Will SBF face consequences for mismanaging FTX? Don’t count on it
Lawmakers, regulators and even the institutional media don’t seem to have much interest in faulting SBF for using customer money to trade under the table.
NASA taps SpaceX for second crewed Starship demonstration mission to the moon
NASA tapped SpaceX to provide a second crewed demonstration landing on the moon as part of its Artemis lunar exploration program, a huge win for SpaceX and a possible gesture at improving the relative lack of existing competition for such services. The award is a modification to an existing Human Landing System (HLS) contract between … Read more
Daily Crunch: High-precision induction stove startup Impulse powers up with $20M Series A
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Greetings on this fine Tuesday. There was a lot of news today, so I’m not going to waste time and instead will get right to what you came here for. — Christine. … Read more
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 gives us a glimpse of 2023’s Android flagships
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 builds on its predecessor’s AI capabilities. | Image: Qualcomm Qualcomm has announced all the details of its next flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, with a focus on better and more efficient performance for AI-related tasks. That extends from its updated AI-centric Hexagon processor to smarter image processing and … Read more
Zoom and Enhance
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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rises on Encouraging Inflation News
The largest cryptocurrency hovered near $16.8K. Ether and other altcoins also surge. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today’s crypto markets.
Are Your Bitcoin Trades Losing on Fed Day? Just Wait Till Tomorrow
BTC’s price has reversed direction on five of the six days following the Federal Reserve’s interest rate announcements.
SBF winds down mystifying Twitter thread that said little over many hours
The disgraced banker of last resort has been displaying odd behavior on Twitter, leading to speculation about his intentions and mental condition.
Serum’s SRM Tokens Double in Price After Emergency Fork in Wake of FTX Hack
The Serum token price rose as high as 32 cents, from a low of 12 cents just two days ago, as community members of the decentralized exchange scrambled to implement an emergency fork in the wake of security concerns triggered by the hack of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange.
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight’s new trailer teases a radical new way to play the game
Image: Blizzard World of Warcraft: Dragonflight’s prelaunch battery of content, including a new launch cinematic, the pre-expansion release of the new Dracthyr class, and especially the allure of being able to party up with my Horde buddies, is doing a lot to get me to come back to WoW. (To say nothing of the serendipitous … Read more
The Terayacht Project
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Boston Dynamics sues Ghost Robotics over robot dog patent infringements
If you know anything about Ghost Robotics, it’s likely one of two things: 1) They make robot dogs. 2) Sniper rifles can be mounted to those robots. A majority of the Philadelphia firm’s press coverage has revolved around these facts, along with some coverage of its systems being used to patrol the U.S. border. That … Read more
Bling Capital, avoiding crypto bets, pulls in capital across two new funds
Ben Ling, a prolific angel investor turned venture capitalist, has never put a lot of stock in the need for a new, decentralized internet. It’s why the firm he founded almost exactly four years ago— naming it Bling Capital (a nickname from way back) — doesn’t have the kind of bets that are right now … Read more
California AG issues warning-ladened guidance for public interested in buying crypto
In an effort to help consumers “avoid the hype, [and] get the facts,” Rob Bonta has created a page on crypto buying dominated by lists of scams, red flags and other unpleasantness.
Twitter says 2FA still works, but it’s looking into a ‘few cases’ where it didn’t
If you log out, you should be able to get back in. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has confirmed that two-factor authentication is still up and running on the service, despite concerns that it had inadvertently been shut down or broken. A tweet from Twitter Support says the company is “looking … Read more
BugMeNot Is Gone
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The day the dinosaurs died (2019)
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Third time’s a charm? NASA will attempt to launch its mega moon rocket early tomorrow morning
NASA is set to launch the Artemis I mission on November 16, with agency officials saying they were prepared to accept the risks from minor damage the launch system incurred from Hurricane Nicole last week. Tomorrow’s attempt, which has a two-hour launch window opening at 1:04 a.m. EST, could kick-start NASA’s ambitious Artemis lunar exploration program. … Read more
FTX fallout continues: BlockFi reportedly mulling bankruptcy, SALT pauses withdrawals and deposits
News of BlockFi’s potential bankruptcy filing comes only a day after the platform denied allegations that the majority of its assets were held on FTX.
Yuga Labs acquires Beeple’s 10KTF game, hints at metaverse integration
Once the acquisition is completed, the company said that Beeple will be hired as an advisor for Yuga Labs.
Nearly 1 in 5 Americans listen to a podcast every day
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images I know saying that Normal Gossip is a must-listen podcast is a room temperature take, but if you have not tuned in yet, I implore you to listen to its most recent episode. I will not spoil it beyond the fact that niche pocket watch community … Read more