Month: October 2022
The Supreme Court takes on Section 230
Section 230 of the Communications Act, which prevents online platforms from being liable for the content posted by their users, will be evaluated by the Supreme Court in the coming season. It’s anyone’s guess how it may be affected, but we can be sure that the regulatory landscape for tech will look rather different this … Read more
a16z leads $40M raise for decentralized knowledge protocol
Golden, which has now raised roughly $60 million in cumulative funding, also receives a16z general partner Ali Yahya to its board.
Here’s when Overwatch 2 launches in your region
Blizzard As the servers for Overwatch prime sunset sometime around 12PM ET today, heroes old and new are now looking forward to when we can officially welcome Overwatch 2. Image: Blizzard Depending on where you are in the world, your Overwatch 2 launch time may vary from the 12PM PT / 3PM ET start time. … Read more
Twitter expands access to its experimental Status feature…but not to its paid subscribers
Twitter’s throwback feature, Twitter Status, is today expanding its list of potential status updates to choose from, in a continuation of tests that began this July. The feature, which is something of a cross between Myspace moods and a Facebook status, allows users to tag posts with an additional expression beyond the tweet itself — … Read more
Rivian made 7,363 of its EV pickups and SUVs in Q3
Electric vehicle maker Rivian announced its Q3 production and delivery numbers on Monday, revealing it made 7,363 of its R1T pickup truck and R1S SUV during the three-month period that ended on September 30. Rivian also said it delivered 6,584 vehicles during the same span. The automaker is still backing its target of delivering 25,000 … Read more
US Treasury recommends lawmakers decide which regulators will oversee crypto spot market
“The report recommends the passage of legislation in providing a rulemaking authority for federal financial regulators over this market,” said economist Jonathan Rose.
Argentina’s State-Owned Energy Company Moves Into Crypto Mining
YPF is currently supplying power for a 1 megawatt operation and plans to launch a second project eight times larger before the end of the year.
Market Wrap: Bitcoin and Ether Kick Off Week in Positive Territory
“Whale” investors moved a large volume of bitcoin off exchanges. The trend is often a bullish signal, suggesting investors are more interested in holding their bitcoin. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today’s crypto markets.
Spotify releases a new exclusive podcast hosted by Kim Kardashian
Today, Spotify released the first two episodes of the new original podcast “Kim Kardashian’s The System: The Case of Kevin Keith,” narrated by reality TV star Kim K and true-crime producer Lori Rothschild Ansaldi. The series will be available worldwide and is free for all Spotify listeners. The podcast will have eight episodes in total … Read more
Zero Dawn remaster on the horizon
The original Horizon Zero Dawn released on the PS4 just five years ago. | Image: Sony Next up on the list of remasters that nobody really asked for, Sony Interactive Entertainment might be working on a remastered version of Horizon Forbidden West for the PlayStation 5. An unnamed source within Sony cited by MP1ST and … Read more
Gopuff delivers on Goodnow, its new health, wellness private label offering
Gopuff added another private label to its arsenal of offerings, this time in the health and wellness space with Goodnow, the company announced Monday. The Philadelphia-based instant grocery delivery company is starting with products like over-the-counter medications for pain, allergy, cold, flu and sinus relief, as well as first aid items, sleep aids and diagnostic … Read more
Reminder: Hulu’s going up in price next week
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Hulu’s raising its prices on October 10th. First announced in August, the price increase means you’ll have to pay $7.99 / month instead of $6.99 / month (or $79.99 / year) for the ad-supported version of Hulu and $14.99 / month instead of $12.99 / month for the … Read more
Azurbala NFT Mint Postponed After Art Goes Viral for Wrong Reasons
“We failed at doing the very thing that we do best, which is to involve the community in the creative process,” says an Azurbala co-founder.
The perfect smart home controller almost exists — but you probably can’t buy it
The Ava Remote smart home controller | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Last week, I visited the world of the professionally installed smart home. This is the promised land. Everything just works, your voice assistant doesn’t try to sell you toilet paper, and you can control your whole home with just one … Read more
A16z Leads $40M Funding for Web3 Data Protocol Golden
The protocol will use tokens to incentivize users to submit accurate information.
A crumbling stock market could create profitable opportunities for Bitcoin traders
U.S. tech giants are set to report their second quarter earnings throughout October, presenting a scenario that could possibly benefit Bitcoin.
Bitcoin: estabilidad se asemeja a la calma de 2018 que terminó con una caída de 50%, según comunidad cripto de Twitter
A destacados analistas cripto les preocupa que la consolidación de precios de bitcoin indique que se avecina una caída más profunda, tal como sucedió hace cuatro años.
The Pixel 4 and 4 XL’s last guaranteed software update has arrived
The Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL have reached the end of their three years of guaranteed software support. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Google has released this month’s Pixel security patch, and as Android Police points out, it’s the last one that the Pixel 4 and 4 XL are scheduled to … Read more
Tier Mobility-owned Spin lays off about 10% of workforce, exits two markets
Spin, which was acquired by Tier Mobility earlier this year, has laid off about 10% of its staff — including a number of executives — and is exiting Canada and Seattle, TechCrunch has learned. The micromobility company informed its workforce of more than 700 during a Friday all-hands meeting that lower-than-expected demand in the U.S. … Read more
Valve’s next Steam Next Fest is live now with hundreds of demos to try
One game you can try is Soulstone Survivors, which looks to take some inspiration from games like Vampire Survivors and Diablo. | Image: Game Smithing Limited Valve has just kicked off another Steam Next Fest, where you can check out hundreds of free demos for upcoming games. With so many games to potentially check out, … Read more
What tech tycoon Richard Liu’s sexual misconduct case means for China’s #MeToo
One of the highest-profile sexual assault allegations against Chinese business tycoons ended abruptly this past weekend. Liu Qiangdong, the founder of Chinese ecommerce giant JD.com, also known as Richard Liu, has reached a settlement with Liu Jingyao, a former University of Minnesota student who alleged that the billionaire raped her in her apartment in 2018. … Read more
Meta settles lawsuit for ‘significant’ sum against businesses scraping Facebook and Instagram data
Facebook parent Meta has settled a lawsuit in the U.S. against two companies that had engaged in data scraping operations, which had seen them gathering data from Facebook and Instagram users for marketing intelligence purposes, according to the original complaint filed in October 2020. The companies named in the suit, Israeli-based BrandTotal Ltd. and Delaware-incorporated … Read more
Binance burns $1.8M in LUNC trading fees following community proposal
According to the crypto exchange, the burn was the equivalent of 1,863,213.47 USDT — roughly 5.5 million LUNC.
How to turn your Mac desktop folder icons into emoji
Why have boring blue folder icons on your desktop when you can turn them into cats? Well, cat emoji at least. As CNET first pointed out, it turns out you can quickly customize your Mac desktop folders with emoji of your choice. It’s a fun, amusing trick that’s also useful if you’re looking for a … Read more
Edited tweets is still a minefield, but Twitter’s solution just might work
I’ve long been super against edited tweets, mostly for technical reasons. The core issue is that Twitter isn’t like other social media sites; unlike, say Instagram and Facebook posts, embedded tweets drive the news in many ways. Republishing and retweeting of tweets is the main risk around allowing users to edit it. Let me break … Read more