With the highly anticipated Air Jordan 1 “Lost & Found” scheduled to drop on Nov. 19th, now is a tempting time to start investing in sneakers. The practice of reselling the limited edition kicks is polarizing, and any sneakerhead can share their perspective on how bidding up prices impacts shoe culture. One thing is…
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VMware today announced the launch of Fusion 13, the latest major update to the Fusion virtualization software. MacRumors reports: For those unfamiliar with Fusion, it is designed to allow Mac users to operate virtual machines to run non-macOS operating systems like Windows 11. Fusion 13 Pro and Fusion 13 Player are compatible with both Intel Macs and Apple silicon Macs equipped with M-series chips, offering native support. VMware has been testing Apple silicon support for several months now ahead of the launch of the latest version of Fusion.
With Fusion 13, Intel and Apple silicon Mac users can access Windows 11 virtual machines. Intel Macs offer full support for Windows 11, while on Apple silicon, VMware says there is a first round of features for Windows 11 on Arm. Users who need to run traditional win32 and x64 apps can do so through built-in emulation. Fusion 13 also includes a TPM 2.0 virtual device that can be added to any VM, storing contents in an encrypted section of the virtual machine files and offering hardware-tpm functionality parity. To support this feature, Fusion 13 uses a fast encryption type that encrypts only the parts of the VM necessary to support the TPM device for performance and security. The software supports OpenGL 4.3 in Windows and Linux VMs on Intel and in Linux VMs on Apple silicon.
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Source: Slashdot – VMware Fusion 13 Now Available With Native Support For Apple Silicon Macs
Taylor Swift’s legion of rabid fans might just be able to accomplish something decades of legal scholars, millions in political lobbying, and the Biden administration couldn’t: implement meaningful antitrust reform.
Source: Gizmodo – Taylor Swift: Antitrust Hero
The mad lads at GameFreak have done it again. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet push the series’ overall Pokédex into four figures, and the special 1,000th Pokémon turns out to be a gold coin surfing freak with a fanny pack called Gholdengo. Is it going to sell me crypto? Is it made of crypto?? I can’t wait to find out.
Source: Kotaku – Newly Revealed 1,000th Pokémon Looks Like An Apple Jacks Mascot Turned Crypto Bro
Things are really going off the rails at Twitter, as Elon Musk pushes forward in a hostile takeover that seems liable to ensure he’s eventually the only one left at the social media platform. In the latest set of deeply confusing declarations from the multi-CEO and “Chief Twit,” Musk reinstated Twitter accounts for…
Source: Gizmodo – Elon Musk Says Twitter Shadowbans Are the New Law of the Land
Whether you’re hosting a huge Thanksgiving dinner or plan to spend New Years Eve cuddled up inside this year, your home is likely to be the setting of at least some of your holiday plans. You might be thinking about how to maximize your hosting capabilities to please the humans entering your space, but you shouldn’t…
Source: LifeHacker – Toxic Christmas Tree Water, and Other Holiday Pet Dangers You Never Knew About
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced Friday in a federal court to 135 months, more than 11 years in prison following her conviction on four counts of criminal fraud. The court found she deceived investors, including News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch and a host of other luminaries, about the efficacy of Theranos’ blood-testing technology. CNBC reports: Holmes cried while speaking to the court ahead of her sentencing. “I loved Theranos. It was my life’s work,” Holmes said. “My team meant the world to me. I am devastated by my failings. I’m so so sorry. I gave everything I had to build my company.” Her defense team argued she should face a maximum sentence of 18 months, according to court filings.
The Wall Street Journal first broke the story of how Theranos’ blood-testing technology was struggling to meet expectations in 2015. Whistleblowers and other witnesses came forth to provide detailed accounts of how Holmes and former operating chief Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani deceived patients, partners, investors and employees about the company’s progress and the capabilities of its technology. “Thank you for having me. Thank you for the courtesy and respect you have shown me,” she said Friday. “I have felt deep pain for what people went through because I failed them. To investors, patients, I am sorry.” Prosecutors sought a 15 year sentence for the pregnant 38-year-old former billionaire and Silicon Valley celebrity. Developing…
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Source: Slashdot – Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced To More Than 11 Years In Prison
One of Europe’s biggest fighting game tournaments, the Ultimate Fighting Arena (UFA), wrapped up on November 13. The three-day event in France was populated by big-name competitors like Goichi “GO1″ Kishida and Victor “Punk” Woodley, but it was teenage mad lad EndingWalker who ended up making waves by not just taking…
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Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO and founder of Theranos, has been sentenced to just over 11 years in prison for defrauding the investors of her blood testing startup. The sentence comes almost a year after Holmes was found guilty on four counts of fraud following a months-long trial.
In total, Holmes was sentenced to 135 months in prison, as well as three years of supervised release. A surrender date was set for April 27th. She will also be ordered to pay restitution, though Judge Ed Davila said that amount will be determined at a separate hearing. Prosecutors had asked for more than $800 million in restitution, accounting for 29 investors, but at the sentencing hearing, Davila said restitution would be based on $121 million in losses to 10 investors, according to The New York Times.
Ahead of her sentencing, prosecutors had pushed for a 15-year sentence, while Holmes’ attorneys argued she should get no more than 18 months of house arrest. Her probation officer had recommended nine years, The New York Times reported.
