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Bitcoin price predictions for 2023: rally to $250,000 or crash to $5,000

Forward-looking: To say 2022 was a rough time for crypto is an understatement. Following a long period of rising prices and delighted investors, last year saw the arrival of a crypto winter that brought Bitcoin's price crashing down, bankrupted companies, and wiped over $1 trillion off the market, and that's not even mentioning the collapse of FTX. But what will 2023 bring? Analysts' predictions vary wildly, from Bitcoin almost quadrupling its previous record high and reaching $250,000, to the digital coin crashing to $5,000, which would be its lowest price since 2019.

New information-stealing malware is being spread by fake pirate sites

In a nutshell: In another showing of why downloading pirated software, games, movies, etc., can be riskier than it's worth, cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new information-stealing malware distributed through fake websites hosting pirated and other illegal content.

Home Alone was the most pirated classic Christmas movie of 2022

You can grab Death Stranding free from the Epic Games Store for the next few hours

The FBI advises users to install ad blockers

PSA: Ad blocking is perhaps one of the most controversial aspects of browsing the web today. Users agree that it declutters web pages, but they also deny ad revenue to many sites that need it (like TechnicalSides). However, law enforcement agencies admit that ad blocking also mitigates some security risks that online advertising introduces.

McGraw Hill breach exposed 22 terabytes of sensitive student data

Ransomware attacks are ongoing: a recap of major recent incidents, including this week's hit on The Guardian

What just happened? Despite IT security efforts worldwide, ransomware attacks show no sign of slowing down. Various organizations like technology manufacturers, the media, and governments have suffered major incidents this year. The latest and potentially last major attack in 2022 has struck the 201-year-old British newspaper.

The UK says sharing Netflix passwords is illegal, could be criminal fraud

Riffusion, AI-based music generation where Beethoven meets Radiohead

Epic Games Store and GOG launch winter sales with deep discounts and plenty of freebies

Elon Musk's poll asks users if he should step down as Twitter CEO, 57.5% vote yes

YouTube bans Pornhub channel for multiple policy violations

Apple, Google, and Mozilla collaborate on Speedometer 3 browser benchmark

Twitter suspends accounts of several journalists, blocks Mastodon following Elon Musk doxxing row

Microsoft bans cryptomining from its cloud services to protect customers

Eight "influencers" charged with securities fraud in $114 million pump-and-dump scam

Epic is shutting down servers for Unreal Tournament, Rock Band, and several others

Netflix goes gaming: Kentucky Route Zero, Twelve Minutes and TMNT: Shredder's Revenge are heading to the service

Despite Elon Musk promising not to ban it, the Twitter account following his jet has been permanently suspended

Posting abusive comments on YouTube could lead to a warning and 24-hour timeout

Google will not turn Manifest V2 off in Chrome. Ad blockers are safe, for now

A hot potato: The much debated Manifest V3 tech will not arrive in January as originally planned. Google is listening to developers' feedback, as developers have expressed concern about the short period of time the company was giving the industry to adapt to such a disruptive change.

Study shows remote workers are becoming more, not less engaged

Europe's eIDAS 2.0: a threat to modern web security?

Twitter relaunches $8 p/m Twitter Blue service, costs $11 p/m on iOS

Slew of celebrities named in lawsuit against Bored Ape Yacht Club's parent company