Crypto hocus-pocus sees $6.5 million go 'poof' from Abracadabra thanks to a Cauldron problem that let a user exploit Magic Internet Money (I swear)

Crypto hocus-pocus sees $6.5 million go ‘poof’ from Abracadabra thanks to a Cauldron problem that let a user exploit Magic Internet Money (I swear)

Get the popcorn in, because I swear it’s true. A cross-chain lending platform called Abracadabra Money has confirmed that an exploit allowed one user to drain at least $6.49 million in Ethereum-based stablecoins from its protocol (first spotted by Web3isgoinggreat). Fair warning that this story involves a bunch of crypto jargon which I’ll try to…

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The Spectrum Is Getting A New Collector’s Edition In White, Complete With A Printer

“Once it’s gone, it’s gone!”. Following the release of The Spectrum, an emulation-based version of Clive Sinclair’s popular 1980s microcomputer, Retro Games Ltd. is back with a new Collector’s Edition in white, featuring a printer, a thumb drive, and a recreation of the Quickshot II joystick, alongside a spiral-bound manual and a companion issue of…

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Actors’ union SAG-AFTRA announces ‘ethical AI’ agreement with Replica, but industry veterans feel misrepresented: ‘Nobody in our community approved this’

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has announced a “groundbreaking AI voice agreement” as per the union’s website—and despite its claim that the agreement was “approved by affected members of the union’s voiceover performer community”, a lot of industry vets feel like their voices weren’t heard. This agreement with Replica…

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Iconic Issues: MegaTech #1, December 1991

Mega! Back in Christmas 1991, the Sega Mega Drive had just enjoyed its first full year on sale in the United Kingdom and was fast becoming the country’s most popular game console. Publisher EMAP – which had multi-format magazines such as Computer & Video Games and Mean Machines under its belt – noticed this shift…

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