CryptoNews

Attempted Bitfinex Exploit for $15 Billion XRP Fails

January 17, 2024
Bitfinex’s security protocols came into the spotlight when a seemingly massive XRP transfer, initially causing alarm among crypto watchers, turned out to be a foiled exploit attempt. $15 Billion of XRP Transfer Attempt Fizzles Out A failed exploit attempt on cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex was brought to light, involving nearly $15 billion worth of XRP tokens, a sum that represents almost half…
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CryptoNews

Samourai Wallet Unveils Privacy-Enhancing BTC to XMR Atomic Swaps in Beta Launch

January 17, 2024
According to the Samourai Wallet developers, the beta release of bitcoin/monero atomic swaps has been launched, marking an exciting development in privacy-preserving techniques. This new release of the desktop application streamlines the process of securely swapping bitcoin and monero via the Tor network. Samourai Wallet Rolls out Beta Bitcoin<->Monero Atomic Swaps The much-anticipated…
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AI & RoboticsNews

AI and policy leaders debate web of effective altruism in AI security | The AI Beat

January 16, 2024
Last month, I reported on the widening web of connections between the effective altruism (EA) movement and AI security policy circles — from top AI startups like Anthropic to DC think tanks like RAND Corporation. These are linking EA, with its laser-focus on preventing what its adherents say are catastrophic risks to humanity from future AGI, to a wide swath of DC think tanks, government…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla owner builds his own deployable solar roof for Model Y

January 16, 2024
A Tesla Model Y owner decided to build his own solar roof that can add over 20 miles of range to the electric SUV per day. Tesla, like many other automakers, had previously explored adding solar to electric vehicles, but it has never pulled the trigger on the feature. Other automakers offer it as an option, but the solar roof systems either only power auxiliary features and not the actual…
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