Institutional crypto adoption requires robust analytics for money laundering
Large financial institutions are getting involved in digital assets by investing capital, time and effort into on-chain analytics solutions.
Ocean-climate VC Propeller launches with $100M to fund ‘tomorrow’s narwhals’
Propeller, a new climate-tech investor with a focus on the ocean, tells TechCrunch that it has hooked $100 million for its first seed fund. Co-founded by former HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan, the venture firm said in a statement that it backs and incubates startups in areas like ocean carbon removal, algae packaging, offshore wind, desalination … Read more
Google Messages adds reaction support for iPhone texts and in-app reminders
Google has left no stones unturned in pushing Apple to adopt the Rich Communication Services (RCS) that the search giant argues will improve cross-platform communication. With little to no luck so far, Google is marching ahead with things that are within its power: Supercharging its RCS client Messages on Android with new features to make lives … Read more
Snapchat expands its paid subscription with Story expiration controls, custom sounds, and more
Snapchat+, Snapchat’s $3.99 per month subscription plan, is today rolling out three new features to entice users to its paid service. The company launched the subscription tier in late June as it looked for more revenue during an ad spending slowdown. Since the launch, more than 1 million users have paid for the service, the … Read more
Intel Core i9-13900K review: an AMD Zen 4 beater
Intel takes the PC performance crown back from AMD thanks to big multithread performance gains and boosts to gaming and creator apps Continue reading…
Google adds replies and stars to Messages — and is taking the RCS fight to iPhones
Google is pushing harder than ever to make RCS the norm. | Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Google announced a number of updates to its Messages app on Thursday, including an in-line reply feature for responding to individual messages and the ability to star or set a reminder on a text. Some of … Read more
Amazon’s The Peripheral turns a piercing William Gibson novel into generic sci-fi
Chloë Grace Moretz in The Peripheral | Image: Sophie Mutevelian / Prime Video The new adaptation waters down the book’s bite in favor of more straightforward action Continue reading…
Now the Camo ‘use your phone as a webcam’ app works over Wi-Fi
Image: Reincubate Camo’s new version 1.9 update can turn your smartphone into an untethered webcam. The camera utility software, one of the earliest around to convert iOS or Android devices into a computer webcam, can now connect via Wi-Fi in addition to the previous USB plug-in requirement. It’s a great time for Camo to release … Read more
Alan Wake Remastered launches on Switch just in time for spooky season
That looks like a totally normal and fun building to explore. | Image: Epic Games Alan Wake Remastered is launching Thursday on the Nintendo eShop, just in time for any pre-Halloween gaming. Developer Remedy Entertainment and publisher Epic Games had announced that the psychological thriller would be released this fall but, at the time, didn’t … Read more
Stack Overflow wants to make it easier to code in the Arctic or prison
What if you didn’t need the internet to find code to copy and paste? | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Stack Overflow is trying to make sure that its repository of programming knowledge, stored in the form of millions and millions of questions and answers, is available even to people without internet access. … Read more
DirecTV can now quickly switch from satellite to broadband to avoid TV disruptions
GIF: DirecTV DirecTV is introducing a new feature today it calls SignalSaver, which is designed to preserve TV reception even during times of satellite interference. Available at no extra cost to residential DirecTV subscribers with an internet-connected set-top box, SignalSaver automatically prompts you to switch from a satellite signal to internet-based TV when an interruption … Read more
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Ecosystem Growth, Not Prices, Tells the Real Crypto Story
An increasing number of positive narratives around crypto and blockchain technology have emerged in the recent years, but current prices do not reflect the growth. Regulation and risk-appetite could be what’s needed to turn things around.
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Read this before you reprice your SaaS product because of the downturn
Torben Friehe Contributor Share on Twitter Torben Friehe is CEO and co-founder of Wingback. No matter the circumstances, SasS pricing is always challenging and always will be. Underpricing your product, using a pricing model that is not working for your ICP, not offering self-signup or offering the wrong features as add-ons — all of these … Read more
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Stays Above $19K as US Stocks Futures Slip Ahead of Earnings Reports
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Oct. 20, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Binance Wins Registration as Crypto Asset Service Provider in Cyprus
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has registered as a Crypto Asset Services Provider (CASP) in Cyprus, according to a blog post.
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Farmers are key to Lithos Carbon’s quest to remove gigatons of carbon
It almost sounds too good to be true: Take basalt dust that today is wasted in the manufacturing of things like asphalt shingles, sprinkle it on farmers’ fields, and it raises crop yields while also removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Where’s the catch? For the entire thing to work, farmers need to add just … Read more
Fallout: London modders drop zombie Queen Elizabeth II character for obvious reasons
Concept artwork of the now-cancelled “Feral Queen” character. | Image: Tony Sart The makers of Fallout: London, an ambitious mod for Fallout 4 set in everyone’s favorite post-apocalyptic hellscape, have announced they’re cutting two characters based on the late Queen Elizabeth II and then-Prince Charles. The announcement was initially made on Twitter on September 8th … Read more