CFTC clears stock perpetual futures for trading on US exchanges
US regulators are opening the door to stock-based perpetual futures, extending a popular crypto trading product into traditional markets amid ongoing legal disputes.
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iPhone 18 rumors suggest a bigger battery, higher price next year
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 starts giving Siri AI access to third-party apps
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
You can’t hit a wrong note when playing along with songs on Casio’s new keyboard
Casio announced a new addition to its Casiotone line of portable electronic keyboards with a feature that could help aspiring musicians master skills like rhythm and timing without the frustrations or discouragement of hitting the wrong note. The Casiotone CT-FS1 is available now for $399.99 in a monochromatic black or white version where even the … Read more
Crypto Docs Host GitBook Hit by AI Agent Security Breach, Urges Users to Rotate Keys
GitBook says attackers accessed infrastructure credentials in an AI-assisted breach, prompting a shutdown and emergency token resets.
Researchers warned of North Korean hacking tactics years before record $6.3B Binance heist
Cybersecurity experts have long warned of the persistent and patient threat from North Korea’s long-running hacks. The world’s largest crypto exchange was still caught off-guard.
This Election Day, remember which party ran against EVs and tethered us all to the gas pump
It’s the midterms! Here’s a fun fact for you as you head to the polls: Gas prices today are the highest ever recorded for a US Election Day. The national average for a gallon of gasoline is $4.12 and $6.28 for a gallon of diesel, according to GasBuddy. Meanwhile, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which is … Read more
US midterms: Prediction markets favor Democrats in key crypto races
Kalshi and Polymarket price a 75% chance of a Democratic sweep, days after markets misjudged Brazil’s runoff.
AI inference startup Fal doubles its valuation to $16B as demand surges
The five-year-old startup raised a $1.3 billion round led by Bessemer.
Reddit tests ads in search results as traffic declines and growth concerns mount
The new ad placements could help Reddit squeeze more revenue from existing users as Google’s AI search changes how people discover its content.
CFTC Lets Traders Bet on Stocks With Crypto-Style Perpetual Futures
Chairman Michael Selig said “equity perpetual futures” can now trade on CFTC-registered exchanges, extending a crypto-native instrument to traditional stocks.
Ten years later, ‘Pokémon Go to the polls’ still haunts the internet
Hillary Clinton’s 2016 political gaffe has become an irony-shrouded rallying cry for jaded young voters who still dare to hope for change.
Ferrari’s controversial Luce EV is sold out for 2027
The Luce, Ferrari’s first electric car and one of its most polarizing models, is “fully allocated” through 2027, according to CEO Benedetto Vigna.
Netflix’s new AI Discover tab helps you find something to watch based on your mood
The first experimental feature under the tab will allow users to get recommendations based on what they’re currently in the mood for.
Apple’s latest watchOS beta includes its new always-on Audio Intelligence features
Starting today, Siri can tune into the Apple Watch’s mic with Audio Intelligence features that are available in the new watchOS 27.3 developer beta rolling out now. The two new additions are Siri Recap, which uses “ambient listening” to generate summaries of your conversation, and Live Rewind, which generates text transcripts of the last 15 … Read more
OpenAI says ChatGPT is catching up to Google in search
In many circles, “Ask Chat” has replaced “Google it,” and that’s reflected in a new announcement from OpenAI: the volume of search queries run through ChatGPT now equals 20 percent of the volume run through Google. Adam Fry, OpenAI’s consumer product lead for ChatGPT, made the announcement at a press event on Monday. He said … Read more
Reddit is adding more ads
Reddit is testing ads on another area of its platform: search. With this update, ads will appear within your search results “based on a range of factors, including contextual relevance to a search query,” according to Reddit. That means searching for “espresso station” could present you with ads for espresso, machines, beans, or mugs, while … Read more
Brazil’s Biggest Bitcoin Exchange Says It Will Refund Users After a $40 Million Hack
Mercado Bitcoin says customers won’t pay for a hack that drained tens of millions. Withdrawals on the exchange remain frozen with no restart date.
Indie games are missing launch dates because Steam is backed up
A screenshot from Food Devils, which is missing its planned launch today. Many indie game developers have recently posted on social media about unexpectedly long approval wait times for their game submissions on Steam, with some of the approvals causing developers to miss their planned launch dates. For example, Studio Daimon, the team behind an … Read more
Google’s Gemini-powered Home Speaker is already on sale for 20 percent off
We’re big fans of the Google Home Speaker’s design. | Photo: Jennifer Patison Tuohy / The Verge If you’re looking for a good smart speaker, the Google Home Speaker is down to around $79 ($20 off) in all four colors at Best Buy, Walmart, and Target. That’s the best price we’ve seen for the Gemini-powered … Read more
CrowdStrike to shell out nearly $500M for 2 AI security startups as the market for securing agents takes off
CrowdStrike said it will buy Fiddler AI, which makes AI agent observability software, and Dreadnode, which helps companies automate AI security testing.
Elon Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX Block Their Stock From OKX-ICE Tokenized Venue
Amazon, Tesla, SpaceX, Netflix, Lam Research, and SoFi objected to trading of their shares on the planned OKX-ICE tokenized stock venue, bringing the total to 56.
Five Ways North Korea Breaks Into Crypto Firms—and How Binance Was Hacked
From AI deepfakes to poisoning code libraries: here’s how North Korean hackers get inside crypto companies.
Anthropic is still grappling with the economics of compute
At a moment when Anthropic’s compute margins should be getting better, they’re getting worse.
Epidemic of Hacked Freezers Spreads Across Europe
A suspected hacking wave has pushed supermarket freezers into defrost mode across ten European countries, with temperatures reportedly hitting 50°C. Nobody knows who’s behind it or why it spread.
Justin Sun seeks sanctions against Trump-linked World Liberty Financial over UAE ties
The Tron founder says World Liberty failed to disclose its UAE ties until months into his lawsuit over $45 million in WLFI tokens.
South Korea’s president says country needs a ‘cybersecurity czar’ following $6.3 billion Binance hack
Lee Jae Myung said he wants a government-wide agency to tackle cyberattacks as AI raises security concerns across financial institutions and critical infrastructure.