FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Appeals Fraud Conviction
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried filed to appeal his conviction and sentence for fraud and conspiracy charges on Thursday, hours before his deadline to do so.
Month: April 2024
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy takes a dim view of antitrust enforcement
Andy Jassy is being persecuted by those meanies at the FTC, says Andy Jassy. | Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge Andy Jassy, CEO of the biggest e-commerce store in the world, is very upset with the regulators who won’t let him buy more companies. In January, Amazon decided it wasn’t going to buy … Read more
TikTok may add AI avatars that can make ads
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok plans to add an AI creator feature to its platform, which may compete with the sponsored ads human influencers make on the site. The Information reports TikTok is developing virtual influencers to promote and sell items on the platform. The AI avatars can read scripts from prompts … Read more
Apple is reportedly planning a big AI-focused M4 Mac upgrade
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple is getting ready to refresh its entire lineup of Macs with M4 processors that have an emphasis on AI, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The new M4-equipped Macs will reportedly start arriving later this year, with the rest coming in early 2025. Even … Read more
Ethereum’s Next Upgrade, ‘Pectra,’ Could Include Relief for Institutional Stakers, Wallet UX Improvements
Developers’ aim with Pectra is to make some minor code changes while simultaneously working on a bigger code change, Verkle trees, for the following upgrade.
Microsoft is trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade with full-screen prompts
Image: The Verge Microsoft is trying to entice Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 with fullscreen prompts 18 months before the end of support cutoff. Reddit user Woopinah9 spotted a notification “while in the middle of working,” where Microsoft thanks Windows 10 “customers” for their loyalty with a full-screen message and then explains … Read more
Chaos at MarginFi Shakes up Solana DeFi’s Borrow-and-Lend Landscape
Solend and Kamino were the biggest winners in the Solana DeFi landscape.
Fallout 4 is getting a next-gen update just in time for the show
Image: Bethesda Bethesda has smartly guessed that with the arrival of the new Fallout series from Amazon, folks are going get curious about all the Fallout games. In addition to making Fallout 3 and Fallout 76 available on Amazon Luna and updating Fallout Shelter to include a bunch of characters from the show, Bethesda has … Read more
Taylor Swift’s music is back on TikTok, despite platform’s ongoing UMG dispute
After 10 weeks of being absent from the platform, Taylor Swift’s music has returned to TikTok — or at least her more recent songs and “Taylor’s Version” cuts, since she owns those masters. Taylor Swift’s music, and music from all artists signed to Universal Music Group, was pulled from TikTok when the two parties were … Read more
Quibi redux? Short drama apps saw record revenue in Q1 2024
This represents an over 8,000% increase from $1.8 million in the first quarter of 2023, when just 21 apps were available. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Megan Thee Stallion’s favorite app is Pinterest, obviously
It actually makes sense that in an era of oversaturation, people would escape to a more quiet and rather peaceful corner of the internet to dream once more. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
UK’s antitrust enforcer sounds the alarm over Big Tech’s grip on GenAI
The UK’s competition watchdog has sounded a warning over Big Tech’s entrenching grip on the advanced AI market, with CEO Sarah Cardell expressing “real concerns” over how the sector is developing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits All-Time High One Week Before Halving
Mining Bitcoin is now more difficult than ever before—just in time for the long-awaited halving event next week.
PSA: Don’t let your kids use Yoto’s recalled Mini speaker
Image: Yoto If your kid uses this Yoto Mini speaker, take it away immediately. Yoto has recalled the popular speaker due to a charging cable issue that causes the lithium-ion battery to overheat and catch fire, posing a burn and fire risk. The recall affects the Yoto Mini speakers sold nationwide from November 2021 through … Read more
Airtree Ventures already returned its first fund thanks to Canva while maintaining the majority of its stake
Airtree Ventures uses the secondary market to slim down its stakes while waiting for its portfolio companies to exit. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Taylor Swift’s music is back on TikTok
Photo by Neilson Barnard / Getty Images for The Recording Academy Taylor Swift’s catalog of music has returned to TikTok, just a few months after it was purged alongside other popular artists represented by Universal Music Group (UMG). In January, UMG and TikTok’s licensing deal expired, and the companies took turns blaming each other for … Read more
Pepe Coin Spikes on Coinbase International Plan to List Perpetual Futures
The crypto exchange’s off-shore arm will open perpetuals market for the popular meme coin on April 18.
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Withdrawals Hit Record Low—Has the Selling Stopped?
Grayscale’s Bitcoin outflows slowed on Wednesday, though on-chain analysis suggests the fund may still bleed coins for the duration of the bull market.
Exploring React Error Boundaries For A More Robust Application
Introduction Error handling is an essential aspect of building robust and reliable applications. In React, error boundaries serve as a mechanism to efficiently capture Javascript errors during rendering, lifecycle methods, and in constructors of the whole tree below them. Error boundaries prevent those errors from crashing the entire application and provide a way to gracefully … Read more
XDR: Trends and Predictions for 2024
Extended Detection and Response (XDR) is a security strategy that integrates multiple protection tools into a unified system. It provides a view of threats across multiple IT silos, including endpoints, cloud systems, email systems, and networks. XDR cuts through the complexity of disparate systems and provides a more holistic view of threat activity. The value … Read more