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Forensic Interviewing and a Cloud Based Ruling System

If you've been playing Wordle of late, then since its takeover by NYT you may have noticed that it's getting much harder to solve. Additionally, that's not the NYT's fault.

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Austrian Programmer And Ex Crypto CEO Likely Stole $11 Billion Of Ether

Who hacked The DAO in 2016, diverting 3.6 million ether? We identify the apparent hacker — he denies it — by following a complicated trail of crypto transactions and using a previously undisclosed privacy-cracking forensics tool.

China Is About to Regulate AI—and the World Is Watching

Sweeping rules will cover algorithms that set prices, control search results, recommend videos, and filter content.

A new cloud-based ruling class?

Capital is everywhere, yet capitalism is on the wane. In an era when the owners of a new form of "command capital" have gained exorbitant power over everyone, including traditional capitalists, this is no contradiction.

Amazon’s sprawling grocery business has become an ‘expensive hobby’ with a cloudy future

Amazon has spent almost three decades perfecting the art of bringing everything imaginable to your doorstep in the shortest amount of time, at the lowest possible price. Despite Amazon’s unquestioned dominance in e-commerce, one giant market has proven particularly vexing: groceries.

When a "Yogi" ran NSE

Everything there is to know about Chitra Ramkrishna, the former CEO and MD of the stock exchange behemoth NSE, and her tryst with a “Himalayan Yogi”.

Why Nasa is exploring the deepest oceans on Earth

Could our understanding of the deep ocean help unlock the mysteries of outer space? Nasa's space mission is leading us to unexplored depths of our own planet.

These are the mistakes people make when listening, according to a forensic interviewer

If you want to build good relationships, hire the right people, and solve problems, you’ll need to improve your listening skills.

A shocking concern over the Metaverse

Some apps in the virtual-reality metaverse are "dangerous by design", the NSPCC has warned in response to a BBC News investigation.

The power of water

Far more potent than oil or gold, water is a stream of geopolitical force that runs deep, feeding crops and building nations.

Why you can't rebuild Wikipedia with crypto

Web3 may not be going all that great.

Honorary mentions

Google's new homepage?

Say hello to Roboto Serif

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