Almost all of the 49 Starlink satellites that SpaceX launched from Florida’s space coast on February 3 are crashing and burning up, after a geomagnetic storm knocked them from orbit.
Samantha Cole @samleecole
https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgw48/spacex-starlink-satellites-destroyed-by-geomagnetic-storm
CEO Ryan Roslansky lays out new features arriving on the professional networking platform, including a no-politics button and live video and audio events
Joanna Stern @JoannaStern
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lets-face-it-linkedin-might-be-the-best-social-network-right-now-11644402715
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Law enforcement says it was able to seize the 94,636 Bitcoin left in the wallet because Lichtenstein allegedly uploaded a list to a cloud storage and email provider that contained addresses for the wallet that Binfinex’s funds were dumped into, along with the private keys to access them. The file was encrypted, but after obtaining it through a search warrant, the statement of facts says that law enforcement was able to decrypt it and several other files (though it doesn’t offer any explanation of how).
Mitchell Clark
https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/8/22923772/doj-irs-bitfinex-hack-bitcoin-recovery-encrypted-files-razzlekhan
Google Stadia is being ‘demoted’ to nothing more than a series of partnerships, according to a new report.
Matt Wille @mattdwille
https://www.inputmag.com/gaming/google-is-killing-off-stadia-cloud-gaming-peloton-bungie-capcom
The media company said it paid a price in the low-seven figures. The game will move from its current website to the New York Times site and apps, but the company declined to say when that would happen.
Joseph Pisani @josephpisani
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-times-acquires-wordle-game-11643666507