The news that retail giant Bed Bath & Beyond might be headed towards bankruptcy lit up Twitter with users calling the stores an "abandoned, post-apocalyptic" mess.
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Here’s a crypto-meets-transportation story for you before we move onto the rest of the news.
Just weeks after Tesla CEO Elon Musk and CFO Zach Kirkhorn said they believe in the longevity of bitcoin, the company has changed its stance. Musk, who has dubbed himself Technoking, tweeted that Tesla has suspended purchases of its electric vehicles with the cryptocurrency because of its concern about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal.
The tweet from Musk sent the price of bitcoin down. Ah, but wait, the crazy hijinks were just getting started. Musk’s tweet was clear that while bitcoin was out, other cryptocurrencies were in. “We are also looking at other cryptocurrencies that use
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A spokesperson for Switzerland’s Federal Office of Justice told The Hill on Monday that police in Lucerne, Switzerland, carried out a home search Friday at the request of the U.S. government on a residence connected to the hacker who claimed credit for the breach, declining to name those involved.
The Associated Press reported that the house belonged to a hacker known as Tillie Kottmann, and that electronics were taken from the home as part of the raid. The FBI told the publication that it was “aware of law enforcement activity carried out in Switzerland,” but had no further comment.
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Big tech companies have a lot of potential to disrupt the healthcare industry.
But companies like Alphabet and Amazon face challenges internally when standing up a health bet.
That s largely because it creates tension with the corporate team and main products.
Big Tech is disrupting the healthcare industry. That s the expectation at least.
As industry outsiders, companies like Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft have the potential to help fix a healthcare system that is messy, wasteful, and wildly expensive in a way insiders can t. Whether it s funding startups, building wearables, or powering research on the cloud, they re trying to shake up the $3.8 trillion industry. The pandemic has only helped them make inroads.