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Growing up in Houston, Larry Jackson was intrigued by the business news. After earning a Bachelor of Journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia, he began his career as

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California Powerball winner buys 2nd multimillion-dollar home — this one in Altadena

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The winner of the $2-billion Powerball jackpot bought his second multimillion-dollar home in recent weeks, dropping $3.98 million on an Altadena house not far from where he purchased his life-changing lottery ticket. Edwin Castro, who came forward last month as California Lottery’s first billionaire winner, closed on the Altadena home not long after purchasing a …

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Ethereum Shapella Upgrade: Bug Bounty Doubled to $500k

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With the much-anticipated Shapella upgrade just around the corner, the Ethereum Foundation has increased the bug bounty. According to the latest developers’ call, the reward was updated as part of the last-minute testing efforts. Bug Bounty In the 105th All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call, Security Researcher at the Ethereum Foundation – Fredrik Svantes – …

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Blue Origin pins last summer's NS-23 rocket failure on a faulty engine nozzle

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Blue Origin now has an explanation for the booster failure that cut a New Shepard flight short last September. Jeff Bezos’ company has determined that a “thermo-structural failure” in the NS-23 rocket’s engine nozzle was to blame. Operational temperatures for the nozzle climbed higher than expected following cooling system design changes, creating fatigue that misaligned …

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Levi’s will ‘supplement’ human models with AI-generated fakes

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Levi’s is partnering with an AI company on computer-generated fashion models to “supplement human models.” The company frames the move as part of a “digital transformation journey” of diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability. Although that sounds noble on the surface, Levi’s is essentially hiring a robot to generate the appearance of diversity while ridding itself …

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Arbitrum (ARB) Airdrop Frenzy: From ‘Super Airdrop Hunters’ to Malicious Actors

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Arbitrum’s much-anticipated token airdrop shook up the crypto space as on-chain activity of the popular layer-2 solution soared to levels not seen before. With the introduction of the ARB token, Arbitrum finally transformed into a DAO. Meanwhile, the hunters of this cash rain raked in an impressive amount of ARB tokens. In the first hour …

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France bans TikTok (and Candy Crush) from government phones

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It’s no shock to see another country banning TikTok from government phones, but France is taking the restrictions a step further. Le Monde reports the French government is banning “recreational” apps like TikTok, Twitter, Netflix and even Candy Crush from public servants’ devices. The apps represent cybersecurity risks that could jeopardize data for both the …

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