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Arcade1Up Is Making A Casinocade Based On Wheel Of Fortune
Arcade1Up, the company that makes retro arcade machines to fit in homes, has decided to make a casinocade (casino arcade game) based on the popular show Wheel of Fortune.
The Wheel of Fortune Casinocade Deluxe will feature four slot games for players to enjoy and will have more than 20 other games, such as Blackjack and Mahjong. The casinocade will have two LCD screens, dual speakers, a light-up marquee, and flashing lights to help emulate a casino experience. There’ll also be a Wi-Fi leaderboard to help players compete for the top spot. The Wheel of Fortune Casinocade Deluxe has no release date but is expected to be available this year in late spring/summer.
In addition to the new arcade machine, Arcade1Up has also revealed the Infinity Game Board, a variant of the Infinity Game Table. The Infinity Game Board will have an 18.5-inch HD touchscreen, a personalized dynamic zoom viewing, and can host up to six people. The Infinity Game Board doesn’t have a release date but is expected to drop sometime in the spring.
Jeff Bezos says he’ll donate bulk of $124B fortune, advises Americans ‘take risk off the table’
Jeff Bezos plans to give away the majority of his fortune
People with an opinion of how Bezos should spend his money have criticized him for not acting sooner. Bezos also hasn’t signed the Giving Pledge, a charitable organization founded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in 2010 that encourages wealthy individuals and couples to contribute at least half of their…
Fake CISO Profiles On LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s
Again, we don’t know much about who or what is behind these profiles, but in August the security firm Mandiant (recently acquired by Google) told Bloomberg that hackers working for the North Korean government have been copying resumes and profiles from leading job listing platforms LinkedIn and Indeed, as part of an elaborate scheme to land jobs at cryptocurrency firms. None of the profiles listed here responded to requests for comment (or to become a connection).
LinkedIn could take one simple step that would make it far easier for people to make informed decisions about whether to trust a given profile: Add a “created on” date for every profile. Twitter does this, and it’s enormously helpful for filtering out a great deal of noise and unwanted communications. The former CISO Mason said LinkedIn also could experiment with offering something akin to Twitter’s verified mark to users who chose to validate that they can respond to email at the domain associated with their stated current employer. Mason said LinkedIn also needs a more streamlined process for allowing employers to remove phony employee accounts. He recently tried to get a phony profile removed from LinkedIn for someone who falsely claimed to have worked for his company. In a statement provided to KrebsOnSecurity, LinkedIn said its teams were actively working to take these fake accounts down. “We do have strong human and automated systems in place, and we’re continually improving, as fake account activity becomes more sophisticated,” the statement reads. “In our transparency report we share how our teams plus automated systems are stopping the vast majority of fraudulent activity we detect in our community — around 96% of fake accounts and around 99.1% of spam and scam.”
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Crypto.com claws back fortune after accidentally minting a millionaire
Let’s say you were Thevamanogari Manivel, a woman in Melbourne, Australia with an interest in crypto, and you allegedly used Crypto.com to request a refund of 100 Australian dollars, but instead received $10.5 million (about $7.2 million in U.S. dollars) by mistake. Would you immediately transfer the funds back? Or would you — again, allegedly — go on a buying spree, including the purchase of a five-bedroom home for your sister?
Don’t answer yet!
First, listen to a few words of advice from Hollywood actor Matt Damon, spoken on behalf of the very company you just received a massive payday from:
“Fortune favors the brave,” indeed.
Life-changing windfalls caused by glitches happen so often in the crypto world, it sort of seems like they’re now part of the thought process that leads people to invest in decentralized finance in the first place.
For instance, in 2017, a crypto wallet service called Parity accidentally gave a single user control of all of the wallets of a certain type, meaning that user was suddenly able to seize about $300 million in the cryptocurrency ether. That user, who wasn’t actually trying to perform some sort of heist in the first place, attempted to reverse what they had done in a panic, but, instead, accidentally stranded the funds permanently — in effect destroying $300 million.
And last year, the crypto firm Compound accidentally deposited seemingly random amounts of cryptocurrency in multiple accounts, which, all told, ended up totaling about $90 million. In the immediate aftermath of the initial reports, Compound CEO Robert Leshner tried to claw back all that money by asking nicely and then threatened to report the users to the IRS.
This is just a small sample of what happens when people win the “Accidental Crypto Millionaire Sweepstakes.” And notably, these are all cases that became publicly known.
In any case, it appears Manivel did exchange all that crypto she received in May of 2021 for regular Australian money, and did spend a great deal of it on things like real estate. Then Crypto.com — which is known as “Foris GFS” to Australian users — took legal action against Manivel this past February after discovering its mistake during an audit in December of last year. Her bank accounts were frozen and she was forced to sell the house she gave her sister, and give the proceeds to Crypto.com plus interest. All this is according to The Guardian.
But hey, if you listen to Matt Damon, you don’t want to be one of those losers who don’t take that big step into the unknown. Better to be one of “the ones who embrace the moment and commit.” Isn’t that right, Crypto.com?
I charge Brits £5,000 per WEEKEND to use my ‘hotel on wheels’ motorhome – I’m making an absolute fortune
A BRITISH businessman has told how he rakes in a fortune renting out huge American motorhomes to Brits more than willing to splash the cash.
Rob Fawcett charges up to £5,000 for a weekend inside one of his eleven luxury “hotels on wheels”.
The epic Wildwood Heritage Glen 378FL sleeps four adults[/caption]
Inside an extraordinary lounge – complete with a satellite TV and fireplace – extends outwards to treble the size of the trailer[/caption]
His firm, Northamptonshire-based RJF Motorhomes, make a killing hiring out their US-imported ‘fifth wheels’ to Brits who book the RV’s for weekends at motor circuits and festivals.
He told Channel 5’s Million Pound Motorhomes show: “Summer? I call it silly season.
“It’s where you get the majority of your income.”
The programme – which aired on Sunday night – showed off the epic Wildwood Heritage Glen 378FL.
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The American beast offers guests a luxury mobile suite spread over two levels and sleeps four adults comfortably.
Walking into the magnificent trailer a state-of-the-art kitchen boasts a large cooker, fridge, sink and large dining table.
Next door is a lounge which has a whopping 50 inch satellite flat screen TV and electric fireplace.
Three comfy leather sofas offer a place to chill out and double as beds.
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Incredibly the lounge sits on a genius sliding system which allows compartments to magically extend outwards, trebling the size of the RV.
“Within a very short space of time, you’ve got a house!”, Rob quips.
A king-sized bedroom is located at the other end of the trailer with a dresser, TV and a panoramic window.
A small set of stairs then takes the guests to a twin room in the loft.
A bathroom with a walk-in shower, porcelain toilet and sink finish off the epic American trailer.
Elsewhere in his fleet – worth a staggering million pounds in total – are beasts that can sleep up to eight people comfortably.
Rob delivers the trailers himself, often to punters at racetracks and motor circuits up and down the country.
He even delivers to Glastonbury, telling the show its “a nightmare” getting into the world-renowned Somerset festival because of the single-track roads.
Rob even modifies the American RV’s to suit English tastes, such as changing the work tops and and putting tea mugs in for Brits that love a brew.
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The trailer is then “presented” to punters – with towels, a stocked fridge and posh soaps in the bathrooms to add that luxurious finish.
And he even puts a point on the toilet rolls for that added taste of the highlife.
A spacey kitchen offers a luxurious space to prepare meals[/caption]
A large king-size bedroom is found at one end of the trailer[/caption]
A kitchen with all the mod cons is found inside the trailer[/caption]