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Spending time online may boost your well-being, the results of a large international study revealed May 13. Researchers at the University of Oxford examined 16 years of data from 2.4 million people, tracking things like life satisfaction and sense of purpose. They found that people with access to the web scored 8% higher in measures of well-being compared...

Impostors of Blockchain.com nabbed and jailed in £5m crypto scam

Authorities in the UK have arrested two men for stealing £5.7m (approximately $7.125 million) worth of cryptocurrencies from victims all across the globe. According to a recent report, James Heppel, 42, from Staverton in Wiltshire, and Jake Lee, 38, from Charlcombe in Bath, have been charged with three counts of conspiracy to commit fraud. The accused defrauded cryptocurrency...

NFT Trader loses $145k worth of BAYC to phishing attack

An NFT trader recently lost over $145,000 worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collectibles to a phishing attack amid the growing rate of scam schemes that have plagued the cryptocurrencyo scene. On-chain security platform PeckShield brought attention to the movements in an X post on May 9. The attack resulted in losing three BAYC NFTs. The...

Celsius (CEL) rallies 360% following massive token burn

The native token of the now-defunct Celsius Network, CEL, has recorded an impressive price surge following its massive token burn. On-chain data shows that Celsius burned over 94% of its total supply on April 30 — plunging from 695.65 million CEL to 40.55 million CEL. The tokens were sent to a null address, marking the third-largest transaction in the Celsius...

Bitcoin mining difficulty drops by 6%, lowest since December 2022

Bitcoin mining difficulty has dropped to its lowest level since December 2022. According to BTC.com, on May 9, the difficulty of mining Bitcoin (BTC) fell by 5.63% to 83.15 T. The same value was during the 2022 bear market phase due to a series of bankruptcies, including the collapse of Terra and FTX. Source: BTC.com Since the previous change in value,...

One dead, another injured as tree falls in KL city centre

KUALA LUMPUR: One person has died and another injured after a tree fell on Jalan Sultan Ismail here, hitting 17 vehicles. KL Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) M. Fatta M. Amin said they received a distress call at 2.19pm on Tuesday (May 7). "We dispatched 27 firemen, four fire engines and four emergency medical rescue...

Goldman Sachs criminal case over 1MDB formally ends in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters): A US judge on Monday (May 6) formally ended the US government's criminal case against Goldman Sachs related to the Wall Street bank's work for the Malaysian fund 1MDB after it met its obligations and paid US$2.9bil (RM13.7bil) in penalties. Chief Judge Margo Brodie of the federal court in Brooklyn dismissed a bribery...

Malaysian KL-ite turned natural farmer produces quality eggs with rich yolk

  In the lush rolling landscapes of Raub, Pahang once renowned for its gold, a new treasure now thrives: durian orchards. Among one of these orchards is a 10-acre (4ha) farm, where rows of durian trees stand tall and proud alongside free-roaming chickens, creating a harmonious ecosystem that reflects the ethos of its owner. Eric Ng, at...

Orang utan’s use of medicinal plant to treat wound intrigues scientists

MEDAN: In June 2022, a male Sumatran orang utan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orang utan at the Suaq Balimbing research site, a protected rainforest area in Indonesia. What Rakus did three days later really caught the attention of scientists. Researchers on Thursday (May...

QuickCheck: Was a worker killed while inflating a tyre in Selangor?

REGULAR tyre maintenance is important to ensure a safe and comfortable driving experience. Whether one is heading to the nearest workshop or petrol station to get underinflated tyres back to normal pressure, such a task seems harmless enough. Recently, however, a photo of two men lying unconscious at a tyre shop went viral on social media. It was...