Judge Rejects RICO Claims in Lawsuit Over Pastor-Led Crypto Ponzi Scheme
Eddy Alexandre, who pleaded guilty to commodities fraud in 2023, is currently serving out a nine-year prison sentence
Meta reportedly considering layoffs that could affect 20% of the company
These layoffs could help Facebook’s parent company offset its aggressive spending on AI infrastructure, as well as AI-related acquisitions and hiring.
NMAP in the Movies
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How to Master Any Skill: Explaining the Biological Shortcut
You don’t walk up stairs in real-time. If you did, you’d be slow—each step requiring conscious processing of elevation, texture, muscle tension, and balance. Instead, your brain generates a high-resolution prediction of the next stair before your foot lands.1 You only become conscious of it when the simulation fails. When your foot hits floor sooner … Read more
Wall Street pushes tokenized stocks, but institutions aren’t eager to trade them
Exchanges are racing toward blockchain-based equities and 24/7 trading. Institutions, however, fear liquidity and funding risks.
Hulu, Disney Plus, and the Pixel Watch 4 are among this week’s best deals
Happy Saturday, all! This week, we found a number of deals that should help you unwind and relax over the next few days (and beyond). If you’re planning to stream the Oscars on Sunday, there’s still time to take advantage of a great deal on Hulu and Disney Plus, as well as Google’s latest 4K … Read more
Prediction markets want the Oscars to be your gateway drug to betting on everything
Though it was weird to see the Golden Globes partner with Polymarket for its most recent awards show, the collaboration wasn’t shocking given the way that people have begun using prediction markets to gamble on basically anything. Prediction markets are being used to bet on everything from when wars might break out to who will … Read more
MacBook Air M5 review: a small update for the ‘just right’ Mac
Neo to the left of me. Pros are to the right. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Not much has changed in the new MacBook Air for 2026: It now has the M5 chip, Wi-Fi 7, and faster storage starting at 512GB instead of 256GB. It’s just as outstanding a computer as … Read more
Brazil industry giants representing 850 companies decry stablecoin tax threat
They argue the tax would be illegal, violating Brazil’s Constitution and Virtual Assets Law, as stablecoins are not considered fiat currency.
Enid’s Dream: A Sentient Robot?
In the dim glow of the maintenance bay on Nimbus Station, a floating outpost tucked among the jagged rocks of the asteroid belt, Zev wiped the grease from his hands and stared at the battered frame before him. Nimbus wasn’t much more than a cluster of pressurized domes and spinning habitats, home to a few … Read more
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Bitcoin Hit a Major Milestone—Most Miners Won’t Be Around for the Next One
Twenty million Bitcoin mined. One million left. The miners who got us here might not be around for the finish.
This Journalism Professor Made a Better New York City Chatbot in Minutes: How He Did It
Hello World is a weekly newsletter—delivered every Saturday morning—that goes deep into our original reporting and the questions we put to big thinkers in the field. Browse the archive here. Hi, everyone — Colin Lecher here, an investigative reporter at The Markup. Back in March, we broke some news about a small-business advice chatbot being piloted … Read more
A Scavengers Reign artist explores contemplative sci-fi in new comics
You may recognize Jonathan Djob Nkondo‘s work from animated projects like the surreal sci-fi series Scavengers Reign or the recent Gorillaz short film The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God. But before that the French artist and animator made self-published comics that depicted strange alien worlds and future societies. Now he’s revisiting that … Read more
AI developers may not be keen on crypto, but stablecoins are the secret to agentic finance, crypto insiders say
The brave new world of autonomous, micro-transacting AI agents is where programmable cryptocurrencies will shine, according to stablecoin experts.
The math behind Strategy’s path to 1 million bitcoin by the end of 2026
The largest publicly traded corporate holder of bitcoin would need to buy roughly 6,158 BTC per week, about $523 million, to reach the milestone by Dec. 31.
Lessons on Reconciliation at Scale With Serverless Architecture
Reconciliation at scale is the difference between trusting your financial records and spending nights chasing mismatches across multiple parties. At Lead Bank, we build the infrastructure that collects, processes, and reconciles data for card and deposit programs to support correctness, auditability, and compliance obligations. Reconciliation verifies consistency across the bank core, card network files, issuing … Read more
Balaji calls for more ‘crypto tools’ for refugees amid Middle East tensions
Former Coinbase CTO says the crypto industry should build more financial tools for refugees and stateless people as conflicts and migration increase worldwide.
Asus’ new open earbuds are a wonderful companion for handheld gaming
They look like your average open earbuds, but with optional RGB LED effects. | Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge The Cetra Open Wireless aren’t like most other gaming earbuds. They’re large, with an open-style design that rests just outside of your ears, letting game audio mix with sounds in your environment. These allow … Read more
The Browser Becomes Your WordPress
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Crypto can fight money laundering without stifling financial freedom
Blockchain’s transparency traces illicit flows better than fiat systems. Industry-wide information sharing and unified AML rules close gaps, without curbing liberty.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 2022 – Table of Links
:::info Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 2022, by Astounding Stories is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. Title: Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 2022 Author: Astounding Stories Release Date: October 2, 2022 [eBook #69087] Updated: November 19, 2024 Language: English THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD ::: TABLE OF LINKS DR. SHEPPARD AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE … Read more
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, July, 2008 – Table of Links
:::info Astounding Stories of Super-Science, July, 2008, by Astounding Stories is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. Title: Astounding Stories of Super-Science, July, 2008 Author: Astounding Stories Release Date: July 2, 2008 [eBook #215] Updated: August 4, 2024 Language: English The Call of the Wild ::: TABLE OF LINKS Into the Primitive The Law of … Read more
Wordle’s creator made a fun new puzzle game
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 119, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, hope your agents are well, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about Pixar’s future and flight MH370 and sports gambling … Read more
5 great indie games from GDC 2026
I just got back from the GDC Festival of Gaming, a big industry-focused event in San Francisco that was formerly known as the Game Developers Conference. While the show is mostly about educational sessions and networking opportunities for working developers, there were also a bunch of games that I got to play. Here are some … Read more