Author: Daniel Harrison

limestone tennesseewilliams washingtonpost Limestone, Tennessee residents were promised economic benefits from a bitcoin mine, but now face constant noise pollution from its computers and cooling fans  —  LIMESTONE, Tenn. — It started as a low hum one day last spring.  Then it got louder, and soon some residents said the noise was like a jet engine idling on a nearby tarmac. Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

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purchase us cabinet cellebriteintercept Purchase records and docs show that 14 of the 15 US Cabinet departments and several other federal agencies bought Cellebrite phone hacking tools in recent years  —  Investigators with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service frequently work to thwart a variety of environmental offenses … Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

alphabet loonlevywired Alphabet says that it is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon project, calling it “a successful experiment” but not a viable one  —  Plus: The moonshot’s launch, health care for the mask-less, and a new era’s inaugural meme.  —  DO you detect something missing? Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

forbesfischeraxios Forbes will launch a newsletter service, initially hiring 20-30 journalists to start paid newsletters, splitting revenue 50/50 and giving salaries and benefits  —  Forbes is launching a newsletter platform that will allow journalists to launch their own paid newsletters and split the revenue … Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

joint nsa cisa epa nevada maine A joint advisory by the FBI, NSA, CISA, and EPA reveals three more ransomware attacks on water treatment plants this year in Nevada, Maine, and California  —  Ransomware gangs have silently hit three US water and wastewater treatment facilities this year, in 2021, the US government … Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

interview rob ceo epik gab the Interview with Rob Monster, CEO of Epik, on serving sites like Gab, why his company severed ties with 8chan and The Daily Stormer, Parler shutdown, and more  —  Toggle more options  —  When websites flooded with hate speech or harmful disinformation become too radioactive for the Internet … Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

nick meta russian facebookheath theverge Nick Clegg says Meta refused a Russian order to stop the independent fact-checking and labeling of content from four state-owned media organizations on Facebook  —  The Russian government says Facebook blocked four local media accounts  —  The Russian government has partially blocked access … Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

sources polish inpost cvc Sources: Polish e-commerce locker service InPost is attracting takeover interest from CVC and others, as its stock is down 70%+ since its January 2021 IPO  —  InPost SA, the Polish operator of self-service lockers for e-commerce, is attracting potential takeover interest from private equity firms … Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.

sources chinese xingsheng youxuan 5b Chinese online grocery delivery startup Xingsheng Youxuan has raised $100M from Tencent at a $5B valuation  —  – Firm receives $100 million from Tencent at $5 billion value  — Grocer also in talks with other investors including Kuaishou  —  Tencent Holdings Ltd. has increased … Source Keep visiting techedirt.com for the latest news and updates.