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Judge Ends One Man’s 11-Year Quest to Recover $765 Million in Bitcoin by Digging Up a Landfill
A British judge ruled against a man who wants to excavate a landfill where he says a hard drive with access to thousands of bitcoins was mistakenly dumped over 11 years ago.Since 2013, James Howells has been hoping to recover a laptop hard drive that he says contains the private key for cryptocurrency which he
January 13, 2025
DDR4 vs. DDR5 RAM: What’s the Difference?
If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIREDMost computer standards change quickly, with manufacturers adopting new ports, cables, and form factors as soon as they release. Random-access memory (RAM), meanwhile, hasn’t changed all that much in
January 13, 2025
The Los Angeles Wildfires Have Created Another Problem—Unsafe Drinking Water
In the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires, many people—including city officials—described the aftermath as being like a bomb had detonated. Not only have buildings been destroyed, but underground, melted plastic and a slurry of ash and debris threaten to end up in the maze of pipes that transport fresh drinking water, contaminating the municipal
January 13, 2025
A Glowing Metal Ring Crashed to Earth. No One Knows Where It Came From
It has been more than a week since reports first emerged about a “glowing ring of metal” that fell from the sky and crashed near a remote village in Kenya.According to the Kenya Space Agency, the object weighed 1,100 pounds and had a diameter of more than 8 feet when measured after it landed on
January 11, 2025
These Maps Show Just How Dry Southern California Is Right Now
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.Dry conditions across Southern California in early January 2025 set the stage for a series of deadly wind-driven wildfires that burned thousands of homes and other structures in the Los Angeles area.Ming Pan, a hydrologist at the University of California-San Diego’s Center for Western
January 11, 2025
The 25 Best Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now (January 2025)
While Netflix is busy pumping out more series than any one person could watch (probably), some of the best shows are on Amazon Prime Video. Trouble is, navigating the service’s labyrinthine menus can make finding the right series a pain. We’re here to help. Below are our favorite Amazon series—all included with your Prime subscription.For
January 11, 2025
Meta has reportedly ended diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs that influenced staff hiring and training, as well as vendor decisions, effective immediately. According to an internal memo viewed by Axios and verified by Ars, Meta's vice president of human resources, Janelle Gale, told Meta employees that the shift was due to "legal and policy
Strange, unique, and otherwise noteworthy PCs and PC accessories from CES 2025
i respect and applaud the effort Most of these experiments don't stick around for long, but who knows. Acer's Nitro Blaze 11, which takes the "portable" out of "portable handheld gaming PC." Credit: Acer The Consumer Electronics Show is a reliable source of announcements about iterative updates to PCs and PC components. A few of
January 10, 2025
Researcher nets major reward for finding Facebook bug able to unlock the gates to its internal systems
A security flaw found in Facebook's ad platform has been fixed by MetaThe researcher who discovered the flaw was awarded a $100,000 bug bountyThe flaw allowed the researcher to effectively take control of a Facebook serverMeta has awarded cybersecurity researcher Ben Sadeghipour a bug bounty of $100,000 after he discovered a security vulnerability on Facebook’s
January 10, 2025
DJI’s Mic Mini might just have met its match: the tiny, logo-free Hollyland Lark M2S wireless mic
(Image credit: Hollyland) Hollyland announces new Lark M2S wireless mic to rival DJI and RodeThe M2S is available in twin mic / receiver kits for around $139 / £130It features a discreet logo-free design and weighs just 7g There's no shortage of wireless mics for content creators in 2025, with the likes of the DJI
January 10, 2025