During the lull between last Christmas and New Year’s, New York State became one of the first in the country to enact a “right to repair” law — albeit with amended language that some advocates say make the law toothless. Called the Digital Fair Repair Act and set to go into effect on July 1, … Read more
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HashEx CEO Dmitry Mishunin summarizes Web3 as read, write, own — a “crazy responsibility” for the end-user.
An assembly line of Model Y vehicles being built at the Texas Gigafactory. | Photo by Loren Grush / The Verge If you were waiting until after New Year to pick up a Tesla Model Y in hopes it’d qualify you for the new federal tax credit, you might be in for a disappointment. The … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Three federal financial agencies put out a joint statement on Tuesday warning banks about the “key risks for banks associated with crypto-assets and the crypto-asset sector.” The statement explains that while banks aren’t wholesale banned or discouraged from providing services to crypto firms, the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft’s cutting off Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 from security updates and technical support on January 10th. That’s just one week from today and also marks the launch of Microsoft Edge 109 — the last version to support the aged operating systems. But Edge isn’t the only major … Read more
Photo by Pete Marovich-Pool / Getty Images President Joe Biden renominated Gigi Sohn Tuesday to serve on the Federal Communications Commission, once again throwing his support behind the embattled pick whose confirmation has stalled for more than a year. Sohn, a public interest advocate and former FCC counselor, was first nominated to the post in … Read more
The Fed, FDIC and OCC teamed up to wish the banks they regulate a FUD-filled new year with a warning about the risks associated with crypto assets and their efforts to contain those risks.
At the start of the year, a new law went into effect in Louisiana, which requires online publishers to conduct age verification checks if their site’s content is more than 33.3% pornography. In accordance with this law, Pornhub now requires visitors to verify their age with the LA Wallet app, a digital wallet for Louisiana … Read more
The hopeful “WeWork of Web3” is closing its doors and looking for a new home just months after it opened at 190 Bowery in Manhattan.
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Yes, Game Freak has made non-Pokémon games. | Image: Game Freak Game Freak may be best known as the developers of Pokémon, but in an early 2023 surprise, one of the studio’s few non-Pokémon games is getting a refreshed new release for Apple devices. Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On!, a remake of the 3DS title … Read more
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Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge If there’s one brand that’s inherently linked to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it’s Sony. Every year, the company unveils its latest and greatest 4K TVs and shows off other home theater hardware at the Las Vegas gathering. If anything is a safe bet at CES, … Read more
The addition to the satellite constellation was part of efforts to make space a “new battleground in the quest for bulletproof cryptography” by expanding computational power.
Welcome to the 27-inch club, Asus. | Image: Asus Asus is one of many brands jumping into making smaller OLED gaming monitors for 2023. Acer and LG took their shots. Now, the model Asus had been teasing is real, and it’s got a clunky name: the Asus ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM. Screen-wise, what it’s offering … Read more
Henrik Fisker is facing a make-or-break year for his startup. | Image: Henrik Fisker In a wide-ranging interview, the Fisker Inc. CEO talks about avoiding production hell, making an actually affordable electric car, and why 2023 will be a pivotal year for EVs. Continue reading…
Brown Rudnick has worked for the country since March, but the nation’s potentially increasing role in the case requires it to register in the United States as a foreign agent.
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