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Best gaming PC builds: budget, mid-range and high-end recommendations
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DIY From an $800 penny-saving PC to a $4,000 monster.
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Gone in 12 seconds—Two US brothers charged with stealing $25M in crypto heist using skills they acquired at MIT
By Andy Edser published
news The modern-day heist just isn't as romantic somehow, is it?
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UK police bust a fast food worker turned £3 billion bitcoin scam member on a £7.5 million money laundering charge
By Nick Evanson published
news Posh houses, expensive jewellery, and private schooling were all bought with the ill-gotten virtual funds.
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US SEC begrudgingly approves Bitcoin trades but warns investors it's a 'speculative, volatile asset that's also used for ransomware, money laundering, sanction evasion, and terrorist financing'
By Rich Stanton published
news Doesn't seem too happy about it.
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2023 in crypto and web3: Scams, collapses, and finally some consequences
By Rich Stanton published
Clink! Et tu, Mutant Ape Planet?
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With Sam Bankman-Fried in the slammer, now the fugitive crypto 'Lunatic' behind 2022's $40B crash is being extradited from his Montenegrin getaway
By Rich Stanton published
news The question is whether he goes to South Korea or the US.
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Former 'king of crypto' FTX boss to take stand in fraud trial that, so far, seems to be going very badly for him
By Rich Stanton published
news Sam Bankman-Fried's going for one of the riskiest strategies there is.
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Hundreds sign up to ponder OpenAI founder's eye-scanning crypto orb despite data concerns
By Katie Wickens published
news Who knew the processing of "sensitive data at a very large scale" might require a licence?
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