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Go read this NYT story about losing $220 million in bitcoin,

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There aren’t many good ways to lose $220 million, but this New York Times article highlights a particularly egregious one — losing millions of dollars in bitcoin because you forgot the password to your digital wallet. Stefan Thomas’ 7,002 bitcoin (worth roughly $220 million) are locked away in an IronKey hard drive, according to NYT‘s Nathaniel Popper. The problem is …

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Go read this NYT story about losing $220 million in bitcoin, Ian Carlos Campbell

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There aren’t many good ways to lose $220 million, but this New York Times article highlights a particularly egregious one — losing millions of dollars in bitcoin because you forgot the password to your digital wallet. Stefan Thomas’ 7,002 bitcoin (worth roughly $220 million) are locked away in an IronKey hard drive, according to NYT’s Nathaniel Popper. The problem is …

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AMD will let consumers buy the Threadripper Pro directly,

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If you’ve yearned for the power of the Threadripper Pro, but haven’t wanted to buy a ThinkStation, you’re in luck: starting in March, AMD will begin selling the CPUs directly to consumers, ending Lenovo’s exclusive access to the processor line. While the vanilla Threadripper seems like the peak of computing power to many (myself included), there are certain benefits the …

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AMD will let consumers buy the Threadripper Pro directly, Mitchell Clark

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Image: AMD If you’ve yearned for the power of the Threadripper Pro, but haven’t wanted to buy a ThinkStation, you’re in luck: starting in March, AMD will begin selling the CPUs directly to consumers, ending Lenovo’s exclusive access to the processor line. While the vanilla Threadripper seems like the peak of computing power to many (myself included), there are certain …

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US to require negative test from international travelers,

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Anyone traveling to the United States on an international flight will have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test within three days beforethe trip, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday. The order will go into effect on January 26th. The sweeping requirement comes a few weeks after the CDC mandated that anyone flying in from the …

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US to require negative test from international travelers, Nicole Wetsman

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Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images Anyone traveling to the United States on an international flight will have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test within three days before the trip, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday. The order will go into effect on January 26th. The sweeping requirement comes a few weeks after the CDC mandated …

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Exclusive: Apple held talks with EV startup Canoo in 2020, Sean O’Kane

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Image: Canoo Apple held meetings with California EV startup Canoo in the first half of 2020 as part of the Silicon Valley giant’s secretive effort to advance its own electric vehicle project, three people familiar with the talks have told The Verge. The two companies discussed options ranging from investment to an acquisition, according to two of the people. Canoo’s …

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Origin updates EVO15-S and EVO17-S with new RTX 3000 series GPUs, Monica Chin

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Here’s the Origin EVO15-S, now available with RTX 3000 graphics. | Image: Origin Origin has upgraded its EVO15-S and EVO17-S gaming notebooks and its NT-15 and NT-17 workstations to include Nvidia’s latest GeForce RTX 3000 mobile graphics cards (up to an RTX 3080 with Max-Q design). You can configure both lines with 10th Gen Core i7 Intel processors, up to …