Some members of the U.S. House of Representatives questioned whether Sam Bankman-Fried’s actions at FTX and Alameda may have been willful or due to gross incompetence.
It’s official: A U.S. Department of Energy lab produced a controlled nuclear fusion reaction that released more energy than it consumed. On December 5, just after 1:03 a.m., 192 lasers at the National Ignition Facility converged on a small gold cylinder that contained a tiny bead of fuel composed of two isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium … Read more
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has proposed legislation that would ban TikTok from the US, the latest in a series of political blows to the social media platform — albeit one that seems relatively unlikely to land. The tortuously named Averting the National Threat of Internet Surveillance, Oppressive Censorship … Read more
The Switch version is particularly hard-hit. | Image: Warner Bros. Hogwarts Legacy, the upcoming Harry Potter-themed game, is being delayed yet again — the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of the game are being pushed back to April 4th, 2023, while the Nintendo Switch won’t be getting it until July 25th, according to a … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Qualcomm has new Wi-Fi 7-capable chipsets that are part of its new “Immersive Home Platform” — built for home networking manufacturers that are ready to integrate the upcoming IEEE 802.11BE specification into its devices. The new Qualcomm chips are currently being sampled to companies that make home routers … Read more
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Ticketmaster has now enraged the passionate fans of two of the world’s biggest acts: Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny. Last weekend in Mexico City, the Puerto Rican rapper performed two sold-out shows at the 85,000-seat Azteca Stadium, but over a thousand fans who purchased tickets via Ticketmaster were turned away. Ticketmaster issued a statement saying … Read more
The crypto-friendly bank announced earlier this month that it was a “victim” of the failed crypto exchange.
Image: Sony The latest trailer for the upcoming Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) has just been released, offering a look at the chaos Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) and Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) encounter as they toss themselves into the multiverse. During the trailer, the duo comes across several other spider-people, and that includes some … Read more
The central bank sees a digital currency as a way of increasing participation in the financial system.
Don’t miss your opportunity to demonstrate your expertise — and teach what you know so well — to hundreds of budding and bootstrapping entrepreneurs. Where? At the TechCrunch Early Stage founder-focused summit on April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts. If you’re an experienced, later-stage startup founder or ecosystem expert who can offer essential or game-changing advice, … Read more
The U.S. Midwest generates a lot of wealth and is home to myriad huge corporations. With corporations come pension funds, foundations and other collections of great wealth. One of the ways that those pots of cash are being invested is through venture capital, which means the money flows to the coasts — New York, Boston, … Read more
Organizations of all sizes are striving to grow their business, improve efficiency, and serve their customers better than ever before. Even though the future is uncertain, a data-driven, science-based approach can help anticipate what lies ahead to successfully navigate through a sea of choices. Every industry uses time series forecasting to address a variety of … Read more
Dataiku is the latest well-financed startup to suffer from macroeconomic headwinds, raising new capital at a significantly reduced valuation. The company today announced that it raised $200 million in a Series F round led by Wellington Management at a $3.7 billion valuation, down from the $4.6 billion valuation that Dataiku received in August 2021. A … Read more
Jake Sully and his daughter Kiri floating in the ocean. | Image: Disney James Cameron’s second Avatar movie is a visually stunning but narratively uninspired return to Pandora that drowns some of its best ideas in military morass. Continue reading…
A new soulbound NFT project from Cobo, MetaMask Institutional and Gnosis Safe is bringing new nonfungible exclusivity and proof of identity to users.
Chronomics is a tech-bio company that uses biomarkers—quantifiable information taken from the analysis of molecules—alongside technology to democratize the use of science and data to improve the lives of people. Their goal is to analyze biological samples and give actionable information to help you make decisions—about anything where knowing more about the unseen is important. … Read more
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The Securities Commission said Ray had a “questionable agenda” as a row over bankruptcy proceedings deepens.
The software has received over 150,000 signups so far.
Despite assurances from founder Sam Bankman-Fried, the distinctions between crypto exchange FTX US and its international sibling were no more than superficial, John Ray III, the replacement CEO steering the company through bankruptcy, told lawmakers on Tuesday.