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Month: August 2024
Rust Atomics and Locks (2023)
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Texas sues GM, saying it tricked customers into sharing driving data sold to insurers
Texas filed a lawsuit Tuesday against GM over years of alleged abuse of customers’ data and trust. New car owners were presented with a “confusing and highly misleading” process that was implied to be for their safety, but “was no more than a deceptively designed sales flow” that surrendered their data for GM to sell. … Read more
Hong Kong court orders financial disclosures in Mantra Chain dispute
The court said the DAO’s financial details should be known to both sides as they hash out ownership and control issues.
How Google’s new Pixel 9 phones differ from one another (and don’t)
The base Pixel 9 is one of four new models, starting at $799. | Image: Google At its most recent Made by Google event, the monopolistic search giant announced four new phones: the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold. This is more phones than Google has ever … Read more
Chinese robotaxi startup WeRide gets approval to carry passengers in California
Chinese autonomous vehicle company WeRide has received the green light to test its driverless vehicles with passengers in California. The step comes as WeRide begins the process to go public on the U.S. stock market at a nearly $5 billion valuation. The timing also coincides with reports that the Commerce Department is considering a ban … Read more
Google’s Contracts Harm Competition In The General Search Services Market
:::tip United States of America v. Google LLC., Court Filing, retrieved on April 30, 2024, is part of HackerNoon’s Legal PDF Series. You can jump to any part of this filing here. This part is 27 of 37. ::: A. Google’s Contracts Prevent General Search Services From Accessing Scale And Reduced Scale Directly Reduces The Quality … Read more
All of Trump’s Crypto Promises, From Boosting Bitcoin Mining to Firing Gensler
The former president has made crypto a part of his campaign’s platform, mirroring initiatives from other U.S. conservatives.
Paramount is shutting down its TV studio as part of a new wave of layoffs
Image: Paramount Ahead of its upcoming merger with Skydance Media, Paramount is winding down its TV production studio as part of a larger restructuring effort that will put 15% of its current workforce out of jobs. In a memo sent to employees today and obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount TV head Nicole Clemons and … Read more
SUI, Zcash (ZEC) and Helium (HNT) outperform everything except memecoins — Here is why
ZEC, HNT and SUI produce double and triple-digit gains even as the wider crypto market continues to reel from last week’s sharp correction.
Texas judge who owns Tesla stock recuses himself from X’s advertiser lawsuit
Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge A Texas judge who was assigned two cases involving Elon Musk’s X platform has recused himself from one of them, shortly after a report that he owns stock in Tesla. US District Court Judge Reed O’Connor was assigned to X’s recent antitrust lawsuit against advertisers over their boycott … Read more
Google’s finally rolling out the Zoom Enhance camera trick it announced last year
Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Apparently, turning the cliched “enhance!” meme into reality wasn’t as easy as Google might have initially expected. Today, the company confirmed in a blog post that Zoom Enhance is finally rolling out to the Pixel 8 Pro and will also be present on the Pixel 9 Pro, 9 … Read more
Winning a Gold medal is a lot like being a VC, according to Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner
Kristen Faulkner astonishing Olympic success of two gold medals stems from lessons learned from her former career as a venture capitalist, she says. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Restaking is “inevitable” but the risks are still uncertain — ether.fi CEO
Restaking yields are still mostly speculative, according to Mike Silagadze speaking at the Blockchain Futurist Conference.
Here’s how the new Pixel Watch 3 stacks up against Google’s last-gen model
Google’s latest wearable is both bigger and brighter than its predecessors. | Image: Google Now that Google has officially announced the Pixel Watch 3 after a deluge of leaks and rumors, Android users have even more wearables to choose from. Google’s latest smartwatch will arrive on September 10th and start at $349.99, with the last-gen … Read more
Using Gemini Live was faster than Google, but also more awkward
The UI isn’t flashy, but does it need to be? | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge A week ago, I was on a three-day road trip when all the audio cut out in my car. From podcasts to directions — even the turn signal wasn’t clicking. My copilot struggled to find a solution via … Read more
First-time QVC customers can save $30 on Star Wars Outlaws, Zelda, and more
Who among us can resist the pull of a High Republic cruiser? | Image: Massive Entertainment Before every influencer began pedaling goods on TikTok, there was QVC. The well-known shopping network isn’t one we often cover at The Verge, at least in terms of deals, but every so often, it rolls out a promo that’s … Read more
The first post-quantum cryptography standards are here
For many companies, this also means that now is the time to start implementing these algorithms. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Bitcoin ETFs on Pace to Hold More BTC Than Even Satoshi
Just months after launching, the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs are collectively approaching the believed tally of BTC creator Satoshi Nakamoto.
Ex-Bitfarms interim CEO steps down amid board shakeup
Bitfarms announced a new member and leadership to its board as Riot Platforms’ still appeared poised to replace three members in October.
3 reasons why Bitcoin traders expect $100K+ BTC price by 2025
If Bitcoin follows its standard post-halving trajectory, its price should be in the six-figure range by 2025.
VALR CMO Ben Caselin Reveals How Digital Assets are Reshaping Finance in Unexpected Ways
In Hong Kong, where towering skyscrapers kiss the clouds and neon lights paint the night sky, a different kind of revolution is brewing – it’s a revolution of pixels and code, of digital art and decentralized finance. But halfway across the world, in the bustling streets of Johannesburg or the sun-baked plazas of San Salvador, … Read more