There's no "may" about it. The Ars Technica article indicates that the Internet Archive's front page was (briefly) altered in addition to the account data being stolen.

Except the-service-formerly-known-as-Twitter isn't being "shut down", it's being stopped at the Brazilian border. This actually happens all the time with print publications in many countries that don't take Free Speech to toxic extremes—they get confiscated at the border by Customs officials. It's less common these days than it used to be, but I'd bet that there are still instances of fringe porn and unapologetic Nazi propaganda being seized.

X-Twitter is free to go about its business in the country in which it's based and in any other country where it hasn't been banned, just not in Brazil, until and unless it decides to comply with the courts there. Which it is free to do at any time.

A lot of people seem to hate her for whatever reason,

She was wealthy and in a position of power over something they cared about, which she managed in a way they didn't agree with. Some people have a hard time seeing people who are very distant from them and not part of their particular tribe as human beings.

Nevertheless, she was a human being, and presumably she had loved ones who are now grieving her loss. I don't want to think about what this vitriolic spew is doing to them.

A question that comes to mind: Is there a power plant nearby that's been running at a higher level since the Bitcoin mine settled there? The issue might not be just noise pollution.

Exactly. Unless they pose an immediate risk to others, let 'em run if you don't have any nonlethal options for stopping them. Police firearms should be a last resort for heading off physical danger.

Security and convenience (not "speed") always pull in opposite directions. The thing is that experts always seem to advise using the highest level of security even for trivial accounts. This creates unnecessary friction, with the result that the average person drops the effective level of security even for important accounts in order to get rid of it. This is not a new problem, just a bad article on an old problem.

(As for cryptocurrency, just don't.)

Part of the problem is the chip manufacturers. They provide precompiled device drivers for one version of one kernel only, no source, and refuse to update them ever again. It can be a bit difficult to update the rest of the software stack when there's no way to shore up the foundations. Device manufacturers need to start insisting on updated drivers and/or provided driver source code before they buy the chips to put in their phones, tablets, and other systems.

Good luck on that.

If there's DRM involved, then you're renting, not buying. Take that into account when considering how to spend money.

Neither. Monetization is the cause. If the standard were still "your site is a hobby, you should expect to fund it out of pocket", none of the rest would matter.

Ultimately, this is about who gets to police Indigenous identity, and regardless of whether the answer to that is "each tribe can decide its own membership" or "some significant number of Indigenous people have to agree", it's obvious that the correct answer is not "the government established established by European colonists decides" or "the news media decides". The people involved need to argue it out. The opinions of those of us who aren't Indigenous or claiming to be really aren't important.

We've been able to manipulate photos since the early days of film cameras. While technology has made them easier to mess with, they've never been truly trustworthy.

Force them to treat commute time (within reason) as work for which the employee must be paid, and you'll see a bunch of companies blanch and do an about-face on their attempts to get people back to the office.

As for the primary thesis of the article, well, if I go into the office I'm the only person on my floor even if the building is at full occupancy—there are two desks in the basement and the other has been untenanted since a couple of years before the pandemic. I'd still rather stay home, and not waste the time and gas, even though it's only a 15-minute drive along back roads.