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ESIC bans Counter-Strike player Nifee for match fixing violations
The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has handed down a four-year ban to Counter-Strike player Dmytro “Nifee” Tediashvili after concluding he took part in match manipulation and betting-related misconduct, according to a newly released sanction decision. Investigators with ESIC determined that Tediashvili violated its integrity rules by engaging in conduct... Read more
Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for April 3
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. I thought today’s Mini Crossword was pretty tricky. I jumped from the Across clues to the... Read more
‘Uncanny Valley’: Iran’s Threats on US Tech, Trump’s Plans for Midterms, and Polymarket’s Pop-up Flop
Kate Knibbs: So, you went twice? Makena Kelly: Yes, Kate. I went twice. Kate Knibbs: I missed that. Zoë Schiffer: Wait, is the Pentagon Pizza thing a joke about the pizza predicting the war? Makena Kelly: Yeah. Zoë Schiffer: Oh, my God. Makena Kelly: Because they had these Pentagon... Read more
New Rowhammer attacks give complete control of machines running Nvidia GPUs
So where do we go now? The researchers said that both the RTX 3060 and RTX 6000 cards are vulnerable. Changing BIOS defaults to enable IOMMU closes the vulnerability, they said. Short for input-output memory management unit, IOMMU maps device-visible virtual addresses to physical addresses on the host memory.... Read more
CFTC and DOJ sue states over prediction markets regulation dispute
Federal regulators have taken Arizona, Illinois, and Connecticut to court, opening a new front in the fight over so-called event contracts and who gets to regulate them. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, joined by the United States, filed lawsuits in federal district courts seeking to stop those states from... Read more
iPhone 18 Pro Will Not Be Back in Black This Year, Insider Says
AC/DC declared they were Back in Black in 1980, but if a certain insider is right, Apple won’t be following those lyrics in 2026. According to anonymous leaker Instant Digital, the iPhone 18 Pro, Apple’s new flagship phone, likely to be released in September, will not be available in black.... Read more
Ohio fights Kalshi appeal over sports contracts and gambling authority
Ohio is digging in against Kalshi, claiming that it wants to keep offering sports-related contracts, telling a federal appeals court the business is essentially dodging state gambling rules and shouldn’t keep operating while its appeal plays out. In a new filing with the Sixth Circuit, state officials say the... Read more
Your iPhone Has a Hidden Document Scanner. Here’s How to Use It During Tax Season
These days, it’s easy to digitally sign important documents from your computer or phone. But sometimes you’re handed physical versions on paper that you need to sign, scan and send over email. When you just have to put your signature on a real-life document but don’t have a standalone... Read more
A New Implant Aims to Rewire Stroke Patients’ Brains
Stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term disability, with roughly two-thirds of survivors experiencing significant impairments in their hands and arms. While some people eventually regain that function, many live with persistent paralysis or weakness. Epia Neuro, a newly launched startup out of San Francisco, wants to... Read more
Microsoft launches 3 new AI models in direct shot at OpenAI and Google
Microsoft on Wednesday launched three new foundational AI models it built entirely in-house — a state-of-the-art speech transcription system, a voice generation engine, and an upgraded image creator — marking the most concrete evidence yet that the $3 trillion software giant intends to compete directly with OpenAI, Google, and... Read more