Bitcoin hashrate drawdown reaches December 2022 levels
This metric can be used to spot relative bottom points in the market price of Bitcoin and signal potential accumulation opportunities.
Month: July 2024
SEC files lawsuit against FTX-linked bank, alleging fraud
Enforcement director Gurbir Grewal said Silvergate allegedly “failed to detect nearly $9 billion in suspicious transfers among FTX and its related entities.”
NAFO Claims Another High-Profile Victim: Fighting Back Against Disinformation
NAFO (North Atlantic Fella Organization) recently commemorated its second anniversary as a group dedicated to supporting Ukraine’s efforts to defend itself in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion. This decentralized group of individuals from around the world, often unorganized, can organically assemble with great passion to make a mockery of those spreading Russian disinformation when needed. … Read more
How to find the best deals during Amazon Prime Day
Illustration by Hugo Herrera for The Verge Amazon Prime Day is one of the biggest shopping events of the year outside of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with this year’s summer installment running from July 16th through the 17th. The two-day shopping affair will likely grant Prime members access to some of the best prices … Read more
Tap-to-pay could get more capable and more complicated
Photo: Smith Collection / Gado / Getty Images At some point in the future, a new “Multi-Purpose Tap” concept will let payment cards or devices like smartwatches and phones accomplish multiple things at once when using NFC. With this in play, a customer in a store might tap their phone with Apple Wallet or Google … Read more
Running AI in the Field Could Boost Farming: Study
Edge AI, in agricultural equipment or sensors, has great potential to address future food needs.
The first Thunderbolt 5 cables are here, but there’s barely anything to plug in
Thunderbolt 5 cables, like their TB4 and TB3 predecessors, have USB-C tips. | Image: Cable Matters Intel’s Thunderbolt 5 might be the best USB-C cable ever, with 120Gbps of single-direction bandwidth, 240 watts of power, and enough oomph to drive external SSDs, eGPUs, and high-resolution, high-refresh-rate monitors from a single cable at unheard-of levels. But … Read more
Ether investment products record largest outflows since 2022
Large outflows from Ether funds contrast with movements seen in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
SEC Sues Silvergate Over ‘Misleading’ Statements Following FTX Collapse
Shuttered crypto-friendly bank Silvergate and three former executives have been charged with securities violations by the SEC. Here’s why.
Silvergate Bank didn’t adequately monitor $1 trillion in crypto transactions, SEC says
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Silvergate Bank, once a cornerstone of the crypto financial world until its collapse in early 2023, defrauded its investors by lying about its anti-money laundering controls and misleading investors about how the fallout from the FTX collapse would affect it, the Securities and Exchange Commission says in a … Read more
I Tried All the Top Resume Builders So You Don’t Have To
If you’re searching for a job and are short on time, you might have thought about using ChatGPT to create a resume. Can it do a good job? Yes, as long as you provide a prompt that includes all your details, allowing it to accurately represent your experience and skills. However, AI resume builders are … Read more
Apple’s Vision Pro Will Be Infused With AI Smarts: Report
Apple Intelligence will come to the spatial computing device, but not alongside iPhones and Macs, according to Bloomberg.
U.S. SEC Sues Crypto-Friend Silvergate Bank, Alleging ‘Misleading’ Statements Around AML Program
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against Silvergate Bank’s parent entity and its former executives on Monday.
This is Big Tech’s playbook for swallowing the AI industry
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. | Photo by Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images A couple of months ago, I was sitting in the audience at a tech conference in San Fransisco watching Bloomberg’s Emily Chang interview Reid Hoffman. She asked about Microsoft’s hiring of the team behind Inflection, a would-be OpenAI competitor that Hoffman co-founded. … Read more
Experts say latest SCOTUS opinions will limit SEC power over crypto
The conservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court sided with two majority opinions that could have lasting implications for federal agencies to enforce laws.
When RAND made magic in Santa Monica
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ChatGPT Could Send Users to Malicious Sites: Report
OpenAI’s chatbot provided links to a pop-up ridden, malware infested website, according to Futurism.
An open letter to the United Nations
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At 0.72 pounds, Vaio’s first portable monitor is one of the lightest ever
Image: Vaio Would you believe today marks an entire decade since Sony spun out its Vaio computer brand? Vaio has stood for lightweight laptops pretty much ever since — and now the company’s announcing one of the lightest-ever portable monitors to go with them. The Vaio Vision Plus 14 goes on sale today in Japan … Read more
Price analysis 7/1: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, XRP, TON, DOGE, ADA
Bitcoin and the wider crypto market have historically rallied in July, but traders are worried that the Mt. Gox repayments could impact the strength of this trend.
Kenya Protest Leaders See Crypto as Alternative to Unfair System
As violent protests rage on in Kenya’s capital city, the youth are looking to crypto as a solution to their problems.
Clean energy has become an even more divided topic in the US
Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images While the majority of Americans would like to see more clean energy from solar and wind farms — support for new renewable energy projects has started to wane, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. It also found a drop in interest in electric vehicles following Biden … Read more
A Git story: Not so fun this time
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