This Week in Crypto – Bitcoin, Politics, and MtGox
29 Jul
Politics

This Week in Crypto – Bitcoin, Politics, and MtGox

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Politics tamfitronics By Mark Hunter1 day agoSun Jul 28 2024 12:08:58Reading Time: 2 minutesThis week in the crypto world, we saw two Bitcoin take center stage in the political arena and MtGox users finally get their payouts.Well, that didn’t take long.Politics tamfitronics Bitcoin Is the Talk of the Washington (And Nashville)Bitcoin and politics are becoming as American as obesity and senseless outrage, and this week was a perfect embodiment of that. We had Mark Cuban saying that Joe Biden’s replacement Kamala Harris might be more open to crypto (before she declined to respond to offers to speak at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville), Jersey City’s mayor revealing that the city’s pension fund plans to buy Bitcoin ETF sharesCynthia Lummis potentially revealing a plan to have Bitcoin added as a strategic reserve asset…and all this...
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A manipulated video shared by Musk mimics Harris’ voice, raising concerns about AI in politics

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Politics tamfitronics NEW YORK -- A video that uses an artificial intelligence voice-cloning tool to mimic the voice of Vice President Kamala Harris saying things she did not say is raising concerns about the power of AI to mislead with Election Day about three months away.The video gained attention after tech billionaire Elon Musk shared it on his social media platform X on Friday without explicitly noting it was originally released as parody.By late Sunday, Musk had clarified the video was intended as satire, pinning the original creator's post to his profile and using a pun to make the point that parody is not a crime.The video uses many of the same visuals as a real ad that Harris, the likely Democratic president nomineereleased launching her campaign. But the fake ad swaps out Harris' voice-over...
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Josh Hartnett left Hollywood after struggling with ‘borderline unhealthy’ attention from fans
29 Jul
Lifestyle

Josh Hartnett left Hollywood after struggling with ‘borderline unhealthy’ attention from fans

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Lifestyle Josh Hartnett put his peace of mind over his career years ago when he discreetly left Hollywood in the pursuit of a quieter lifestyle.The "Trap" star turned down two major superhero movie roles during the peak of his stardom. Shortly after earning a minor role in the 1999 cult classic Sofia Coppola hit, "The Virgin Suicides," Hartnett broke into the film world in a major way, starring in nine movies alone in 2001, including "Pearl Harbor" and "Black Hawk Down."When it came to pinpointing a specific reason why Hartnett stepped back from the spotlight, he told The Guardian there wasn't a linear distinction between "happy Josh and unhappy Josh.""People’s attention to me at the time was borderline unhealthy," Hartnett said.MATT DAMON'S ADVICE TO JOSH HARTNETT WHILE FILMING 'OPPENHEIMER' WAS 'SO HELPFUL' Josh...
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