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The $6.3 billion Binance hack showed how quickly cryptocurrencies can disappear on blockchain rails. Tokenized securities may offer better recourse than crypto after a theft, but the markets around them can still break down when stress hits.
Canva is making significant changes affecting 1,271 people, which is 22 percent of its staff, co-founder and CEO Melanie Perkins announced today. “For some people, this will mean changes to their roles or being asked to relocate to centralised hubs,” says Perkins. “Sadly, it will also mean saying goodbye to teammates and friends who have … Read more
An AI agent does not run its tools by itself. It reads a list of tool definitions, picks one, and fills in the arguments. Your code then makes the call. When the list holds five tools, that choice is easy. When it holds sixty, from four connected servers, the model picks the wrong tool more … Read more
Paolo Ardoino told the Plan ₿ Forum in Lugano the company owns “give or take 150,000 Bitcoin,” but its Q3 reserve report implies just 100,060.
Called FlashProve, the system would let anyone check that an AI response really came from the model it claims to be from.
Jack Dorsey says there is no moat anymore. Yet, Palantir is up 668% in five years, Instinct is valued at $10 billion, and Emergent hit $100 million in annualized revenue in eight months. Both can’t be true unless the moat moved. My bet: it moved to context. The software that wins from here will behave … Read more
Sonos is rolling out a big app update that includes new Presets and early access to its AI voice assistant. You can create a preset to play music at a specific volume in a certain room, which will appear directly on the homescreen so you can quickly start playback. If you’re in the US, you … Read more
The years-long wait for access to the grid and new turbines is causing data center builders to turn to an unusual, less efficient and less environmentally friendly solution: once-discarded jet engines.
In a new post today, Valve acknowledged that it’s seen “a significant increase in submissions for store and page review in recent months” and says it’s “running a little behind” by taking “up to 12 business days” for reviews instead of the typical 3-5 days. Indie developers have recently expressed frustrations over lengthy approval times … Read more
A group backed by Citadel Securities and other firms sued the U.S. derivatives regulator for opening a path for perps that it argued belong in the SEC’s hands.
The largest crypto theft to date was pulled off by combining some well-known hacking techniques over the course of a few months, according to Binance. A postmortem from the company says the process started in June with one developer downloading a tampered installer apparently spread by a malicious Google ad, exposing details about the engineers … Read more
Once fidelity becomes high enough, one day you hear something like this. “On this issue, I think I know you better than you know yourself.” People do not respond to those words in the same way. Some laugh, some take offense, and some hurt for a long time. I read that difference along two axes … Read more
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AI makes trying cheaper than guessing, yet spec-driven development still asks you to guess first. Meet Hindsight-Driven Development. You spend two hours writing a detailed spec for a feature. An AI coding agent builds it in ten minutes. You try it, and within a minute you see what the spec got wrong. In those same … Read more
Claude’s prices are falling, but Anthropic’s computing expenses grew faster than sales in the latest quarter—a tricky equation ahead of its IPO.
SpaceX joined several other issuers objecting to OKXICE tokenized trading, months after crypto platforms offered tokens tied to its shares.
Hey there. Alright folks, I’m going to tell you something your dev team already knows but is too polite to say to your face: the biggest security hole in your company isn’t in your codebase. It’s sitting in the founder’s chair. I’ve spent 25+ years in business warfare — buying troubled companies, turning them around, … Read more
Cybersecurity focused Ballistic Ventures is seeking to raise $360 million for a new flagship fund and another $130 million for a separate investment vehicle.
Siri can still make mistakes in transcripts. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge It’s impossible to paint a full picture of what Audio Intelligence on the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 will be right now. The watchOS 27.3 developer beta just dropped earlier this afternoon, and these features are meant to … Read more
CrowdStrike’s new kill switch lets security teams cut off unauthorized AI agents through a gateway, while its planned Fiddler acquisition aims to make autonomous software easier to monitor and audit.
Palantir’s U.S. commercial revenue surpassed U.S. government revenue for the first time ever.
These edits of Jason Statham (left) and Jeff Bezos are a bit jarring, but that’s sort of the point. | Image: The Verge Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and actor Jason Statham have a distinctive feature in common: They’re both famously bald, and that definitely hasn’t changed in the last few days. However, there are some … Read more
An in-space construction first could be an enabler for the space data centers of the future.
Tron founder Justin Sun said he has asked a federal court to sanction World Liberty Financial, alleging the Trump family-backed venture delayed disclosing UAE ties that could defeat federal jurisdiction over his lawsuit.
Android owners looking for an earbud upgrade are in luck. The Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 are back down to $169 at Amazon, Best Buy, and the Google Store, matching the lowest price we’ve seen. Google’s site claims the deal will last until 11:59PM PT on November 8th, and other retailers will likely follow suit. … Read more
US regulators are opening the door to stock-based perpetual futures, extending a popular crypto trading product into traditional markets amid ongoing legal disputes.
The iPhone 17’s successor might cost more. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge After Apple raised iPhone prices earlier this year, a new rumor claims it plans to launch the base iPhone 18 with a higher price, too. A Weibo post from leaker Digital Chat Station, spotted by 9to5Mac, says the base … Read more
Apple will now let Siri AI perform actions across third-party apps. As part of the iOS 27.3 update rolling out on Tuesday, Apple announced developers can now integrate Siri AI’s new features in “all apps,” allowing the voice assistant to draw on a user’s personal context, process natural language prompts, and use on-screen awareness to … Read more