Fed paper looks at theoretical role of remuneration, convenience in CBDC design
The discussion paper reviews the literature on the impact of CBDCs in large, developed economies and draws some conclusions and specific design elements.
Ghost Robotics fires back against ‘baseless’ Boston Dynamics lawsuit
A legal dispute over robotic patents is devolving into a war of words, as Ghost Robotics fires back against Boston Dynamics. The Philadelphia firm calls the suit both “obstructive and baseless” in a statement sent to TechCrunch. It notes, in part, Ghost Robotics’ success has not gone unnoticed by Boston Dynamics. Rather than compete on … Read more
Plaid names former Meta exec as its new payments head
Plaid today announced that it has named Meta veteran John Anderson to serve as its new head of payments. The fintech startup has slowly been evolving its offerings beyond its core product of account linking. Earlier this year, it moved into identity and income verification. Payments feels like a natural evolution of its business. In … Read more
Facebook is removing several information fields from profiles, including religious and political views
Facebook is notifying users that it will remove four information fields from profiles starting next month. These fields include religious views, political views, addresses and the “Interested in” field, which indicates a user’s sexual orientation. The change will go into effect on December 1. A spokesperson for the company told TechCrunch in an email that … Read more
New Twitter accounts won’t be able to buy Blue verification for 90 days
Want the check mark? You may have to wait. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter won’t let accounts less than 90 days old sign up for its Blue subscription service when it relaunches (presumably on the 29th), according to an update to the About Twitter Blue page. This means that you won’t … Read more
Everything we know about the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV
Hyundai released fresh details Thursday at the LA Auto Show about the 2023 Ioniq 6, the all-electric vehicle that the Korean company debuted in June. With an estimated range of 340 miles and an on-sale date in spring of 2023, the hotly anticipated follow-up to the Ioniq 5 crossover is one more step towards the … Read more
Let’s enjoy this FTX bankruptcy filing together
Is it even a company? | Image: Getty Images The thing that’s under-appreciated about lawyers — largely because they are so annoying — is that they are also writers and often talented ones. And so, in the spirit of literary appreciation, let’s all do a close read of the absolute banger filed today by John … Read more
Elemental’s first teaser trailer is a steamy meet-cute from Pixar
Image: Pixar Pixar is introducing its next animated feature with a public transit ride. The first teaser trailer for Elemental reveals the studio’s next high-concept world — it’s set in “Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together” — by showing how all these different groups get on while mingling on the subway. … Read more
The Crisis Core: FF7 remaster performance chart shows how complicated console gaming has become
Zack and the Cactuar may not look as good on older consoles. | Image: Square Enix The remaster of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII is out in less than a month, and if you have any recent console platform, you’ll be able to play it. But depending on which console you have, the resolution and … Read more
Meta is working with FIFA to curb online harassment at the World Cup
After previously failing to protect England’s Black football players, Meta has posted a statement reiterating its existing policies regarding online abuse ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. | Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Meta is attempting to get ahead of harassment concerns during the 2022 FIFA World Cup by laying out what … Read more
CME Bitcoin futures trade at a discount, but is that a good or a bad thing?
CME Bitcoin futures briefly traded at a 5% discount, alarming analysts, but what does it mean for BTC price?
UC Berkeley Suspends Stadium Naming Rights Deal With FTX
A member of the athletic department confirmed the end of the partnership in an email to CoinDesk.
Build high performing image classification models using Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
Image classification is a computer vision-based machine learning (ML) technique that allows you to classify images. Some well-known examples of image classification include classifying handwritten digits, medical image classification, and facial recognition. Image classification is a useful technique with several business applications, but building a good image classification model isn’t trivial. Several considerations can play … Read more
Dept. of the Air Force’s Frank Calvelli talks startups and the military at TC Sessions: Space
The success of the commercial space sector, in both significantly reducing the cost of technology and massively increasing its capabilities, has captured the attention of the U.S. military. That attention translates into growing interest in startups and how they might secure the space domain for the U.S. and its allies. Frank Calvelli, the Assistant Secretary … Read more
Putting Amazon’s Alexa in space is harder than you think
A demo version of the Callisto technology payload on the Orion. The device includes Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant and an iPad running Webex. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge We sent our smart home reviewer to check out an Alexa designed for space travel before it launched on its journey to the Moon. Continue reading…
Fired SpaceX employees file charges with National Labor Relations Board
SpaceX founder Elon Musk during an event on August 25th, 2022, in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. | Photo by Michael Gonzalez / Getty Images A group of former SpaceX employees has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board, The New York Times reports. The employees say they were fired illegally after … Read more
Bel-Air’s second season hits Peacock this February
Jabari Banks as Will Smith and Olly Sholotan as Carlton Banks. | Peacock Just in time to mark the anniversary of its season 1 debut on Peacock, Bel-Air is about to return to the streaming service for a second season of stories inspired by the original Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. After a season of focusing on … Read more
GitHub Copilot isn’t worth the risk
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Google’s new Pixel Watch and Pixel 7 Pro are both on sale for their lowest price to date
The Pixel 7 Pro was a pretty good value for $899, but it’s much better at $749. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Whoa, Nellie! Early Black Friday deals from the likes of Walmart, Best Buy, and Target have been with us for a minute, but today, it feels like things are … Read more
FTX Affiliate Alameda Loaned $4.1B to Related Parties – Including $1B to Sam Bankman-Fried
A bankruptcy filing shows Alameda Research lent $1 billion to Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of FTX
With $8.6M in seed funding, Nx wants to take monorepos mainstream
Narwhal, the company behind the popular monorepo-focused open source Nx build system for JavaScript code, today announced that it has raised an $8.6 million seed funding round co-led by Nexus Venture Partners and Andreesen Horowitz. A number of angel investors, including GitHub co-founder Tom Preston-Werner, also participated in this round. Founded by two former Google … Read more
Swinging back to open standards
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Crypto-focused VC on the FTX fallout: ‘I’m worried about the overall lack of LP appetite going forward.’
During an unprecedented bull run, crypto-focused investors raised, and deployed, billions of dollars in capital. But now, not only are VCs operating in a bearish crypto market, they are navigating the fallout of the FTX collapse and the potential impact it will have on their investment strategies moving forward. Double Down founder and general partner … Read more
CFTC Has ‘Boots on the Ground’ at FTX Subsidiary LedgerX
Kristin N. Johnson said that the regulator is monitoring crypto clearinghouse LedgerX on a “daily if not hourly basis”.