Throughout the trial, Holmes’ lawyers tried to portray the Theranos founder as a young and inexperienced entrepreneur who hadn’t intended to deceive investors or the public. During her testimony, Holmes blamed many of Theranos’ problems on others at the company, including her former partner Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani.
She also testified that Balwani was abusive during their romantic relationship, and that he had misled her about what was happening in Theranos’ lab. Balwani, who as COO also oversaw day-to-day operations of the company’s lab, was found guilty on 12 counts of fraud in a separate trial earlier this year. His sentencing is scheduled for December.
Even at her sentencing, Holmes proved she still has influential allies to defend her. Several Silicon Valley investors, including early Theranos backer Tim Draper, wrote letters of support urging the judge for a lighter sentence. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker also wrote in her support, asking the judge for “a fair and just sentence.”
Holmes delivered a brief statement at her sentencing hearing. “I regret my failings with every cell of my body,” she said, according to Law360’s Dorothy Atkins. Holmes was crying throughout her statement, according to multiple reporters in the courtroom.
Source: Engadget – Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11 years in prison on fraud charges
Elizabeth Holmes, the Stanford dropout, startup founder, and Theranos CEO who lied over and over about her blood testing startup, can expect time behind bars in the near future. Holmes was sentenced to 11.25 years in prison and 3 years of supervised release. San Jose federal court on Friday. The sentence came down…
Source: Gizmodo – Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced to 11 Years and 3 Months in Prison for Theranos Fraud
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes (C), founder and former CEO of blood testing and life sciences company Theranos, walks with her mother Noel Holmes and partner Billy Evans into the federal courthouse for her sentencing hearing on November 18, 2022, in San Jose, California. (credit: Getty | Amy Osborne)
Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced to 11.25 years in federal prison, plus three years of supervision for her conviction in January on four counts of defrauding investors of her failed blood-testing company, Theranos. Restitution in the case will be determined at a later hearing, not yet set.
The sentencing is less than the maximum of 20 years set by federal sentencing guidelines, but still more than the nine-year prison sentence recommended by the probation officer in Holmes’ case.
Federal prosecutors had sought 15 years of imprisonment and for Holmes, 38, to pay roughly $804 million in restitution to defrauded investors. Holmes’ lawyers, meanwhile, requested just 18 months of house arrest and argued that she has “essentially no assets” and could not pay a nine-figure fine.
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Source: Ars Technica – Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11.25 years in prison for Theranos fraud
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sold a stake in the company worth $300 million when the crypto exchange raised capital last year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing the firm’s financial records and people familiar with the transaction. At the time, Bankman-Fried told investors it was a partial reimbursement of money he’d spent to buy out rival Binance’s stake in FTX a few months earlier, the report added. The Journal’s report cited FTX’s October 2021 funding round where the company had raised $420 million from a clutch of big name investors including Temasek and Tiger Global, valuing the crypto exchange at $25 billion.
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Source: Slashdot – FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Cashed Out 0 Million During Funding Spree
Declassified documents confirm former President Donald Trump illegally posted a satellite image of a failed rocket launch in Iran on Twitter in 2019. The image showed a rocket that exploded on a launch pad after country officials unsuccessfully tried to launch a satellite. Trump reportedly published the image to…
Source: Gizmodo – New Information Reveals Donald Trump Posted Classified Satellite Imagery on Twitter as President
Chipotle is running a “Bowls For Goals” promotion in honor of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which starts this Sunday. (Here’s how to stream the World Cup for free.) Whenever the USA national team scores a goal in the World Cup, Chipotle will be give away free food eligible to be claimed through Dec. 31.
Source: LifeHacker – You Can Get Free Chipotle for Watching the World Cup
Publicity is a hell of a thing. By all the data we have, incidents of melting 12VHPWR connectors on GeForce RTX 4090s are vanishingly rare. Despite that, everyone knows exactly what Sasa Marinkovic (AMD’s Senior Director of Gaming Marketing) is implying with his tweet, which we’ll reproduce below.
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Source: Hot Hardware – AMD Exec Ruthlessly Trolls NVIDIA Over Burned GeForce RTX 4090 PSU Connectors
Two weeks ago, the Biden administration convened the second International Counter Ransomware Summit, warning that ransomware attacks are outpacing efforts to mitigate them. Now, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have
Source: Hot Hardware – FBI Advisory Warns Active Hive Ransomware Gang Has Extorted 0M And Counting
There’s been much ado in the DIY PC hardware space about the issue of the new ATX 3.0 and PCIe 5.0 12+4-pin peripheral power connector melting on GeForce RTX 4090 cards. There’s a class-action lawsuit, AMD’s managers are memeing on NVIDIA, and numerous outlets have rushed to publish their preliminary, unscientific findings as if they are gospel
Source: Hot Hardware – NVIDIA Releases Official Update Addressing Cause Of Melting 12VHPWR Connectors
NASA signed an arrangement with the Japanese government that extends Japan’s presence on the International Space Station (ISS) until 2030, in addition to contributing components for a future lunar outpost.
Source: Gizmodo – Japan Will Send an Astronaut to the Upcoming Lunar Space Station
Fans of Prime Video’s The Peripheral will have noticed that for all the discussion of “the Met”—the police force that acts as a balance to the corrupt elite class and the mysterious (also corrupt) Research Institute that control futuristic London—we have yet to really meet them. That’s about to change with today’s…
Source: Gizmodo – Meet The Peripheral’s Mysterious New Character Ahead of Her Debut
