Roku said it discovered malicious hackers compromised more than half a million user accounts while investigating an earlier spate of account hacks. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
A 20-foot chunk of Newport, Rhode Island’s beloved Cliff Walk broke off and dove into the depths of the ocean in a significant landslide and partial collapse, pictured on March 4th, 2022. | Photo by Jonathan Wiggs / The Boston Globe via Getty Images The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is doling out nearly $830 … Read more
Apple’s stance on the right to repair has now become more accommodative, with the company now supporting used parts for iPhone 15 repairs that can include the camera, display, and battery. Components that did not require “configuration” TechCrunch reports, already worked in a similar fashion. While Apple’s move is welcome to many, it does answer … Read more
Elasticsearch is an open-source search and analytics engine based on Apache Lucene. When building applications on change data capture (CDC) data using Elasticsearch, you’ll want to architect the system to handle frequent updates or modifications to the existing documents in an index. In this blog, we’ll walk through the different options available for updates including full … Read more
Shakeeb Ahmed, a security engineer who stole over $12 million from two different decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges built on Solana, was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of supervised release by a federal judge on Friday.
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At Paris Blockchain Week, Animoca Brands Chairman Yat Siu discussed SEC regulation, the resurgence of the NFT market, and his company’s financials.
Activity in Polkadot’s ecosystem grew apace in March, while the community voted to selected IndyCar racer Conor Daly as a brand ambassador.
Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an incident involving Ford’s hands-free driver-assist system after a Mustang Mach-E driver crashed into another vehicle in Texas, killing the occupant. A second fatal crash involving a Mach-E took place in Philadelphia, although it’s not known whether the driver-assist system played … Read more
Image: Western Digital It wasn’t that long ago when we were impressed by a 400GB microSD card, but now, Western Digital is showing off a full-size SD card with 10 times the storage capacity. The new SanDisk Extreme Pro 4TB SD card is designed for cameras and laptops, and it’s the first time we’ve seen … Read more
Higher fees from Ordinals and BRC-20 may be good for miners but they risk pushing activity to the fragmented world of L2s and harming adoption of Bitcoin around the world. Proposals for “OP_CAT” and CTV would upgrade the network and allow more innovation at the chain-level, says Bob Bodily, CEO of Bioniq, an Ordinals marketplace.
I recently started a Digital Marketing course – a field I know close to nothing about. Since I spend a considerable amount of time writing each assignment, I didn’t want to keep it tucked away in a folder somewhere. I’ve decided to share them here on HackerNoon. Hopefully, you’ll find them useful and if not, … Read more
Solana developers have pushed a congestion fix to a devnet and are urging validators to “please upgrade ASAP” so it can be tested.
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Decentralization may be a concept difficult to grasp for a lot of people. It sounds technical, but, in the end, its importance is more political. This decision is about having only one leader or central party in charge of everything or distributing that power among numerous parties or an entire global community. Central banks, as … Read more
On February 24, 2022, Russian forces invaded Ukraine. Since then, life in the country has changed for everyone. For the Ukrainian forces who had to defend their country, for the regular citizens who had to withstand invading forces and constant shelling, and for the Cyberpolice of Ukraine, which had to shift its focus and priorities. … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge China has plans to force foreign-made chips out of its telecom systems, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The country’s officials reportedly told its telecom providers to replace foreign chips, such as those made by Intel and AMD, by 2027. Under the order from China’s … Read more
The startup has raised $28 million to help fund a nationwide expansion of its cardboard-based cellulose building insulation. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Coffee is a beverage, sure, but to many people, it’s more than that. It’s a ritual to find a pause in the day, rewarded by a tasty jolt of caffeine. For many years, Fellow has been top of mind for those looking to embrace the ritual. It’s a bit of a surprise, then, to see … Read more
Image: Nintendo In 2015, Nintendo released Super Mario Maker for the Wii U, a game that allowed players to make and share their own 2D Mario levels. In 2021, the company ended the ability to upload courses, the game having been eclipsed by its sequel on the Switch. But in January 2024, Nintendo announced an … Read more
The International Organization of Securities Commissions wants to analyse whether or not further policy direction is needed for tokenization.
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Unpkg, a content delivery network (CDN) that powers more than 4 billion requests per day, went down for several hours on Friday morning. The outage broke the thousands of websites that use the open-source CDN, leaving developers scrambling for a fix. The outage appeared to have started … Read more
WOMBO, the makers of viral AI avatar apps, and io.net, a pioneer in decentralized GPU compute networks, have just struck a partnership that represents a major step towards expanding the possibilities of AI computing. This collaboration comes at a time when artificial intelligence (AI) is pushing the boundaries of technology. This agreement marks a significant … Read more
When it comes to news items that we love at TechCrunch, IPOs rank pretty darn high. Another great newsy bit that comes along less frequently than we’d like is a startup buying another startup. These deals are often very interesting as they either bring a gob of talent, or technology to an already growing company, … Read more
As companies embrace LLMs, what is the balance between flexibility and risk, and what does that mean for the build-or-buy debate? Although the build or buy dichotomy is a relatively ‘new’ hurdle for technology decision-makers, especially as in-house development teams upskill and build their proprietary solutions, there’s no doubt that the rise of GenAI technologies … Read more
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Seven. Hundred. Dollars. After a year of asking questions about this much-hyped AI wearable, the Humane AI Pin is here, and, well, we still have lots of questions. We’re also still trying to figure out how it all works — and where it goes from here. On this episode … Read more
