There are hazardous gaps in how crypto is overseen, according to U.S. Treasury Department officials briefing the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) – restating a view that’s long been adopted by U.S. lawmakers, regulators and the industry itself.
Image: Getty The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched an investigation into General Motors’ Cruise, citing incidents in which the company’s autonomous vehicles have blocked the road or caused rear-end collisions. NHTSA is examining incidents in which Cruise’s vehicles “engage in inappropriately hard braking or become immobilized.” There are three incidents that the agency … Read more
Alphonzo “Phonz” Terrell and DeVaris Brown met during orientation on their first day working at Twitter. They didn’t know that just a few years later, they’d be building a social media platform of their own. “We were the only two Black guys in there, and we were like, ‘Hey, we’ll be friends!’” said Terrell, who … Read more
The goal is to fully reactivate customer withdrawals once creditors have approved the plan in a vote.
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A final decision on whether to publish the names, which the collapsed crypto exchange says could advantage competitors and breach privacy laws, will follow in January.
Members of the general public will be able to take a Waymo robotaxi, with no human safety operator behind the wheel, between downtown Phoenix and Sky Harbor International Airport starting Friday. Waymo will also be doubling its service area in downtown Phoenix following an initial launch of driverless rides in the area to the public … Read more
How hard is it to do things? Often it turns out to be pretty hard. There’s an infamous Hacker News thread about Dropbox that crops up whenever there’s a conversation about how difficult it would be to build a replacement for a well-known service. The forum note, which you can read here, comes from back … Read more
Waymo is sending its fully driverless cars to handle some of the trickiest types of passenger pickups you can muster: airport trips. The company announced that customers flying in and out of Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport will now be able to hail one of the company’s “rider only” vehicles, a sign that the Alphabet company … Read more
The team said that authority over the automated market maker and farm programs have been paused, “for now.”
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Bye. | Illustration by Alex Castro A few weeks ago, I deleted Twitter from my phone and tablet. This was a long time coming, and the reasons I chose to do it are obvious, so I’m not here to write an essay about why I did. Instead, I’m here to provide some tips if you, … Read more
Currently, about $2 million of different cryptocurrencies are sitting in the attacker’s account.
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Today, “Black Adam” is now streaming on HBO Max, giving more fans a chance to watch the DC antihero movie starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. “Black Adam” premiered in theaters on October 21. It centers around Teth Adam (Johnson), a superhuman from ancient Kahndaq who used his godly powers for vengeance and was then quickly … Read more
Rebecca Mitchem Contributor Share on Twitter Rebecca Mitchem is a partner at Neotribe Ventures, which invests in early- to growth-stage companies developing breakthrough technologies. She co-manages Ignite, a $90 million fund focused on growth-stage companies across industries including computational biology, enterprise security, blockchain technologies, clean tech and more. More posts by this contributor How to … Read more
Meta has announced that it’s shutting down its Cameo-like app, Super, on February 15, 2023. The company says when it began developing Super in 2020, it had hoped to create a virtual meet and greet experience that was similar to what you experience at a real-life event like VidCon on Comic-Con. “What we found we’d … Read more
Hello and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. To end the year, we are bringing back our predictions episode with the entire Equity crew: Alex, Natasha, Mary Ann, Maggie, Theresa, and Becca. Grace couldn’t make the mic but we have a … Read more
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This image shows off the white Beam, but today’s deal loops in the black-colored Beam. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A nice rug can really tie a room together, but I think a good soundbar has similar powers. Sonos’ refurbished outlet is offering two color schemes of the first-generation Beam soundbar … Read more
Dropbox today announced that it’s acquired FormSwift, a cloud-based platform designed to help businesses build, edit, approve, share and print custom personalized and documents. Under the terms of the agreement, which closed yesterday, Dropbox says that it’ll pay $95 million in cash for the San Francisco-based startup, which will soon join the Dropbox team. In … Read more
