Crypto Bank Silvergate Shares Move Higher After BlackRock Boosts Stake
The troubled crypto bank gained nearly 10% in Tuesday’s session.
Social Token Project Rally Shuts Ethereum Sidechain, Stranding Users’ Crypto Assets
Rally blamed its sidechain’s demise on macro forces.
DOJ requests Autopilot, FSD documents from Tesla
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked Tesla for documents related to its branded Full Self-Driving and Autopilot advanced driver assistance systems, the automaker disclosed in a securities filing. Tesla said in the filing it “has received requests from the DOJ for documents related to Tesla’s Autopilot and FSD features.” “To our knowledge no government agency … Read more
Wormhole wins second ‘temp check’ to become bridge for Uniswap governance
Wormhole got over 60% of the vote in the Uniswap DAO referendum, with LayerZero coming in second.
Peacock kills its free tier option for new customers
Peacock is no longer offering its free tier to new customers, a spokesperson for NBCUniversal confirmed to TechCrunch on Tuesday. The company says it’s shifting its focus to its Premium offering, and that doing so will allow the streaming service to remain competitive in the marketplace. The change was first reported by The Streamable. The … Read more
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Please let me battle you in Marvel Snap
Image: Second Dinner Marvel Snap’s Battle Mode update is now live, and my biggest problem right now is that no one wants to play. Is it because my handful of Marvel Snap friends and colleagues are afraid of the awesome power of my decks? Perhaps. Is it because it’s 2:30PM ET on a workday? Also … Read more
Spotify’s test of a Friends tab on mobile hints at expanded social ambitions
Spotify’s success with its year-end review known as Wrapped, designed for social sharing, may be pushing the company toward building more social experiences directly into its mobile app. The company for many months has been testing different iterations of a “friends activity” tab on its mobile app, and investors have now taken notice. During the … Read more
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor has been delayed to April
The game is being pushed back six weeks. | Image: EA Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’s release date is being delayed by six weeks to April 28th, EA announced on Tuesday. The game had been set to release on March 17th, but it’s being pushed back just a little bit. “In order for the team to … Read more
Blockchain provider SIMBA Chain awarded $30M by US Air Force STRATFI program
According to SIMBA Chain, the investment will go toward developing blockchain applications that will be used by several government organizations.
Snap Quarterly Results Q4 2022 [pdf]
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Cars are rewiring our brains to ignore all the bad stuff about driving
Photo by AAron Ontiveroz / MediaNews Group / The Denver Post via Getty Images Unsurprisingly, most Americans frown upon antisocial behavior. Stealing people’s stuff, bending food safety rules, or smoking in large crowds tend to generate a lot of stern reactions. But get behind the wheel of a car, and all that disapproval tends to … Read more
Blur Reportedly Finds Loophole in OpenSea’s Blocklist as Marketplace War Escalates
The apparent workaround allows the zero-fee marketplace to list collections that have previously been blocklisted by OpenSea, following months of debates around enforcing creator royalties.
Anker finally comes clean about its Eufy security cameras
An Anker Eufy Floodlight camera. | Image: Eufy First, Anker told us it was impossible. Then, it covered its tracks. It repeatedly deflected while utterly ignoring our emails. So shortly before Christmas, we gave the company an ultimatum: if Anker wouldn’t answer why its supposedly always-encrypted Eufy cameras were producing unencrypted streams — among other … Read more
Bitcoin mining advocate is going state-to-state to educate US lawmakers
The legislatures in Mississippi and Missouri have separately introduced bills aimed at protecting certain activities of Bitcoin miners following visits from the Satoshi Action Fund.
Twitter ends CoTweets, its collaborative posting feature
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter is shutting down CoTweets, its collaborative posting feature that was one of the last big product updates introduced before Elon Musk’s takeover. A notice was posted on Twitter’s help center announcing the end of the feature. CoTweets allowed two accounts to co-author posts that appeared simultaneously on … Read more
ChatGPT’s creator made a free tool for detecting AI-generated text
Image: OpenAI OpenAI, the company behind DALL-E and ChatGPT, has released a free tool that it says is meant to “distinguish between text written by a human and text written by AIs.” It warns the classifier is “not fully reliable” in a press release and “should not be used as a primary decision-making tool.” According … Read more
Celsius Was Using QuickBooks for Its Accounting—Just Like FTX
The crypto lender tapped software to keep track of its finances primarily used by smaller businesses.
Hyundai’s Ioniq 6 EV can keep it rolling with its new EPA-estimated 361 miles of range
The 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6. | Image: Hyundai Hyundai’s new Ioniq 6 has had its playdate with the EPA, and now the automaker is revealing that its electric “streamliner” sedan can travel an estimated 361 miles on a full charge. While the calculation is specific to the SE Long Range RWD trim, the AWD version … Read more
Capcom teams up with Crunchyroll to launch a new Street Fighter mobile game
Promotional art for Street Fighter: Duel. | Image: Crunchyroll Capcom and Crunchyroll are launching a new Street Fighter mobile game very soon, though it doesn’t sound like your typical Street Fighter title. Titled Street Fighter: Duel, Crunchyroll describes it as “the first ever RPG in the series,” and based on a summary on Crunchyroll’s website, … Read more
Social Token Platform Rally Shutting Down
The social NFT firm is sunsetting its Ethereum sidechain, citing market headwinds.
Examiner finds customer deception, ‘very Ponzi-like’ use of funds at Celsius
The court-appointed examiner found many intentional and unintentional shortcomings at the bankrupt crypto lender dating back to its founding.
PayPal lays off 7% of staff
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Meta starts testing ‘members-only worlds’ in Horizon Worlds
Meta is starting to test closed spaces called “members-only worlds” in Horizon Worlds, its social VR experience. The company has begun a limited alpha test to give creators the ability to grow and moderate their own communities. Meta has selected a small group of creators to build and obtain feedback about members-only worlds. In a … Read more