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DNA stored on crystal could bring back humanity billions of years after extinction | UK News
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British scientists have stored DNA information for an entire human on a crystal, which could be used to bring back humanity if we become extinct. The team from the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) used lasers to inscribe the data on a 5D crystal, which they said can survive for billions of years.…
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Fraud gangs ‘stealing billions’ from music industry via ‘fake’ streams | Science & Tech News
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Fraud groups take billions of dollars a year out of the music industry through fake streams, a streaming technology company has warned. At least 10% of all song streams are fraudulent, and this takes between $2bn and $3bn (£1.6bn and £2.4bn) out of the global music industry each year according to Beatdapp, the streaming fraud…
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Sam Bankman-Fried: Disgraced ‘crypto king’ jailed for 25 years after stealing billions of dollars from FTX customers | Business News
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Disgraced crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted of stealing billions of dollars from his customers. He was the chief executive of FTX, which suddenly went bankrupt in November 2022 – leaving millions of users frozen out of their accounts and unable to make withdrawals. The 32-year-old…
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TikTok CEO says ban would ‘take billions of dollars out of the pockets of creators’ | US News
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The CEO of TikTok has said that a US ban on the platform “would take billions of dollars out of the pockets of creators and small businesses”. Shou Zi Chew, who a source said is visiting Washington DC this week, added the company will exercise its legal rights to prevent a ban after a bill…
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Jeff Bezos sells billions of pounds worth of Amazon stock | Business News
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Jeff Bezos has sold more than $4bn (£3.2bn) worth of his shares in Amazon over the past few days. The Amazon founder and executive chairman sold nearly 12 million shares of Amazon stock worth more than $2bn (£1.58bn) on 7 and 8 February, according to a statement he filed with federal regulators. The collective value…
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Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of defrauding FTX crypto customers out of billions of dollars | US News
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Sam Bankman-Fried has been found guilty of defrauding customers of his cryptocurrency exchange out of billions of dollars. The 31-year-old could be sentenced to more than 100 years in prison after stealing money from clients of FTX. A Manhattan jury convicted him on all seven counts after a month-long trial. FTX collapsed last November, shocking…
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Rare cosmic explosion brighter than billions of suns spotted in red galaxy | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have discovered a new type of cosmic explosion which outshines nearly every supernova detected in the universe. As bright as hundreds of billions of suns, but quick to fade – the rare and dazzling blast is believed to have been caused by a black hole colliding with a star and was spotted by researchers…
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Amateur rapper and her husband plead guilty after trying to launder stolen Bitcoin worth billions | Science & Tech News
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An amateur rapper and her husband have pleaded guilty to attempting to launder stolen Bitcoin. Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein went to desperate lengths in their attempts to convert billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency into cash. At the time of their arrest in 2022, the stash of 120,000 Bitcoin was worth $4.5bn (£3.5bn). The…
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Elon Musk and Tesla going on trial over claims his tweets cost investors billions of dollars | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk and Tesla are set to go on trial over allegations that shareholders were defrauded out of billions of dollars by his tweets. The company’s chief executive wrote in 2018 that he had “secured” funding to take the electric carmaker private and later that investor backing was “confirmed”, causing shares to soar and then…