewers with its last-minute twist in the series premiere, but audiences then had to wait a few weeks to find out what happens next. The new Kathy Bates procedural wouldn’t return with new episodes until October and at a new time on CBS after the September 22 premiere. We break down the release schedule below. Matlock stars Bates as the titular character, Madeline “Matty” Matlock, which as it turns out isn’t her real name at all. The Matlock persona is a disguise Matty has adopted as part of an…
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Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesFBI agents on Thursday arrested an Alabama man for his alleged role in the Jan. 9 hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account, which sent the price of bitcoin spiking by more than $1,000, the Department of Justice announced.The man, Eric Council Jr., is expected to appear later Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, on charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and access device fraud.Prosecutors allege that Council executed a so-called SIM swap attack to reassign the cell phone number of a person whose number…
Isiah Pacheco #10 of the Kansas City Chiefs runs for a one yard touchdown during the third quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona.Rob Carr | Getty Images Sport | Getty ImagesEarlier this month a well-known musician showed up at a Kansas City Chiefs game as the National Football League continues its bid to reach a new audience.But this time it wasn’t Taylor Swift cheering on Travis Kelce — as the pop star has done at Kansas City games, leading to a boost in viewership.It was Puerto…
Muse’s Chris Wolstenholme has launched a new band called Chromes and dropped two new singles – check them out below. The project and new singles by the band were first shared earlier this year, when the musician created new social media platforms for the group and dropped hints to fans about his new venture. While Wolstenholme is best recognised as bassist and backing vocalist for Muse – and has gone on to take on various roles as a producer – this new endeavour sees him take on the role of frontman. For ‘Imaginary World’, he creates a straightforward rock anthem…