Month: September 2025

You Should Be Faking Your Security Answers

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The Gentle January series shares one practical privacy tip a day from a Markup staffer who actually uses the advice in their own life. What’s your mother’s maiden name? What was the name of your first childhood pet? Occasionally you’ll have to answer questions like this to create a login with certain companies—in my experience … Read more

Godot’s Usage on GitHub: A Deeper Look at the Stats

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This blog post was originally posted on GH-100000. It’s been over 10 years now that Godot has been developed in the open, with code contributions from 2,800 users. The total count of people who helped build Godot is actually far greater, as it should include documentation writers, testers, bug reporters, translators, moderators, content creators, users … Read more

Good news: TechWoven is fine

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Less elegant but much more scratch resistant. As the nation’s foremost FineWoven hater, I have some great news about Apple’s follow-up: it doesn’t suck. I’ve been using a TechWoven case on an iPhone 17 Pro for the past week and I have no complaints. I took it up a mountain; I stored it in the … Read more

Tether and Circle Are ‘Printing Money’ But Competition Is Coming: Wormhole Co-Founder

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Stablecoin giants like Tether and Circle are profiting from the current high-interest rate environment while stablecoin holders see none of the returns, said Wormhole’s co-founder, Dan Reecer, at Mercado Bitcoin’s DAC 2025 event. Speaking as a panelist, he said the companies are effectively “printing money” by keeping the yield from the U.S. Treasuries backing their … Read more

I need a life cool enough for the new GoPro

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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 99, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, happy pumpkin spice season, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about Lizzo and Uniqlo and book thieves and Max Verstappen, … Read more