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‘Misused with Wild Abandon’: How FTX Reportedly Exploited Some $US8.7 Billion in User Funds
Ever since the ill-fated crypto exchange FTX imploded last year, evidence has been building of rampant criminal activity on the part of the firm’s top executives. A new report on the company’s finances published Monday does nothing to dispel that notion, revealing instead new allegations about how the failed exchange misspent billions in customer funds,…
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7 Streaming Shows About Tech Startup Mishaps and Scammers
The bigwigs at movie/TV studios and those pulling the strings at major streaming services are betting big that we’re all remaining enthralled by the stories of failed tech startups and scams. This past year, we’ve seen a slew of docudramas centred around people making money off other people by skirting laws and regulations. You can…
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Don’t Look Up Turns a Global Catastrophe Into Poignant, Universal Comedy
After a recent screening of Don’t Look Up, the new Netflix original from writer/director Adam McKay, star Leonardo DiCaprio explained why he did this film. DiCaprio has long been an advocate for the environment and, for years, had been looking for a film to underline the message that climate change is killing this world and…
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Disaster Comedy Don’t Look Up Feels Way Too Real
The star-studded new film Don’t Look Up has a wild, completely unbelievable premise. Something totally out of the scope of reality. A plot that would never, ever, in a million years happen. It’s about a world where scientists have proof something terrible is happening…and no one believes them. Pfft. Yeah, like that could happen.