How platforms turn boring

Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok is changing. Even a year ago, my For You page was mostly stuff you could only see on TikTok, whether it was Vine refugees making comedy shorts or song memes like Here Comes The Boy. That stuff is still on the platform, but it’s largely fallen off my For … Read more

Limbo is tackling obesity with a pair of wearables and decades of physiology

In recent years there has been a flurry of startup activity aimed at commercializing blood glucose biosensors — aka, wearable tech that was originally developed for diabetes management. These continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) transmit near real-time data on glucose levels, providing instant feedback (via a companion mobile app) on how the body metabolizes different foods … Read more

How to use Focus modes in iOS 16

iOS 16 makes programming Focus modes less tedious. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Apple added Focus modes last year in iOS 15 to help you stay on task. The idea was to keep you “in the moment” by filtering out apps or notifications that you don’t want popping up during specific times. … Read more

SoftBank slashes Oyo’s valuation to $2.7 billion

SoftBank, the largest backer of Oyo, has cut the Indian hotel chain startup’s valuation to $2.7 billion despite its claims of improved finances in recent months, a person familiar with the matter said. The Japanese conglomerate, which had slashed its internal valuation of Oyo to $3.4 billion earlier, further slashed the valuation of Oyo by … Read more

South Korea finds more suspicious crypto-linked foreign exchange transactions

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said on Thursday that it had found additional unusual foreign exchange transactions of $680 million, which brings the total amount of “abnormal” transfers to approximately $7.2 billion since June. The authorities confirmed that most dubious foreign money remittances involved crypto-related activities because the transactions were transferred from cryptocurrency exchanges to … Read more