Crypto Is at ‘Brick Wall Stage’ and Needs ‘Right Balance’ of Regulation, Says Legal Expert
Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law Professor Tonya Evans discusses why the ecosystem is in need of thoughtful regulation from lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Another Blizzard QA department wins union vote
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Workers at Blizzard’s Albany, New York offices — organized as GWA Albany under the Communications Workers of America (CWA) — have won their union vote, making them the publisher’s second union and the third overall union in the US video game industry. The vote was a majority decision … Read more
Clip Studio Paint cancels AI image generator amidst backlash from users
Celsys has canceled an upcoming rollout of an AI image generator for its Clip Studio Paint app following backlash from the artist community who use it. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Japanese illustration app Clip Studio Paint has canceled the rollout of a recently announced AI image generator tool after backlash from … Read more
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S. Korean Judge Dismisses Arrest Warrant for Terra Co-Founder Shin
Daniel Shin’s arrest warrant was dismissed on Saturday local time, according to Yonhap News.
Legal team for 3AC liquidators blast founders for shifting blame to FTX, media blitz amid bankruptcy
In a bankruptcy court hearing, lawyers for 3AC creditors asserted the firm’s founders “repeatedly fail to engage” with liquidators, but weren’t shy about talking to the media.
Google shuts down Duplex on the Web, its attempt to bring AI smarts to retail sites and more
Google is shutting down Duplex on the Web, its AI-powered set of services that navigated sites to simplify the process of ordering food, purchasing movie tickets and more. According to a note on a Google support page, Google on the Web and any automation features enabled by it will no longer be supported as of … Read more
The Meta Quest Pro’s new update will let it record what it sees
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The $1,499.99 Quest Pro headset is capable of mixed reality capture, something we wished it could do at launch, so that we could have shown you what we saw during testing. That feature is unlocked with a new software update (version 47) that has already rolled out … Read more
Q&A: ‘Better Venture’ authors on why VC has failed to reinvent itself
On Wednesday, Erika Brodnock and Johannes Lenhard published their book, “Better Venture: Improving Diversity, Innovation, and Profitability in Venture Capital and Startups,” which serves as a guide for those looking to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the venture capital market. The authors conducted more than 80 interviews to gauge how much progress there has … Read more
Beat Saber’s downloadable songs are half price until next week
It applies to individual tracks only. Rhythm game Beat Saber is one of the best things to do in virtual reality. But — no offense to its default music packs — buying extra songs from major artists like Lizzo, BTS, Lady Gaga, Green Day, and Linkin Park is nearly a requirement in my book. (Yes, … Read more
Hate speech is soaring on Twitter under Elon Musk, report finds
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Elon Musk claimed last week that “hate speech impressions” on Twitter were down by one-third since he took over the company. But the total amount of hate speech on the platform has risen during that same time period, according to research by the Center for Countering Digital Hate. … Read more
Google is testing end-to-end encryption for group chats in the Messages app
Google said today it is testing end-to-end encryption for RCS-based group chats on its Messages app — RCS stands for Rich Communication Services. The company noted that it will be rolling out this feature to select users that are part of the app’s open beta program in the coming weeks. This comes after a bunch … Read more
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Brands Will Save Crypto? Be Careful What You Wish For
It’s not enough to depend on the goodwill of legacy platforms and of the mega-companies that use core blockchain frameworks to reach audiences and customers. We must deliberately build systems over which those corporate machines can’t exert control.
Stripe announces fiat-to-crypto onramp widget
Payment giant Stripe is going to offer a new product that makes it easier to hold cryptocurrencies without signing up to a cryptocurrency exchange. The company’s new fiat-to-crypto widget can be embedded in any crypto product so that users can enter their card information and acquire crypto that can be used in another web3 product. … Read more
Bitcoin Miners’ FTX Contagion Exposure May Amplify Industry Pain
Core Scientific, Bitfarms and Genesis Digital Assets are among miners that have direct and indirect exposure to the contagion.
Is Bitcoin the only crypto that will survive FTX? | Interview with Bitcoin maximalist
Bitcoin proponent and author Jeff Booth is convinced that the crypto ecosystem will eventually collapse as a consequence of its centralization — except Bitcoin, that is.
Now one swipe is enough to see all your notifications in the latest iOS 16.2 beta
The Lock Screen will still require you to swipe up once more to see older notifications, but now the Notification Center won’t. | Image: Apple Apple released its latest iOS public beta this week, and it has one convenient new feature that could help reduce your scrolling — at least by one swipe. As pointed … Read more
Box reaches $1B run rate in spite of a quarter dogged by currency challenges
Prior to launching as a startup in 2005, Box began as an idea that co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie had for a marketing class — to bring the power of the internet to file-sharing. The concept may not feel revolutionary today, but back then, you could email a file if it was small enough, or … Read more
GoStudent uses its warchest to acquire large network of traditional tutoring centres in Europe
GoStudent — the Austria-based late-stage Tutor marketplace which has raised $686.3 million (and attained a €3BN valuation) to date — has acquired Germany-based Studienkreis, a traditional tutoring company, founded in 1974, which is focused on the German-speaking ‘DACH’ region. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Studienkreis had previously been owned, since 2017, by the … Read more