Popular censorship circumvention tools face fresh blockade by China
Tools helping China’s netizens to bypass the Great Firewall appear to be facing a fresh round of crackdowns in the run-up to the country’s quinquennial party congress that will see a top leadership reshuffle. Greater censorship is not at all uncommon during countries’ politically sensitive periods, but the stress facing censorship circumvention tools in China … Read more
Three Arrows Capital’s NFTs collection to be liquidated
As part of 3AC’s bankruptcy proceedings, over 300 NFTs from Starry Night Capital were moved this week.
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Market Wrap: Crypto Markets Flatten as Latest Employment Data Throws a Setback for Inflation Hawks
Crypto markets remain fretful about any suggestion the economy is not slowing enough to staunch rising prices. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today’s crypto markets.
Prevent account takeover at login with the new Account Takeover Insights model in Amazon Fraud Detector
Digital is the new normal, and there’s no going back. Every year, consumers visit, on average, 191 websites or services requiring a user name and password, and the digital footprint is expected to grow exponentially. So much exposure naturally brings added risks like account takeover (ATO). Each year, bad actors compromise billions of accounts through … Read more
How to use Microsoft’s new Windows HDR Calibration app
Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge Back in February, Microsoft announced that an HDR Calibration app to help Windows 11 users optimize color accuracy and consistency for gaming on their HDR displays was on its way. The app, spotted by Thurrott, has now arrived and is available for download. The app includes three test … Read more
South Carolina treasurer goes on Bitcoin ‘fact-finding trip’ to El Salvador
The state official reportedly used his own funds to pay for the trip, which included discussing Bitcoin with government officials and exploring financial literacy programs.
Startups and VCs are increasingly embracing the federal government. Here’s why
On paper, the federal government looks like an ideal customer for an enterprise startup: Its seemingly endless budget doesn’t fluctuate with market conditions and it’s always in the market for new tech. But it’s a slog to break into, and for a long time, startups and VCs didn’t seem to want to associate with it. … Read more
Space billboards could cost $65M and still turn a profit
Space-based advertising has been on the minds of every marketer on the planet since the Apollo era, yet no one has made it happen. A new study suggests that a billboard-like constellation of about 50 satellites, costing $65 million all in, could shine ads to every corner of the Earth for months — and potentially … Read more
US CFTC as Crypto’s Regulatory Savior? Crypto Firms Might Not Like What They Get
Just because Rostin Behnam is the rare government official who can casually drop a comment that suggests a future explosion in bitcoin price, doesn’t mean he’s a crypto bro. The chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is widely seen in crypto circles as a relatively friendly face in government, but his recent record … Read more
Crucial US Jobs Report Could Test Fed’s Resolve, Bitcoin’s Resilience
Friday’s report from the U.S. Labor Department on nonfarm payrolls is expected to show an addition of 250,000 jobs in September, in a slowdown from the 315,000 reported for August.
Twitter v. Musk judge says the trial is still on
In a new letter filed with Delaware’s Court of Chancery, Judge Kathaleen McCormick says it’s still game on — for now at least. In the letter, sent a day after news broke that Elon Musk would seek to seal the deal with Twitter under the original terms, Judge McCormick is weighing in with an important … Read more
Yuga Labs Unveils BAYC Community Council to Help Shape Future Initiatives
The council is made up of seven notable Bored Ape collectors tasked with providing feedback to Yuga Labs and uplifting community-driven projects.
The biggest Pixel 6 frustrations that Google should fix with the Pixel 7
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge The Pixel 6 and 6 Pro might be Google’s “fastest-selling Pixels to date,” but they haven’t been what I’d consider a slam dunk in the hardware department. I’m not talking about aesthetics here: I’m a fan of the camera bar look, personally, though I detest curved displays. To … Read more
Overwatch 2’s launch problems include prepaid cellular bans, failed account merges
Image: Blizzard Overwatch 2’s launch has been beset by all of the typical problems that come with the arrival of a hotly anticipated title. Server queues are tens of thousands of players long, and once you do get to the end of your long wait, you’re either booted right then to unceremoniously rejoin the queue … Read more
Twitter’s letting you combine photos, videos, and GIFs in one tweet
Tweets with multiple pieces of content will show up side-by-side or in a grid. | Image: Twitter Twitter’s rolling out a new feature on both Android and iOS that lets you combine text, photos, videos, and GIFs in a single tweet. The feature was first spotted by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi back in April, with … Read more
Elon Musk is buying Twitter again — what does that mean for Tesla?
What will happen to Tesla if Elon Musk owns Twitter? Probably near-term stock volatility and long-term foreign influence campaigns. | Photo by Loren Grush / The Verge Tesla shareholders may be experiencing déjà vu this week watching the company’s stock fall on the news that Elon Musk said he’d buy Twitter at the original offer … Read more
Dogecoin pierde el impulso que había ganado tras la noticia de adquisición de Twitter por parte de Musk
La memecoin favorita de Elon Musk se estabilizó después de subir con la noticia de que la compra de Twitter por parte del CEO de Tesla estaba nuevamente sobre la mesa.
Google answers Meta’s video-generating AI with its own, dubbed Imagen Video
Not to be outdone by Meta’s Make-A-Video, Google today detailed its work on Imagen Video, an AI system that can generate video clips given a text prompt (e.g. “a teddy bear washing dishes”). While the results aren’t perfect — the looping clips the system generates tend to have artifacts and noise — Google claims that … Read more
Spotify is ramping up its efforts to find misinformation in podcasts
Spotify says the company has already been “critical to enhancing our approach to platform safety.” | Nick Barclay / The Verge Spotify is acquiring Kinzen, a startup that specializes in using machine learning to analyze content and report potentially harmful statements to human moderators. In a press release, Spotify says the acquisition is meant to … Read more
7 investors discuss how agtech can solve agriculture’s biggest problems
Climate change and geopolitical instability are wreaking havoc on agriculture. To gauge how VCs are responding to these issues, we spoke with seven investors. For starters, rising greenhouse gas emissions are driving punishing droughts and storms, which are harming crops, exacerbating food insecurity and threatening countless livelihoods. At the same time, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine … Read more
Celsius’ Crypto Customers Face Big Obstacle in Trying to Claw Back Their Deposits
A change in the corporate structure of Celsius made when raising money last year may come under scrutiny as the bankrupt crypto lender tries to sell its assets.