Month: February 2023
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The Beats Fit Pro earbuds in their new bright yellow color are already $30 off
Highlighter yellow earbuds in your ears may do a good job of subtly telling others not to bother you. | Image: Beats The colorful new variants of the Beats Fit Pro wireless earbuds just came out yesterday, and today, the yellow model is already on sale. You can pick up a pair of “volt yellow” … Read more
Deno 1.31: Package.json Support
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Bitcoin Price Falls Back Towards Week’s Low on Inflation Worry
The PCE price index – the Fed’s favored inflation indicator – for January unexpectedly rose to 5.4%
Electronic Arts Founder Trip Hawkins Joins Web3 Gaming Startup as CSO
Trip Hawkins, who founded gaming giant Electronic Arts, is taking on the role of Chief Strategy Officer for Web3 company, Games for a living.
On the internet, nobody knows you’re a human
Illustration by Brian Scagnelli / The Verge Last April, 27-year-old Nicole posted a TikTok video about feeling burned out in her career. When she checked the comments the next day, however, a different conversation was going down. “Jeez, this is not a real human,” one commenter wrote. “I’m scared.” “No legit she’s AI,” another said. … Read more
How to Use a DAO to Build a Web3 Community
The community-based projects could become one of the biggest growth engines in the Web3 space, but more agile governance structures may need to be put in place to unleash their full potential.
Twitter shut off its internal Slack, and now ‘everyone is barely working’
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Today, let’s check in on Elon Musk’s Twitter, where sudden software outages and another dubious transparency effort have left the company’s remaining workers more beleaguered than usual. On Wednesday, Twitter employees had the tech equivalent of a snow day: the company’s Slack instance was down for … Read more
Warner Brothers Plans Revamp of LotR
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BNB Chain’s Second-Largest DeFi Protocol Venus to Accept Floki Tokens as Lending Collateral
Lending protocol Venus has a total locked value of $800 billion as of Friday. The move is expected to benefit FLOKI holders, developers say, as they continue to build and seek out strategic partnerships that ultimately benefit the token’s value.
FATF Agrees on Action Plan to Drive Implementation of Global Crypto Norms
The global financial crime watchdog’s plenary, made up of 206 members of observer organizations like the IMF and the UN, will also take stock of what jurisdictions have been doing so far.
First Mover Americas: Coinbase’s New Layer 2 Network Off to Shaky Start
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Feb. 24, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Meet the couple that built an EV rock crawler for King of the Hammers
Photo by Emme Hall for The Verge Electrified powertrains are not favored by many fans of rock-crawling, off-roading events like California’s King of the Hammers. But Keith and Melissa Silva pushed themselves and their rig to the limit at this year’s Every Man Challenge. Continue reading…
Bitcoin Futures on CME Outpace Those on Binance to Trade at Widest Premium Since November 2021
The CME now accounts for a majority of activity in the standard futures market tied to bitcoin, one observer said, while explaining a relatively higher premium in futures listed on the Chicago-based exchange.
DEX Mango Markets Will Alter Multi-Sig Feature to Mitigate Security Threats After $114M Exploit
Solana-based decentralized exchange Mango Markets has announced two new features ahead of its version 4 (v4) rollout, with focus on mitigating immediate security threats.