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NASA is studying whether SpaceX can visit the Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope | Image: NASA SpaceX and NASA have agreed to figure out whether or not a SpaceX ship could visit and potentially breathe new life into the iconic Hubble Space Telescope. They announced that they were partnering on a study that would look into whether or not that kind of mission was … Read more
Why modern software is slow
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Truepill, a digital health unicorn, conducts fourth round of layoffs in 2022
Truepill, a platform that helps other companies offer diagnostics, telehealth services and prescriptions, has conducted its fourth layoff of the year. Sources say the layoff impacted around 65% of the existing staff across the engineering, human resources, design, IT and finance teams. The layoff comes around two months after its last round, which impacted about … Read more
Google Stadia never mattered, and it never had a chance
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google had big plans for its cloud gaming service, but it never tipped the scales. Soon, Google will be shutting it down. Continue reading…
Warner Music Group partners with OpenSea to create more Web3 opportunities for artists
The company stated that select artists can launch their NFT collections and limited-edition projects on their own dedicated drop pages.
NASA and SpaceX are studying sending a private crew to boost Hubble’s orbit
SpaceX and NASA have signed a new agreement to study the feasibility of sending a commercial crew in a SpaceX Dragon to boost the orbit of the Hubble Space Telescope. If completed, the mission could extend the operational lifespan of the telescope by as much as 20 years. NASA officials cautioned that today’s news is … Read more
Daily Crunch: Google to sunset Stadia in January 2023, will refund hardware purchases
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. Today we are mostly listening to acoustic covers of songs we love (a surprise Iron and Wine cover, perhaps?), and mentally preparing ourselves for TechCrunch Disrupt. Which reminds us — did you … Read more
Market manipulation claims will be hardest ‘nut to crack’ in Bitcoin ETF approval — WisdomTree
“We’re all kind of watching this and seeing what’s going to happen,” said WisdomTree’s Will Peck on spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the United States.
Judge orders SEC to turn Hinman documents over to Ripple Labs after months of dispute
U.S. District Court Analisa Torres overruled the SEC’s second attempt to withhold the documents relating to division director William Hinman, who said Bitcoin and Ether are not securities.
Musico: AI Generated Music
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Telefónica, Spain’s Largest Telco, Allows Purchases With Crypto, Invests in Local Exchange Bit2Me
The company activated purchases with crypto on its technology marketplace after adding a payment feature provided by Bit2Me.
FCC rules satellites must deorbit within 5 years of ending mission
Satellites in low Earth orbit can’t linger too long after they’ve finished what they went there to do, according to new rules passed by the FCC today. Now there’s a five year limit on loitering in orbit, which should help keep the space debris problem more manageable in years to come. The FCC, for reasons … Read more
Intel’s RTX 3060 competitor is priced at just $289
Intel’s Arc A750 arrives next month. | Image: Intel Intel surprised PC gamers earlier this week with $329 pricing for its top Arc A770 GPU, matching Nvidia’s RTX 3060 retail pricing. While it’s still difficult to find an RTX 3060 at $329, Intel is now undercutting Nvidia’s popular GPU with a $289 starting price for … Read more
The biggest moonshots from 500 Global’s latest Demo Day
It’s demo day season. This morning marked the kickoff of VC firm 500 Global’s Fall 2022 Demo Day, which saw over a dozen startups give their best pitches to prospective investors — and customers. Participants ran the gamut from fintech and sustainability to edtech and developer tools, and several stood out from the rest of … Read more
The Banality of Surveillance
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Crypto Market Integrity Coalition inducts 8 new members, plans training
The self-regulatory organization backed by Solidus Labs is known for its integrity pledge; BitGo, Bittrex and Merkle Science are among the new members.
Soon you can buy a Peloton at Dick’s
Peloton continues to expand outside of its own marketplace. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In August, Peloton partnered with Amazon to sell its bikes and other accessories and apparel via the retailer’s website and apps. Today, Peloton announced another partnership with Dick’s Sporting Goods to sell its equipment both online and exclusively … Read more
Apple fires exec after he made crude jokes on the expensive car guy’s TikTok
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Apple’s vice president of procurement, Tony Blevins, has been fired from the company after his crude remarks in a TikTok interview went viral, according to a report from Bloomberg. Earlier this month, creator Daniel Mac posted a video where he asked Blevins what he does for a living, … Read more
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Showing Potential Signs of an Upswing
A recent higher low may be signaling more buyers are willing to buy at progressively higher prices. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today’s crypto markets.
Why this tiny country is adopting the Bitcoin Lightning Network
Gibraltar is becoming well known for its pioneering crypto regulations, support for blockchain development and bitcoin adoption.
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Meta’s Make-A-Video AI achieves a new, nightmarish state of the art
Meta’s researchers have made a significant leap in the AI art generation field with Make-A-Video, the creatively named new technique for — you guessed it — making a video out of nothing but a text prompt. The results are impressive and varied, and all, with no exceptions, slightly creepy. We’ve seen text-to-video models before — … Read more