Hinge CMO Jackie Jantos hopes to help make Gen Zers less lonely
Hinge CMO and President Jackie Jantos chats about how Hinge is marketing itself to a new generation in what has become a listless dating scene.
Month: June 2025
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Reddit now lets you hide content, like posts and comments, from your user profile
Reddit on Tuesday announced a new feature that will offer its users more privacy when it comes to what’s shared on their user profiles. The company says it’s rolling out an update that will introduce a “Content and Activity” setting that allows users to decide which content from the subreddits they participate in will appear … Read more
Classover signs $500M convertible note deal for Solana reserve
The K-12 education company has up to $900 million to purchase Solana tokens.
France Charges 25 People, Including 6 Minors, in Crypto Kidnapping Cases
French authorities have charged 25 people, including six minors, for their roles in a spate of crypto kidnappings in Paris, with the majority of the suspects connected to the recent failed kidnapping attempt of a crypto exchange CEO’s family, Paris’s public prosecutor’s office said, Le Monde reported Saturday. The investigation is focused on the kidnapping … Read more
Yoshua Bengio launches LawZero, a nonprofit AI safety lab
Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio is launching a nonprofit AI safety lab called LawZero to build safer AI systems, he told the Financial Times on Monday. LawZero raised $30 million in philanthropic contributions from Skype founding engineer Jaan Tallinn, former Google chief Eric Schmidt, Open Philanthropy, and the Future of Life Institute, among others. The … Read more
Verge readers can get a rare discount on the smartphone-sized Boox Palma 2 e-reader
Both the black and white Boox Palma 2 e-readers are on sale. Smartphones are convenient for reading on the go, but it’s all too easy to get pulled into notifications or a quick glance at the news that spirals into full-on doomscrolling. That’s what makes the Boox Palma 2 so appealing. It offers the portability … Read more
MARA Hits Record-High Bitcoin Production in May
MARA Holdings has now grown its Bitcoin treasury to 49,228 BTC, currently worth approximately $5.3 billion.
Google quietly paused the rollout of its AI-powered ‘Ask Photos’ search feature
Google is pausing the rollout of its AI-powered “Ask Photos” feature within Google Photos, which has been slowly expanding since last fall. “Ask Photos isn’t where it needs to be,” wrote Jamie Aspinall, a product manager for Google Photos, in a post on X responding to criticism, citing three factors: latency, quality, and user experience. … Read more
Trump Is Launching a Crypto Wallet, Tied to President’s Meme Coin
An official President Trump-branded crypto wallet is launching in connection with his Solana meme coin and Magic Eden.
Unlocking the power of Model Context Protocol (MCP) on AWS
We’ve witnessed remarkable advances in model capabilities as generative AI companies have invested in developing their offerings. Language models such as Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 & Sonnet 4, Amazon Nova, and Amazon Bedrock can reason, write, and generate responses with increasing sophistication. But even as these models grow more powerful, they can only work with … Read more
Dogecoin Begins Rebound—But These Solana and Ethereum Meme Coins Are Up Even More
After a rough week for meme coins, Dogecoin is outpacing Bitcoin in daily gains—while Dogwifhat, Pepe, and others are up way more on the day.
Bitcoin Miner MARA Holdings Posts Record Block Wins, Produces 950 BTC in May
Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings (MARA) produced 950 BTC in May, a 35% increase from the previous month and its strongest output since the Bitcoin halving in April 2024, the company said Tuesday. The firm also set a new internal monthly record for blocks won, totaling 282, a 38% jump from April. CEO Fred Thiel attributed … Read more
TikTok gives everyone more control over what’s on their For You page
TikTok is expanding Manage Topics, a feature that lets you customize how often content in the platform’s top 10 categories surfaces in your feed, like sports, travel, humor, creative arts, and dance. After rolling out a pilot in the US last year, TikTok spokesperson Jessica Allen confirmed to The Verge that it’s now launching globally. … Read more
Meta’s going to revive an old nuclear power plant
An aging nuclear power plant that has been on the verge of shuttering since 2017 has a new lease on life after Meta agreed to support its operations for the next 20 years. Meta and energy company Constellation announced the deal today, which helps the plant expand its operations while Meta uses it to try … Read more
TikTok will give advertisers even more data on trends and users
TikTok introduced a slew of new advertiser tools at the company’s annual advertiser summit on June 3rd. The new products range from AI-powered ad tools to new features connecting creators and brands, but the overall picture is clear: advertiser content on TikTok is about to become much more tailored and specific. The company will give … Read more
TikTok rolls out AI-powered Smart Keyword Filters to limit content you don’t want to see
TikTok is rolling out AI-powered Smart Keyword Filters to allow people to limit content they don’t want to see on their For You page, the company announced on Tuesday. While TikTok already allows users to use keyword filters to restrict specific content from appearing in their feeds, the new Smart Keyword filters will use AI … Read more
DeepSeek may have used Google’s Gemini to train its latest model
Last week, Chinese lab DeepSeek released an updated version of its R1 reasoning AI model that performs well on a number of math and coding benchmarks. The company didn’t reveal the source of the data it used to train the model, but some AI researchers speculate that at least a portion came from Google’s Gemini … Read more
Retail is back, but not where you think — Bitget COO
Vugar Usi Zade dispelled the myth that retail investors are no longer interested in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.
OpenAI’s $6.4 Billion Hardware Gamble Exposes the Closed AI Trap
OpenAI just spent $6.4 billion acquiring io, Jony Ive’s nascent hardware venture. As someone who grew up idolizing the Jobs-Ive partnership—Mac Addict subscription, Marathon on shareware, one of everything they ever made—I understand the allure. But this move reveals OpenAI’s existential crisis: they’re playing a game they’ve already lost. The Distribution Kings Have Already Won … Read more
How HYPE Surged on Hyperliquid’s Growing Perpetual Futures Stardom
The decentralized exchange is trying to offer traders a transparent venue for making amplified bets.
Snap adds new tools for building Bitmoji games
Snapchat is launching new Lens Studio tools that AR creators and developers can use to build Bitmoji games.