Author: Elon Mark

Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services company led by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is creating a way for investors to bet that President Donald Trump’s signature tariffs will be struck down in court. Traders at the firm’s investment banking subsidiary, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., say they have the capacity to buy the rights to hundreds of millions of dollars in potential refunds from companies who have paid Trump’s tariffs, according to documents viewed by WIRED.Lutnick ran Cantor Fitzgerald for nearly 30 years until he was confirmed by the Senate in February, when he turned over control of…

The launch of Switch 2 brings with it a selection of retro GameCube games for subscribers to the Nintendo Switch Online service. As it did for the NES, SNES, N64, and even Sega Genesis/Mega Drive when games from those platforms joined the library, Nintendo has released a perfect recreation of the original controller, allowing you to play those classic games as authentically as possible.For anyone who was gaming when the GameCube was first around, it’s slightly surreal to now have a perfect recreation of the original controller that’s wireless but not the bulkier WaveBird model. It’s no bad thing, though,…

What can you do with ₹100? Maybe buy a cup of coffee or a short ride in an auto. For many, ₹100 doesn’t feel like a change in the pocket. It’s the kind of money we spend without thinking, without planning. It slips out of our wallets and disappears in minutes. But what would be the value of ₹100 if invested?  Like what you’re reading? Get our latest, straight to your inbox. In this article, we’ll walk through two simple scenarios—what happens if you invest ₹100 just once, and what happens if you invest ₹100 every year.  Value of ₹100…

I was not sure what to expect from Diadem’s new BluCore paddle, which is among a handful of new paddles that have replaced the standard honeycomb polymer core with closed-cell foam—they sent me a sample of the stuff, and it looks like you could make a gas station cooler out of it. That foam is substantially more durable—it has a lifetime warranty, in fact—over the long haul and is also not at risk of delaminating in extreme temperatures if, for example, you leave the paddle in the car on a scorching summer day while you grab patio margs.Given how far…

If you have elected for a robot vacuum with mapping capabilities, it usually gives you the option of a quick mapping run without cleaning. It might seem like a waste, but it does save time in the long run. Use the mapping run to take a quick walk around your house and look for dangling shoelaces, wired headphones, or any long strings or fringes that will trip up the smartest robot vacuum.And turn on your lights. Your robot might have optical sensors, which require ambient light to operate. If you find that your vacuum is getting stuck a lot, don’t…

In recent years, India saw a massive surge in retail investments. So did the market. Along with the rise in investments in listed shares, the unlisted markets also attracted attention. Pre-IPO shares, often seen as ‘hidden gems,’ became a tempting opportunity for many, promising the chance to strike it rich by discovering the next big thing. Like what you’re reading? Get our latest, straight to your inbox. But beneath this shiny allure lies a world of risk. Unlisted shares come with major hurdles, regulatory gaps, liquidity issues, and a lack of transparency, that make them far more dangerous than rewarding. …

When, one year ago today, a buggy update to software sold by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike took down millions of computers around the world and sent them into a death spiral of repeated reboots, the global cost of all those crashed machines was equivalent to one of the worst cyberattacks in history. Some of the various estimates of the total damage worldwide have stretched well into the billions of dollars.Now a new study by a team of medical cybersecurity researchers has taken the first steps toward quantifying the cost of CrowdStrike’s disaster not in dollars, but in potential harm to…

Leaks are a constant part of big product news cycles, particularly for companies like Apple. Online soothsayers like Jon Prosser and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman have long predicted the content of upcoming Apple announcements, citing anonymous sources from within the company to glean glimpses of what’s next. They have been correct often enough to become a real pain for the Cupertino company.Now, Apple has seized upon an opportunity to fight back against leaks. In a complaint filed Thursday in US federal court for the Northern District of California, Apple is accusing prominent leaker Jon Prosser of allegedly scheming to “break into…

What can you do with ₹100? Maybe buy a cup of coffee or a short ride in an auto. For many, ₹100 doesn’t feel like a change in the pocket. It’s the kind of money we spend without thinking, without planning. It slips out of our wallets and disappears in minutes. But what would be the value of ₹100 if invested?  Like what you’re reading? Get our latest, straight to your inbox. In this article, we’ll walk through two simple scenarios—what happens if you invest ₹100 just once, and what happens if you invest ₹100 every year.  Value of ₹100…

Topsec and Venustech were two firms alleged to have assisted these efforts. Topsec employed a number of former Honkers, including the founder of the Honker Union of China, and Topsec’s founder once acknowledged in an interview that the PLA directed his company. In 2015, Topsec was linked to state-sponsored cyber operations, including the Anthem Insurance breach in the US.Over the years, many tools used by China APT groups were built by Honkers, and the PLA and MSS mined them for vulnerability research and exploit development. In 1999, Huang Xin (glacier), a member of Green Army, released “Glacier,” a remote-access trojan.…