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Twitter ran ads from household-name brands like Disney, Microsoft, and The Telegraph newspaper alongside neo-Nazi propaganda this week. Family-friendly media conglomerates, tech giants, and legacy newspapers running ads on social media platforms may try to do so with some confidence their names won’t appear plastered next to racist, hateful imagery, but that’s far from guaranteed on Elon Musk’s new Twitter. Users tweeted screenshots of the ads beside clips an antisemitic film, and Gizmodo was able to verify that the ads…

Over 400 wildfires are raging across Canada this week and firefighting teams have been overwhelmed by the flames. Canadian officials have asked for foreign support, and several countries have offered to send supplies and people, including the United States. As of yesterday, the U.S. has deployed more than 600 firefighters and support personnel to help on the ground emergency response teams, according to the White House.Biggest Forest Fire in New Mexico HistoryOther countries have sent emergency response teams to Canada…

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Photo: Craig Barritt (Getty Images)Texas regulators are investigating crypto exchange FTX and its spend-thrift founder Sam Bankman-Fried to determine whether or not they are offering unregistered securities products. The investigation, first reported by Barrons, is reportedly being carried out by the Texas State Securities Board which revealed the probe in a filing related to the bankruptcy case of crypto broker Voyager Digital.“I am aware that FTX Trading…may be offering unregistered…

Photo: Grey82 (Shutterstock)Back in February, hackers managed to squirrel away approximately $36 million in crypto assets from users’ retirement accounts. In the aftermath of that scam, it’s become less of a “who-dun-it” and more of a “who’s-gonna-take-the-blame?”In a lawsuit filed Monday against Gemini Trust Company, retirement investment company IRA Financial said it was let down by Gemini’s promise of security for its crypto assets.Gemini is the crypto exchange fronted by the Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, AKA the…