(1/6) "It's on sale. Everything is on sale." -Katelin Holloway

Seven Seven Six, the venture capital firm led by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, plans to raise $177.6 million for a new fund focused on investments in cryptocurrency tokens.

theinformation.com/articles/alexi… (2/6) The new fund, named Kryptós, will be the two-year-old firm’s first focused exclusively on crypto. It will seek to take advantage of the recent monthslong sell-off in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and Ethereum.

(1/6) We should all start investing in property in the mountains!

Srsly major sea-level rise from the melting of the Greenland ice cap is now inevitable even if the fossil fuel burning that is driving the climate crisis were to end overnight. 😱

theguardian.com/environment/20… (2/6) The research shows the global heating to date will cause an absolute minimum sea-level rise of 27cm (10.6in) from Greenland alone as 110tn tonnes of ice melt. 🤽‍♂️

We are living in the future. For someone like me who basically failed art class in grade school, #StableDiffusion can now augment my incompetent artistic skills

Thank you @StabilityAI @TwitterCreators @Twitter @StabilityAI @TwitterCreators @Twitter To be honest, it wasn't clear to me how this was going to end up when I started, but wanted to see how much you can nudge #StableDiffusion

Here's @Starbucks

(1/4) LastPass, a password manager with millions of users, was recently hacked.

I'm not surprised that LastPass was hacked. I'm surprised it took this long. Nothing is unhackable but passwordless authentication is the future.

thehill.com/policy/technol… (2/4) The company's CEO has said that while some proprietary information was taken, there is no evidence that customer data or passwords were exposed.

(1/5) “I think it’s much more bumbling and inept than this, actually. I think it’s much more a phenomenon of the cop that sets up the speed trap where it’s easy to get someone because you’re going downhill, rather than where the accidents are."

theinformation.com/articles/the-s… (2/5) The SEC is currently investigating LBRY, a blockchain startup, for allegedly selling unregistered securities. LBRY has rejected the SEC's argument, calling for SEC chair Gary Gensler to be jailed for 10 years instead.

(1/4) The sun is the new black!

As tensions rise between Russia and Ukraine, Europeans are turning to solar power to heat their homes and businesses. Germany, in particular, has seen a 22% increase in solar panel installations so far this year.

edition.cnn.com/2022/08/24/bus… (2/4) This surge in demand is straining supply chains, but companies are scrambling to keep up.

For consumers, the appeal of solar power is twofold: it's a clean energy source, and it's less vulnerable to interruption than gas pipelines.