A date has been set for a trial by jury in a significant antitrust case against Google involving its alleged abuses of power in the Android app market. Fortnite maker Epic Games and dating app giant Match Group, joined by over three dozen state Attorneys General, have accused Google of unfairly leveraging its market dominance … Read more
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FTX’s collapse may have added fuel for those seeking stricter crypto rules, but even the good guys may get it wrong, financial services commissioner Mairead McGuinness told CoinDesk.
Illustration: The Verge WhatsApp will now let you freely message yourself. The new Message Yourself feature has been gradually rolling out to WhatsApp users over the past couple of months and has appeared in the release notes for the latest app update this week. It’s not Meta’s latest AI invention but more of a digital … Read more
As FTX news subsided in recent weeks, the new CEO of the crypto exchange shared that he is exploring the possibility of restarting the company, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. John Ray III, the new FTX CEO, said in an interview that “everything is on the table,” in regards to reviving … Read more
FTX Trading, doing business as FTX.com, was one of roughly 130 companies under FTX Group that filed for bankruptcy following the firm’s reported liquidity crunch in November.
Sophia Amoruso, the creator of Nasty Gal and Girlboss, has started a movement, has empowered generations of women and done the entrepreneur victory lap – the last of which she doesn’t necessarily recommend to other founders because “it’s a distraction.” She’s also raised down rounds, run out of venture capital funding, filed for bankruptcy and … Read more
Successful startup founders do not spring fully formed from the head of whatever god or goddess keeps tabs on entrepreneurs. It takes time to educate yourself, learn essential skills and acquire a smart, connected network. Here’s the great news — TechCrunch Early Stage, taking place April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts, is designed to help both … Read more
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge A post on the PlayStation blog lists “over 30” titles for the PlayStation VR2’s monthlong launch window (you can scroll down to see the full list here) that starts when the hardware ships starting February 22nd. While the new additions consist mostly of ports from the first PS … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Ahead of the Game Developers Conference in March, the organizers of the event have released its annual State of the Industry survey results. Surveying 2,300 respondents, the questionnaire covered developer sentiment on a wide range of topics, including NFTs, unionization, the metaverse, and more. As overall sentiment on … Read more
In late-2020, Presso pivoted. It made a lot of sense at the time. People weren’t traveling much and therefore weren’t particularly hung up on getting their business attire dry-cleaned. Certainly the hospitality industry — which had been identified as a major potential revenue sort –0 had effectively ground to a screeching halt. Around that time, … Read more
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In a dramatically tight voting, some 51% of votes favored ousting Gemini’s stablecoin from MakerDAO’s reserve. The result is a significant blow to GUSD, as MakerDAO has held 85% of all tokens in circulation.
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Reduced inflationary pressure fueled crypto investors’ appetite for risk markets, eliminating the possibility of bears profiting from the Jan. 20, $580 million Bitcoin options expiry.
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Instagram’s adding a way to temporarily silence push notifications whenever you want to take a break from the app. The feature, called Quiet Mode, will send automatic replies to users who try to message you on the platform, letting them know you weren’t notified. Instagram will specifically prompt … Read more
Twitter Blue is currently only available to users in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, regardless of what system you use to subscribe. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has rolled out Twitter Blue to Android users a month after the service was relaunched on the platform’s iOS app. … Read more
Sling TV, the DISH-owned streaming service, finished the year off with a substantial drop in subscribers, ending Q4 2022 with a loss of 77,000 subs. As reported in an SEC filing on January 17, Sling TV now has a total of 2.33 million subscribers, down from 2.41 million in the previous quarter. While the company … Read more
The exchange will delist NFTs with low trading volume and listed prior to new KYC rules starting February.
The Ghostface killer getting ready to stab someone in a bodega. | Paramount Though Gale Weathers had the sense not to give the Ghostface killers of 2022’s Scream the publicity they wanted for fear of inspiring yet another generation of masked murderers, Scream VI’s first trailer definitely makes it seem like her worst fears have … Read more
John J. Ray III made the comment in his first interview since taking over FTX in November.
Spoiler alert: this is one of them. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge It’s going to be an interesting year for laptops. We’re coming out of CES 2023, the annual trade show where the tech industry shows off the products we’ll be seeing hit shelves throughout the upcoming year. Big players, from Dell … Read more