You can now dunk ?? Oreos in VR & other news

Happy Friday, friends of the WeeklyHunt.

If you've kept busy, you are not the only one...

North Korean hackers are hacking away, people are dunking virtual Oreos in metaverse milk, and Amazon is reaching for NFT world domination.

And yes, in AI related us-too-news: Buzzfeed (remember them?) is soon using robots to create their pointless quizzes.

This week's top stories ??

There is a huge glass of milk in the metaverse now

And you can dunk virtual Oreos??into it. Seriously.

Famous cookie brand Oreos created their own metaverse. It's a 3D world that runs in your browser. With a giant glass of milk in the center.

It's quite fun to play actually.?You can stack cookies, throw them at clouds, and obviously... dunk them in a larger-than-life glass of metaverse milk.?Try it out!

Don't know what Oreos are? You must be tuning in from outside the US. They are a massively popular supermarket brand of cookies, and HAVE to be dunked into milk while eating.?Trust us, it's a thing.

North Korean hackers have stolen enough crypto to feed their people

But they probably won't.

The FBI just confirmed what many had assumed:?Lazarus Group, a state-run North Korean hacker group, was responsible for the $100 million hack?on blockchain Harmony in 2022.

And they have been quite successful: Their total loot comes to about $1.2 billion (!) so far, according to Decrypt.

To put in perspective just how much that is: The monthly GDP per capita in the tiny 25-million-people country is an abyssimal $120. Money from the hacks would be almost half that monthly wage for?every North Korean citizen.

But of course the money is unlikely to go to their suffering people, and instead into ICBMs and nuclear weapons.

Here's our podcast on the topic.

Amazon has big Web3 ambitions

Just last week we told you about AWS, Amazon's server business, partnering with blockchain Avalanche.

Now they are making even bigger moves -?according to this report.

So, what's happening?

Seems like Amazon has been talking to big players in the industry about everything from creating their own crypto reward games to building an NFT marketplace.

What's the big deal? Well, if Amazon (proper, not just their servers division) is getting ready to do something with NFTs, there is a huge potential audience. Consider us interested.

Get ready for the first wave of AI: Useless stuff

You will remember ChatGPT, the AI that can respond to anything you ask with eerie, human-like responses. If you don't, you should - it's the future.?Check out our course here.

Now?Buzzfeed is getting in on the action.

You may remeber them (or not - that's?totally?fine) for their hallmark viral feature: Those annoying?"which croissant/weekday/dictator are you"?quizzes.

Nice. What we really needed is an AI spinning up a million of those, because thousands aren't quite enough yet. Technology is really helping us humans make giant leaps forward.

We are?thrilled?if you can't tell.

But stay tuned - this stuff can be used to actually help us. In fact, we are working on a secret little project. We'll tell you more in the next few weeks.

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A new chip is in town, and it'll break everything... including Bitcoin

So-called "quantum computers" are starting to look viable. And despite still being operated by lab technicians in white coats and being the size of entire houses, experts are worried.

These new computers will eventually be sooooooo fast, they'll be able to crack "safe" encryption - powering every website you know... and Bitcoin.

Learn about this mindbending new technology: How it works, and what it will be able to do.

Crypto is more than just money, and it's already changing the world

Let's dig in and see what the technology is already good for.

Join us to learn why banks fear it, and your data will love crypto tech.

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Every weekday like clockwork: One topic broken down, in just 1-2 minutes. Your perfect first listen of the day.?Start listening now!

Win of the week ????

We now know who FTX owes money to

Legal filings have the names of thousands of third parties?who FTX owes money to.

Weird win of the week? Well, this release is actually a really good thing.

Many of these companies would rather not have their name on that list, because people will start questioning just how stable their businesses really are. Good for consumers though - transparency helps make better decisions.

Some interesting names on that list? Goldman Sachs (surprised?), JPMorgan (duh), New York Times and Wall Street Journal, and even Apple, Netflix, and Meta (= Facebook).

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Happy weekend from Arndt, Carmen, Brett, Avirath and Christian from Cryptohunt!