Bain Capital Crypto Leads $3.3M Round for Privacy-Focused Identity Protocol
Notebook Labs aims to accelerate DeFi adoption with its crypto identity protocol.
Uber alum rakes in $9.7M to curb finance-related fights between co-parents
If you’re a parent, one of the hardest things about getting divorced is still having to deal with your ex about financial matters regarding your children. And, according to a 2015 report, just 50.2% of all 13.6 million custodial parents in the United States had either legal or informal child support agreements. Even in those … Read more
Microsoft: Xbox game streaming console is ‘years away’
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has revealed that the company’s Xbox game streaming console is now “years away.” Speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference yesterday, Spencer discussed the Xbox game streaming device, Keystone, that we saw appear on his shelf recently. “Keystone was the codename … Read more
iPads made flight decks digital — now United is using them to confirm airplane maintenance
United lead line technician Mansur Zia observes the exterior of the plane and uses the iPad to create service tickets and perform a digital maintenance release sign-off. | Image: Apple / United It’s great that iPads can help pilots replace heavy paper flight plans and logbooks, but digitizing airplane maintenance could arguably be even more … Read more
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Never pay the ransom — a cybersecurity CEO explains why
Illustration by Vincent Kilbride / The Verge Ransomware attacks still plague our healthcare system. Steve Cagle’s cybersecurity company is trying to prevent them. Continue reading…
YouTube will let doctors and nurses apply to be labeled as reliable
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Licensed healthcare professionals on YouTube can now apply to get panels added to their videos that mark them as reliable health information sources, the company said Thursday. They’ll also be able to have videos added to health content shelves, which compile information on specific medical conditions. Licensed doctors, … Read more
You can save $200 on the 256GB Samsung Galaxy Flip 4 today
Samsung is currently matching the Prime Day pricing for the midtier Galaxy Z Flip 4. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge If you missed out on the lowest price ever for the Galaxy Z Flip 4 during Amazon’s Prime Day Early Access Sale, you’re in luck. Currently, you can find the unlocked 256GB … Read more
Embattled Crypto Platform Freeway’s ‘Billion-Dollar Man’ Isn’t the Insurance Titan He Claims to Be
Joel Krueger, a Freeway adviser, called himself the “Global Chief Investment Officer” of Aon — but the British insurance giant told CoinDesk that is not true.
5 tips for launching in a crowded web3 gaming market
Corey Wilton Contributor Share on Twitter Corey Wilton is the co-founder and CEO of Mirai Labs, the gaming studio behind Pegaxy. The first wave of the play-to-earn (P2E) gaming boom seems to be coming to an end. There are still plenty of blockchain studios staging successful multimillion-dollar raises around the globe, but competition for funds … Read more
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Elon Musk tells advertisers that Twitter cannot become “a free-for-all hellscape”
Elon Musk published a note addressed to Twitter advertisers on his account this morning, the day before his court-ordered deadline to close his $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform. In the short address, Musk — who is currently in San Francisco and spending the week at Twitter HQ — explains to Twitter advertisers … Read more
New NFT Marketplace Blur Closes in on OpenSea in 24 Hour Trade Volume
The self-proclaimed “pro” NFT marketplace did 1,160 ETH ($2.5 million) in trading on Wednesday, according to Dune Analytics, placing it just behind OpenSea.
Persona expands beyond identity verification with new suite of services
Persona, a four year old identity startup, has done pretty well for itself with its original identity verification idea, an API that lets companies capture various documents like a driver’s license or passport to prove who you are online. It went so well, the company announced today that it has expanded into a full blown … Read more
New York Post says its site was hacked after posting offensive tweets
The New York Post, one of the biggest New York City daily newspapers, said it was hacked on Thursday after several offensive articles and tweets were published to the newspaper’s website and Twitter account. The articles and tweets, which were racist and sexually violent in nature, were pulled a short time later. TechCrunch is not … Read more
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Developer of Decentralized Ride-Sharing App Teleport Raises $9M in Bid to Compete With Uber, Lyft
DEC wants to create a decentralized ridesharing community and take market share from established companies.
Neoplants bioengineers houseplants to use them as air purifiers
Meet Neoplants, a French startup that is designing genetically modified houseplants so that they can absorb air pollutants. The startup’s first plant, the Neo P1, works hand in hand with the company’s own microbiome located in the soil near the plant roots. Neoplants targets specifically a group of indoor air pollutants that can’t be efficiently … Read more
Coinbase, Alameda-backed Mara launches African crypto wallet service
Africa’s cryptocurrency landscape welcomes a new crypto wallet backed by global firms in the ecosystem.
Elon Musk tells advertisers he will not make Twitter a ‘free-for-all hellscape’
Laura Normand / The Verge In a tweet posted Thursday morning, Elon Musk dismissed speculation about why he’d buy Twitter and his thoughts on advertising, writing, “The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the future of civilization to have a common digital town square, where a wide range of beliefs can … Read more
Countdown to compliance as EU’s Digital Services Act published
The European Union’s flagship reboot of long-standing ecommerce rules — aka the Digital Services Act (DSA) — has now been published in the bloc’s Official Journal. You can find the full (and final) text of DSA here. Le Digital Services Act (#DSA) est publié aujourd’hui au Journal Officiel! Ce texte majeur fera d’Internet un espace … Read more
Meta stock price drops more than 20%
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Qué es el código abierto y por qué es tan importante para bitcoin y otras criptomonedas
Las criptomonedas dependen del código abierto no sólo para su funcionamiento sino también para generar confianza y transparencia.
India Seeing Spike in Drug Smuggling Using Crypto, Says Home Minister Amit Shah
Shah made the remarks on Wednesday at a high-level regional meeting on drug trafficking and national security.