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FTX Says Substantial Amount of Crypto Assets Stolen or Missing

A substantial amount of FTX’s assets are either missing or stolen, a lawyer for the failed crypto exchange said in court, vowing to cast a wide net to secure potentially billions of dollars in funds that passed through the firm he called the “personal fiefdom” of co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Tuesday’s hearing marked an inflection point for FTX’s bankruptcy case as its new leaders begin chasing down what assets they can salvage and trying to determine who might be responsible for the loss of customers’…

Evidence for “Substantial” Monkeypox Transmission Up to 4 Days Before Symptoms Appear

Researchers estimate that more than half of monkeypox transmissions occur before the onset of symptoms.Transmission detected up to four days before symptoms. Findings may have important implications for infection control globally.Scientists have found evidence for “substantial” monkeypox transmission before symptoms appear or are detected. This is known as pre-symptomatic transmission. The results of this UK study were published by The BMJ on November 2.Researchers estimate that more than half (53%) of transmission…

COVID-19 Linked With Substantial Increase in Type 1 Diabetes in Children – As Much as 72%

According to a new study,children who had COVID-19 are at a substantially higher risk of developing type 1 diabetes.According to a new research study that analyzed electronic health records of more than 1 million patients ages 18 and younger, children who were infected with <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>COVID-19</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019…

Study finds ‘substantial’ costs on workers with severe COVID-19 illnesses

Effects of health-related absences on workers. This figure displays effects of health-related absences at one and twelve months after the absence. All panels estimate the event-study specification (Equation 1) with our full set of controls. Confidence intervals reflect standard errors clustered by worker. See Appendix A for event-study figures and tests for heterogeneous effects of likely Covid-19 absences. Credit: DOI: 10.3386/w30435…

2022 Was Europe’s Hottest Summer on Record by a ‘Substantial Margin’ : ScienceAlert

The summer of 2022 was the hottest in Europe's recorded history, with the continent suffering blistering heatwaves and the worst drought in centuries, the European Commission's satellite monitor said on Thursday.The five hottest years on record have all come since 2016 as climate change drives ever longer and stronger hot spells and drier soil conditions.And that created tinderbox forests, increasing the risk of devastating and sometimes deadly wildfires.The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said temperatures in…

Disney Found Substantial Number of Twitter Users Fake in 2016, Says Former CEO Bob Iger

Disney had purportedly weighed the option of purchasing Twitter back in 2016, revealed former Disney CEO Bob Iger while speaking at the Code Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on Wednesday. Iger claimed that Disney discovered, with the help of Twitter, that a 'substantial portion' of Twitter's user base consisted of fake accounts. Walt Disney and Twitter were purportedly ready to enter negotiations when Iger decided to walk away from the deal. However, Iger did not mention a specific number when talking about the…

Peloton CEO thinks losing $1.2 billion is ‘substantial progress’

Peloton’s numbers don’t look great. In its Q4 2022 earnings release this morning, the company reported a $1.2 billion operating loss, a 28 percent revenue drop, a membership decline, and a monthly subscriber churn exceeding 1 percent for the first time in a long while. (Perhaps ever?) And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. In a nutshell, losses were greater than both Peloton and investors had anticipated. And yet, Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy would have you believe the numbers actually paint a picture of “substantial…

Mario+Rabbids: Sparks of Hope has a substantial season pass

Nintendo announced that Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope will get a Season Pass. The company also announced it will be part of the Gold Edition of the game. The Season Pass, which will be packaged into the Gold Edition, contains upcoming DLCs that will introduce additional story content with new heroes, quests, and battles. Other things that come with the Gold Edition of Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope are the base game and the Galactic Prestige Pack, which includes three new stylish weapon skins for your team that…

‘Marvel’s Spider-Man’ gets first PC patch with a “more substantial” one inbound

A new Marvel’s Spider-Man patch on PC has been released addressing a number of bugs, but some issues still remain including one that won’t allow players to take a picture of the Empire State Building. Version 1.817.1.0 is now live and manages to resolve a number of reported problems from players since the game was released on PC on August 12. “The teams at Insomniac Games and Nixxes Software have been closely monitoring player reports the past days and based on that we have released a first small patch with multiple…

TezDev 2022 Paris Embodies Tezos’ Substantial and Growing Developer Support

The Tezos community is gearing up for its upcoming TezDev conference in Paris, France. Like other ecosystems, the focus shifts to unlocking the potential of Web3 on this technology stack. There is much to look forward to, as Tezos has the second-highest developer support of all public blockchains today. TezDev 2022 Is Around The Corner The upcoming TezDev Paris conference will bring together Tezos community members from all over the world. Creators, builders, and innovators will come together and unlock the…