The attack was on the code Inverse Finance was using for its smart contracts. More than $15 million stolen after hackers exploit DeFi platform Inverse Finance – The Record by Recorded Future Now we have “ice phishing” on the shiny new web3 – Smart Thinking Solutions
Because It’s Friday. I have an interest in flying cars – doesn’t everyone?
I have written about technology and flying cars on the Octagon blog a number of times – so I was please to find this article for our “Because It’s Friday” feature: From the Delorean to the Batmobile, these are the cars that shaped film history | Ars Technica Some of …
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Because It’s Friday – Artemis the twin of Apollo
This article was published last Friday – for context about timings see last Friday’s Because… post. As you know I like space stories. NASA Artemis Nasa’s giant new SLS Moon rocket makes its debut – BBC News …and for those too young to know what Apollo was:
The power of Big Tech examined
Here is today’s coffee time article by April Glaser, Joan Donovan and Jenna Ruddock at The Guardian. It is from last week but I thought it was worth highlighting as the power that these mega-companies wield far exceeds most elected (and unelected) governments. How Silicon Valley’s Russia crackdown proves its …
Volunteers in the cyber war
As part of our “weekend read” section, here is a piece by Chris Stokel-Walker and Dan Milmo at The Guardian looking at the hacker volunteers, fighting what they consider a white hat action against Russia. ‘It’s the right thing to do’: the 300,000 volunteer hackers coming together to fight Russia …
