Summary

  • Another chapter in the story of a Bitcoin wallet containing 8,000 coins that are valued at $780m, which were potentially lost in a Welsh landfill, has begun after it was announced that the landfill is set to be capped and turned into a solar farm.
  • James Howells, the owner of the wallet, and his investment partners have expressed an interest in buying the landfill in the hope of finding the coins.
  • Despite this, the city council denied requests by Howells to access the landfill when he initially lost the coins in 2013.
  • Another notable story highlights the effect animals can have on modern infrastructure, after a blackout across the whole of Sri Lanka was blamed on a monkey.
  • It is believed that a troop of monkeys were fighting near a transformer at a substation, with one climbing on top of the equipment, causing it to break.
  • Lastly, Stellantis, the maker of Jeep, Dodge, and Chrysler, amongst other brands, has decided to add pop-up ads to the infotainment systems in its vehicles, which will appear every time the car stops.
  • However, the backlash from customers could see other car manufacturers rethink the decision.

By Dan Maloney

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