Month: March 2025

Spectre Divide and its developer are shutting down

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Spectre Divide, a Valorant-like free-to-play shooter where you control two bodies, is shutting down just months after its September launch. “We were optimistic about the first week,” developer Mountaintop Studios says in a post. “We’ve had ~400,000 players play, with a peak concurrent player count of ~10,000 across all platforms. But as time has gone … Read more

The Problems With Problem Solving: The Three Fallacies

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Much of the life of software engineers, and those in other professions, is spent problem-solving. Some may say it is the bedrock of an engineer’s professional life. Over the past year, I’ve spent a significant amount of time learning how different people and professions solve different problems. At its heart, there is a fundamental conflation … Read more

Meta is trying to block ex-employee’s book alleging misconduct and harassment

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An arbitrator has decided in favor of Meta in a case the company brought against Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former Meta employee who wrote a memoir published this week detailing alleged claims of misconduct at the company. Macmillan Publishers and its imprint that published the memoir, Flatiron Books, were also named as respondents. The memoir, titled … Read more

How to Use OSINT and HUMINT to Land Your Next Role

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I recently spoke to MBA students and alumni at Washington State University about executive hiring strategies. One idea that particularly resonated with attendees was using OSINT and HUMINT to gain a competitive advantage. With over 4,000 applicants competing for a single role at a company, your odds of reaching the recruiter screening stage are approximately … Read more

Meta is trying to ‘offload’ kids safety onto app stores with new bills, Google says

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Meta has spent more than a year advocating for new laws requiring app stores to give parents control over kids’ app downloads, and just saw an early victory in the states. But Google charges that it’s really just a misguided effort to “offload” Meta’s own responsibility to keep kids safe. The missive follows the passage … Read more

Why TikTok Should Be OnChain

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Imagine a world where your digital identity is truly your own, where every post, connection, and interaction isn’t locked within the walls of a corporate platform but exists as an extension of your personal autonomy. This isn’t a utopian vision, it’s the necessary evolution of social media in an era where digital sovereignty is a … Read more

Reseller Spam Beggar Exposed: QuakeServices and the Fake Newsbreak Employee

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Tired of spammy, desperate, and non-GDPR-compliant spam emails begging to sell you guest posts and links? Meet QuakeServices.com, a so-called outreach service person employed by the online publication https://www.newsbreak.com/ At the center of this pathetic operation and fake claims of employment is an Alias Harley Groff—or at least that’s the name they slap on their … Read more

Tether’s Paolo Ardoino Says Stablecoin Issuer ‘Has Been Through Hell’, Is Cheered On at Cantor Conference

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Attendees clapped and cheered when Paolo Ardoino, the public face of perhaps most influential company in crypto, entered the stage at the Cantor Fitzgerald Global Technology Conference in New York on Wednesday. Ardoino stood out from the crowd, not for his wealth but for his choice of attire. While others dressed to impress, he opted … Read more

UK investigation says Apple and Google are ‘holding back’ mobile browsers

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The United Kingdom’s mobile browser market is “not working well for consumers and businesses” according to a final report from Britain’s competition watchdog, which says that Apple and Google are largely to blame. An independent inquiry group has concluded its mobile browsers investigation for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), identifying Apple’s policies around iOS, … Read more

Banks acting as validators risks centralization — Everstake exec

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New US regulatory guidance allowing banks to become validators for blockchain networks is a major step for institutional adoption but worsens centralization risks, Bohdan Opryshko, chief operating officer of staking service provider Everstake, told Cointelegraph.  On March 7, the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) eased its stance on how banks can … Read more

The Protocol: Ethereum’s Holesky Testnet Finalizes, Finally

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Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, CoinDesk’s Ethereum Reporter. In this issue: Ethereum’s Holesky Testnet Finalizes – Finally Starknet to Settle on both Bitcoin and Ethereum From Ethereum’s Engine Room to Wall Street: Danny Ryan’s New Mission Japanese Tech Giants Sony and … Read more

Crypto exchange OKX secures MiFID II license in Europe

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Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has acquired a key European Union license that will enable the company to offer derivatives products throughout the region, potentially opening the door to a more advanced segment of the trading community.  In a March 12 announcement, OKX’s Europe CEO, Erald Ghoos, confirmed that the exchange acquired a Markets in Financial Instruments … Read more