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FTX bankruptcy estate sues Anthony Scaramucci, FWD.us and others
She filed for bankruptcy of the cryptocurrency company FTX 23 trials Friday against Anthony Scaramucci (pictured above), his hedge fund SkyBridge Capital and other organizations including Crypto.com and the Mark Zuckerberg-backed lobbying group Fwd.us.
These lawsuits are an try to recuperate money from FTX’s creditors after the corporate went bankrupt. FTX claims that the cash at issue in these lawsuits was a part of an “influence buying campaign” by founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, conducted as the corporate was struggling to satisfy its own money flow needs.
The lawsuit states that “these ‘investments’ provided little or no benefit to the debtors and instead served only to strengthen Bankman-Fried’s position in the world of politics and traditional finance,” which he then tried to make use of as “potential sources of equity capital.” investment in FTX to fill the gap on its balance sheet and thus maintain the liquidity of its program.”
Since the corporate’s bankruptcy, FTX executives have been convicted of crimes including fraud and money laundering. Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison and is currently appealing the decision.
In the case of SkyBridge and Scaramucci (a financier who briefly served as White House communications director under Donald Trump), FTX announced that it might acquire a 30% stake in SkyBridge in September 2022, just months before FTX went bankrupt and Bankman-Frieda was arrested.
According to the lawsuit, FTX also paid $12 million to sponsor Scaramucci’s SALT conference and invested $10 million within the SkyBridge Coin Fund. In return, FTX claims that Scaramucci took Bankman-Frieda on a “whirlwind tour of the United States and the Middle East” to court potential investors, with Scaramucci “so committed to the success of Bankman-Frieda’s fundraising efforts that he loaned Bankman-Frieda Fried his own suit and tie before meetings, in order that Bankman-Fried wouldn’t show as much as essential meetings in his trademark shorts and T-shirt.”
Meanwhile, Fwd.us’ lawsuit describes payments from FTX’s sister company Alameda Research to Fwd.us as “part of FTX Insiders’ integrated scheme to siphon money from FTX Group creditors and enhance its own reputation at the expense of creditors.” “
SkyBridge and Fwd.us didn’t immediately reply to TechCrunch’s request for comment.
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US medical device giant Artivion says hackers stole files during a cybersecurity incident
Artivion, a medical device company that produces implantable tissue for heart and vascular transplants, says its services have been “disrupted” resulting from a cybersecurity incident.
In 8-K filing In an interview with the SEC on Monday, Georgia-based Artivion, formerly CryoLife, said it became aware of a “cybersecurity incident” that involved the “compromise and encryption” of information on November 21. This suggests that the corporate was attacked by ransomware, but Artivion has not yet confirmed the character of the incident and didn’t immediately reply to TechCrunch’s questions. No major ransomware group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Artivion said it took some systems offline in response to the cyberattack, which the corporate said caused “disruptions to certain ordering and shipping processes.”
Artivion, which reported third-quarter revenue of $95.8 million, said it didn’t expect the incident to have a material impact on the corporate’s funds.
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It’s a Raspberry Pi 5 in a keyboard and it’s called Raspberry Pi 500
Manufacturer of single-board computers Raspberry Pi is updating its cute little computer keyboard device with higher specs. Named Raspberry Pi500This successor to the Raspberry Pi 400 is just as powerful as the present Raspberry Pi flagship, the Raspberry Pi 5. It is on the market for purchase now from Raspberry Pi resellers.
The Raspberry Pi 500 is the simplest method to start with the Raspberry Pi because it’s not as intimidating because the Raspberry Pi 5. When you take a look at the Raspberry Pi 500, you do not see any chipsets or PCBs (printed circuit boards). The Raspberry Pi is totally hidden in the familiar housing, the keyboard.
The idea with the Raspberry Pi 500 is you could connect a mouse and a display and you are able to go. If, for instance, you’ve got a relative who uses a very outdated computer with an outdated version of Windows, the Raspberry Pi 500 can easily replace the old PC tower for many computing tasks.
More importantly, this device brings us back to the roots of the Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi computers were originally intended for educational applications. Over time, technology enthusiasts and industrial customers began using single-board computers all over the place. (For example, when you’ve ever been to London Heathrow Airport, all of the departures and arrivals boards are there powered by Raspberry Pi.)
Raspberry Pi 500 draws inspiration from the roots of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a non-profit organization. It’s the right first computer for college. In some ways, it’s a lot better than a Chromebook or iPad because it’s low cost and highly customizable, which inspires creative pondering.
The Raspberry Pi 500 comes with a 32GB SD card that comes pre-installed with Raspberry Pi OS, a Debian-based Linux distribution. It costs $90, which is a slight ($20) price increase over the Raspberry Pi 400.
Only UK and US keyboard variants will probably be available at launch. But versions with French, German, Italian, Japanese, Nordic and Spanish keyboard layouts will probably be available soon. And when you’re in search of a bundle that features all the things you would like, Raspberry Pi also offers a $120 desktop kit that features the Raspberry Pi 500, a mouse, a 27W USB-C power adapter, and a micro-HDMI to HDMI cable.
In other news, Raspberry Pi has announced one other recent thing: the Raspberry Pi monitor. It is a 15.6-inch 1080p monitor that’s priced at $100. Since there are quite a few 1080p portable monitors available on the market, this launch is not as noteworthy because the Pi 500. However, for die-hard Pi fans, there’s now also a Raspberry Pi-branded monitor option available.
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Apple Vision Pro may add support for PlayStation VR controllers
According to Apple, Apple desires to make its Vision Pro mixed reality device more attractive for gamers and game developers latest report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
The Vision Pro was presented more as a productivity and media consumption device than a tool geared toward gamers, due partly to its reliance on visual and hand controls moderately than a separate controller.
However, Apple may need gamers if it desires to expand the Vision Pro’s audience, especially since Gurman reports that lower than half one million units have been sold to this point. As such, the corporate has reportedly been in talks with Sony about adding support for PlayStation VR2 handheld controllers, and has also talked to developers about whether they may support the controllers of their games.
Offering more precise control, Apple may also make other forms of software available in Vision Pro, reminiscent of Final Cut Pro or Adobe Photoshop.
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