Month: August 2024
The Empathy Punishment
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How Midnight Society Moves Forward After Dr. Disrespect ‘Shock’—And What’s Next for Deadrop
In an exclusive interview, Midnight Society co-founder Quinn Delhoyo discusses Deadrop’s future and moving on from Dr. Disrespect.
Kyrgyz Republic proposes digital som legislation, CBDC launch by 2027
The small Central Asian country is currently taking public comments on its framework legislation.
The X exodus that wasn’t
When digging into the data to determine how large the exodus everyone on Threads is talking about actually is, we oddly came up short. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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IRS Shares New Crypto Tax Form, Invites Industry Input
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released an updated draft version of the tax form crypto brokers and investors will use to report proceeds from certain transactions, the 1099-DA.
Bitcoin’s V-shaped recovery could put BTC on path to new all-time high — Analysts
Bullish traders bought Bitcoin’s recent dip, possibly setting BTC on the way to a new all-time high.
You can get the first six Final Fantasy games for around $10 a piece on this weekend deal
Final Fantasy VI is a hallmark of the series thanks in part to its dark story. | Image: Square Enix It’s wild to think that the Final Fantasy series is nearly four decades old, but it’s thankfully less hard to believe you can get all six of the original games in cleaned-up remastered form for … Read more
Netflix’s Arcane, Terminator Zero, and other anime series leak
Image: Netflix Several upcoming anime titles from Netflix have shown up on X and 4Chan, including season two of Arcane and Terminator Zero. Today Netflix confirmed the leaks, as reported earlier by IGN. “One of our post production partners has been compromised and footage from several of our titles has unfortunately leaked online. Our team … Read more
Modified Gravity Theories From the Barrow Hypothesis: Conclusions and References
:::info Authors: (1) Ankit Anand, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India; (2) Ruben Campos Delgado, Bethe Center for Theoretical Physics, Physikalisches Institut der Universit¨at Bonn, Nussallee 12, 53115 Bonn, Germany. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Modified Einstein equations with the Jacobson’s approach 3 Quantum gravitational … Read more
Substack now lets anyone publish posts, even if they don’t have a newsletter
Substack is opening up to more users with its recent announcement that anyone can now publish content on its platform without setting up a publication. With the change, Substack is likely looking to attract more types of writers and content creators, not just people who are interested in creating regularly distributed long-form written pieces. While … Read more
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Ripple begins testing RLUSD stablecoin on mainnet
Ripple believes the total stablecoin market will swell to $2 trillion by 2028 as demand for the low-volatility fiat-pegged tokens grows.
Google lost its first antitrust case, so what happens next?
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge Google might be having a big Pixel phone event next week, but this week the company had to reckon with a major loss to the Department of Justice, who found the company liable for violating US antitrust law. Naturally we had to break the entire case down on … Read more
Cuckoo is a picturesque nightmare that struggles to get its point across
Image: Neon Director Tilman Singer’s Cuckoo feels tailor-made for this summer of atmospheric, unsatisfying horror. Continue reading…
Crypto Needs to Radically Rethink Token Distribution
The prevailing “low float, high FDV” model can generate significant initial interest in project but benefits tend to disintegrate in the long-term, says Lava Network’s Ethan Luc.
What the NYT and Washington Post Op-Eds Get Wrong About Crypto
It’s long past time for critics to look past their biases and recognize the reality of the digital assets industry, say Sheila Warren and Justin Slaughter.
China’s autonomous vehicle startup WeRide prepares for a US IPO
WeRide, a Chinese autonomous vehicle company, is officially gearing up for a U.S. public debut, over a year after China started easing its effective ban of foreign IPOs. WeRide registered 1 billion American Depository Receipts (ADRs) at a maximum price of $0.05, with the aggregate offering coming in at $50 million, per a Friday filing … Read more
Bitcoin bear trap over? BTC price fractal hints at parabolic move next
Bitcoin still faces significant resistance at $62,000, and if it breaks, it could liquidate over $845 million of leveraged shorts.
Read Intel’s biggest statement yet on how it’s addressing Raptor Lake CPU woes
Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Intel has a big update on its crashing 13th and 14th Gen desktop CPUs — including a hint that maybe, just maybe, it might be able to do something about chips that are already failing instead of requiring you to return them. You can read its statement below … Read more
AI founders play musical chairs
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week we are looking at AI founders who are playing musical chairs, a massive defense tech investment, and more issues at Techstars. Let’s get into it. Most … Read more
How a cybersecurity researcher befriended, then doxed, the leader of LockBit ransomware gang
Jon DiMaggio used sockpuppet accounts, then his own identity, to infiltrate LockBit and gain the trust of its alleged admin, Dmitry Khoroshev. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
MiCA regulation poses ‘systemic risk’ to banking system, says Tether CEO
According to Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, recently approved MiCA regulations threaten both banks and stablecoin issuers.
Warner Bros. Discovery much wiped the Cartoon Network website
Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge Warner Bros. Discovery has updated Cartoon Network’s website to remove basically everything and turn it into a page pointing to the Max streaming service. Before the change, the website let you watch free episodes of shows like Adventure Time and Steven Universe. The switchover appears to have happened … Read more