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Overwatch 2’s newest hero is the scary but sexy Ramattra
Image: Blizzard In the perfect prelude to the Overwatch League 2022 grand finals, Blizzard has revealed Overwatch 2’s newest character. Ramattra is the game’s 36th hero, and his abilities and story seem like they’ll make for the most interesting addition to the roster yet. Ramattra is the leader of Null Sector, a group of sentient … Read more
Apple has finally approved a MagSafe car mount charger, and it only costs $99.95
Imagine: mounting your phone with magnets, and charging it at 15W at the same time. | Image: Apple A mere two years after Apple introduced MagSafe for iPhones, we’re finally getting the accessory that probably should’ve launched with it: a magnetic car mount that’s also capable of actually charging your phone. As 9to5Mac spotted, Belkin … Read more
Twitter cut 15 percent of its trust and safety staff but says it won’t impact moderation
I guess we’ll see. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter just laid off about half of its workforce, but the company’s “core moderation capabilities” are still in place, the company’s head of safety and integrity Yoel Roth said in a tweet thread Friday evening. The layoffs affected “approximately” 15 percent of Twitter’s … Read more
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Starlink is getting daytime data caps
Be careful not to use too much data with Dishy McFlatface. | Image: Starlink Starlink is about to feel a little more like other ISPs, with a new data policy that mimics Anytime Minutes from the bad old days of highly restricted cellphone service. The satellite internet division of SpaceX will start throttling home internet … Read more
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Starlink adds a 1TB monthly soft cap for residential users
SpaceX’s Starlink internet has included unlimited bandwidth since launch, and while the service will technically continue to provide that to customers, users who exceed 1TB of data use in a single month will now be throttled once they reach that threshold. Starlink sent out an email to users across the U.S. and Canada on Friday … Read more
Apple settles with former employee accused of stealing trade secrets
Apple has settled its lawsuit against Simon Lancaster. | Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Apple has settled its lawsuit against Simon Lancaster, a former design architect, who the company accused of stealing trade secrets and sharing them with a journalist. The company filed its suit in March 2021, and the settlement order was … Read more
Daily Crunch: Twitter layoffs violated federal worker protections, class action lawsuit alleges
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Friday, and all eyes are on the vast number of Twitter employees who were given the boot, unceremoniously, with many of ’em finding out they’d lost their job because they were unable … Read more
We finally have an idea of what kind of stuff David Zaslav wants Warner Bros. Discovery to make.
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The swiftness with which Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav began canceling shows and entire movies as part of his plan to boost the company’s revenue was cause for much alarm earlier this year. As series like Infinity Train and Summer Camp Island began disappearing from HBO Max, … Read more
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The execs behind the MoviePass debacle are now facing criminal charges
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Mitch Lowe and Ted Farnsworth already settled with the FTC over fraudulent activity affecting MoviePass customers, but now the former heads of MoviePass and its parent company, Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY), are facing criminal allegations of securities fraud and wire fraud. The Department of Justice announced the … Read more
Ledger, Tezos and Chainalysis talk web3 security at TC Sessions: Crypto
The crypto ecosystem may be experiencing fewer hacks and alleged fraud incidents, but they’re still occurring as bad actors take hundreds of millions of dollars from users in the space. According to Immunefi’s Crypto Losses Q3 2022 report, crypto losses have declined for the past three quarters in a row, but it’s not clear whether … Read more