US lawmakers request answers from Silvergate over ties to FTX: Report
Three senators said they were concerned about Silvergate following reports suggesting that the bank “facilitated the transfer of FTX customer funds to Alameda.”
Disney’s CEO drama explained, with Julia Alexander
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Ethereum ‘March 2020’ fractal hints at price bottom — But ETH bears predict 50% crash
Ethereum market analysts desperately search for the bottom but ETH price technicals aren’t excluding further downside below $700.
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ConsenSys will shorten MetaMask data retention to 7 days following privacy discourse
The firm sparked controversy last month after disclosing MetaMask’s data collection practices.
Amnesty Canada says it was targeted by Chinese state-sponsored hackers
The Canadian branch of Amnesty International has confirmed it was the target of a “sophisticated” cyberattack carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers. The human rights organization said it first detected the breach on October 5, when suspicious activity was discovered on Amnesty’s IT infrastructure. An investigation by forensic investigators and cybersecurity experts was immediately launched, … Read more
Crypto Bank Silvergate Slides Further After Letter from Senator Warren
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) and two GOP senators have asked crypto-friendly bank Silvergate (SI) for answers over its supposed role in facilitating transfers between bankrupt exchange FTX and its sister firm Alameda Research, NBC reported Tuesday.
Twitter’s iOS app is riddled with privacy settings glitches
As Elon Musk attempts to operate a major social media platform with a fraction of its staff, Twitter users are reporting that certain key security features on iOS are not working. For some users, it’s impossible to protect your tweets or toggle direct message privacy settings — a pop-up will appear that says “some settings … Read more
Financial Stability Watchdogs Vow to Tackle DeFi, Learn FTX Lessons
Policymakers from the world’s major jurisdictions want a crypto rulebook
Apple Music is getting a karaoke mode
Perfect for the holidays. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple on Tuesday announced Apple Music Sing, a karaoke experience that will be built right into the Apple Music app. With Apple Music Sing, you’ll be able to follow along with Apple Music’s real-time lyrics and adjust the volume of the vocals so … Read more
Elden Ring is getting a free colosseum update for multiplayer bloodbaths
You can use your spirit ash summons to help you in battle against other players. | Image: Bandai Namco As if there weren’t enough stuff to do already in Elden Ring, Bandai Namco announced that the open-world fantasy game is getting a multiplayer update that adds a new colosseum environment made expressly for player versus … Read more
Bitcoin clings to $17K as ARK flags ‘historically significant capitulation’
BTC price action is suffering from FTX, but decentralized blockchains are “as strong as ever,” says ARK Invest.
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Telegram Premium tops 1 million subscribers
Telegram Premium has amassed over 1 million subscribers, less than six months after the popular instant messaging app launched the paid offering and began a serious effort to monetize the business. Pavel Durov shared the update on his Telegram channel Tuesday, calling the milestone “one of the most successful examples of a social media subscription … Read more
Apple Music is getting a new karaoke-like feature, Apple Sing
Ready for a holiday sing-along? Apple today announced it’s launching a new Apple Music feature that will turn tens of millions of its top songs into karaoke tracks of sorts, enabled by a tap of a button. With Apple Sing, as the new addition is called, users will be able to tap on a slider … Read more
ClickHouse launches ClickHouse Cloud, extends its Series B
Since its launch as an open-source project by Yandex in 2016, ClickHouse has become one of the leading databases for online analytical processing (OLAP), allowing businesses to quickly generate ad-hoc reports over very large datasets. In 2021, Yandex spun off ClickHouse into its own company and joined an initial $50 million Series A funding round … Read more
How to Replace the Sky
Matt Huynh / The Verge How to Replace the Sky, a comic by Matt Hyunh. At the end of 2020, the painting software I’d used my entire professional life updated itself with a new button. Illustration of a Photoshop window, with the Sky Replacement tool selected in a menu. I made my living as a … Read more
My weather app is now a dating sim
Filling up the heart meter gets you gifts. | Image: Carrot One of Carrot Weather’s main selling points, besides the fact that it’s a genuinely very good app for getting the forecast, is its character. The app has an “AI” that will serve up scalding insults and timely jokes alongside the “feels like” temperature (the … Read more
Polestar 2 gets an over-the-air performance boost ‘without the hassle of a subscription’
Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge Polestar is offering an over-the-air (OTA) software update that boosts the electric Polestar 2’s performance by 68 horsepower. And rather than lock it behind an annual paywall as other automakers have done, the Chinese-Swedish company says it will only charge a one-time fee of $1,195. The upgrade adds … Read more
Sushiswap chief says it only has 1.5 years of treasury runway left
The DEX’s operating expenses currently amount to $5 million per year.
It’s way too easy to trick Lensa AI into making NSFW images
Lensa has been climbing the app store hit lists with its avatar-generating AI that is making artists wave the red flag. Now, there’s another reason to fly the flag, as it turns out it’s possible — and way too easy — to use the platform to generate non-consensual soft porn. TechCrunch has seen photo sets … Read more
Bitcoin Underperforms S&P 500 as Stocks Have Overshot Fundamentals, Crypto Trading Firm QCP Says
Stocks have overtaken fundamentals and could soon fall back, QCP said.
Ledger’s latest crypto wallet taps iPod designer in bid to boost accessibility
Ledger, a security-focused firm that sells crypto hardware wallets, has partnered with the designer behind the iPod, Tony Fadell, in hopes of creating an easier, more accessible way for users to secure their crypto assets. Crypto hardware wallets have gained traction in recent weeks, thanks to users wanting to self-custody their digital assets after industry-changing … Read more
‘Father of the iPod’ helps Ledger create new cold crypto wallet
Tony Fadell, the man behind the iPod, iPhone and Nest Thermostat, collaborates with major crypto wallet firm Ledger to build a new cold wallet.