Month: April 2024
US Justice Dept charges Roger Ver with tax fraud
The early crypto investor, often called ‘Bitcoin Jesus,’ faces extradition to the U.S. after being charged with evading nearly $50 million in taxes.
‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Roger Ver Charged With $50 Million Tax Evasion
Early Bitcoin investor Roger Ver has been arrested and hit with tax evasion charges, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
Amazon CodeWhisperer is now called Q Developer and is expanding its functions
Pour one out for CodeWhisperer, Amazon’s AI-powered assistive coding tool. As of today, it’s kaput — sort of. CodeWhisperer is now Q Developer, a part of Amazon’s Q family of business-oriented generative AI chatbots that also extends to the newly-announced Q Business. Available through AWS, Q Developer helps with some of the tasks developers do … Read more
How ECMO is redefining death
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The Rabbit R1’s first software update addresses its dismal battery life
With a dead battery, this is just a nice-looking paperweight. | Image: David Pierce / The Verge Just a week after its initial launch, the Rabbit R1’s first software update is here — and not a moment too soon. Right on top of the list of improvements in the OTA update is “up to 5x” … Read more
The Fermat’s Last Theorem Project
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Coinbase integrates Lightning Network for Bitcoin transactions
The integration brings instantaneous transfers on the layer-2 Lightning Network to the world’s biggest Bitcoin exchange.
Bitcoin Price Plunges to $60,000 as Crypto Liquidations Top $300 Million
Bitcoin hit $74,000 in March, but now is trading just above $60,000—as crypto liquidations in the past 24 hours hit $300 million.
CBP is interrogating TikTok employees
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Immigration officers have interrogated more than 30 TikTok employees who traveled to the US, Forbes reports. Some workers at TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, have been pulled aside by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and held for additional questioning, according to … Read more
Thinking Beyond IaC
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EU watchdog questions secrecy around lawmakers’ encryption-breaking CSAM scanning proposal
The European Commission has again been urged to more fully disclose its dealings with private technology companies and other stakeholders, in relation to a controversial piece of tech policy that could see a law mandate the scanning of European Union citizens’ private messages in a bid to detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The issue … Read more
Kobo and iFixit partner for OEM parts and repair guides
Here’s what the inside of your Kobo looks like. | Image: iFixit E-readers might be relatively cheap when compared to your typical smartphone, but it’s still a bummer when they break, given how hard it is to find parts for them. Now, iFixit has announced that it’s offering OEM replacement parts for certain Kobo e-readers, … Read more
The File Filesystem (2021)
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Good enough is good enough (2013)
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Hong Kong Bitcoin and Ether ETFs attract over $200M on day 1
The amount of assets under management remains muted compared to the billions of dollars attracted by U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs in January.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage trust falls onto the iPhone this June
Image: Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed Mirage will be coming soon to an Apple device near you. Ubisoft has announced that the latest entry in the Assassin’s Creed series will arrive on select Apple products on June 6th. Said devices include the “iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and iPad Air and iPad Pro with M1 … Read more