This startup out of Carnegie Mellon wrangled my tabs once and for all
This whole browser situation is utterly untenable. I subscribe to a (really great) newsletter called “Today in Tabs,” the name of which sums up a problem that’s surely not unique to me: By 5 p.m. EDT, I have a line of tabs of stories I want to read culled from Twitter, various Slack channels, email … Read more
Duolingo makes its first official acquisition, with more to come
Duolingo has acquired its first-ever startup, an animation studio that has created art for the language learning app and the likes for Amazon, Dropbox, Spotify and Google. The startup, Gunner, is a Detroit-based business is moving from just being a partner with Duolingo, to a full-fledged part of the growing language learning business. Duolingo declined … Read more
Crypto Lender Celsius Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer Leon Resigns
Crypto lender Celsius’s co-founder and CSO S. Daniel Leon resigned Tuesday, becoming the second company executive to depart in recent weeks.
Substack officially launches its ‘Reader’ Android app
Substack is officially launching its Android app following beta tests, the company announced on Tuesday. The roll out of the Android app comes six months after Substack introduced its iOS app. The Substack Reader app brings all of your Substack subscriptions into one place where you can read content from writers you follow. The app … Read more
Japan to Invest in Metaverse and NFT Expansion
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been working on implementations of the metaverse and NFTs since his election last November.
Mastercard busca que la compra de criptomonedas sea más segura con una herramienta de evaluación de riesgos
“Crypto Secure” incorporará los conocimientos y la tecnología de CipherTrace para ayudar a los emisores de tarjetas a evaluar el perfil de riesgo de los intercambios de criptomonedas.
It’s official, Elon Musk is buying Twitter
It sure looks like Elon Musk’s $44 billion Twitter takeover is actually happening. On Tuesday, representatives of the billionaire notified Twitter through a letter that he intends to move forward with the tumultuous deal, confirming earlier reports that things were back on track. “We write to notify you that the Musk Parties intend to proceed … Read more
Etherscan Set to ‘Deprecate’ Ethereum’s Ropsten and Rinkeby Testnets
Developers should migrate to Goerli and Sepolia networks ahead of tomorrow’s shutdown.
CFTC can issue summons through Ooki DAO’s help chat box, says judge
A federal judge said the court’s decision was based on the CFTC effectively serving the Ooki DAO by providing the necessary documents in its Sept. 22 lawsuit.
Meta’s shutting down its Substack competitor after less than two years
The platform will shut down “by early 2023.” | Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta will be shutting down its newsletter platform, Bulletin, “by early 2023,” according to a statement emailed to The Verge by spokesperson Morgan White. A report from The New York Times says that Meta sent creators on the platform an email … Read more
Overwatch 2 is less of a sequel and more of a remix
Blizzard Second verse, same as the first Continue reading…
Meta shuts down Bulletin newsletters, moves resources to its discovery algorithm
Meta is shutting down Bulletin, the off-platform newsletter product it launched last summer. Available to writers on an invite-only basis, Bulletin allowed readers to subscribe to newsletters from contributors like Malcolm Gladwell, Tan France and Malala Yousafzai. While some content was available for free, Bulletin allowed writers to sell subscriptions to their newsletters, similar to … Read more
The new iOS is more exciting than the new iPhone this year
This year’s iOS update will make a bigger difference to most people than a new system status indicator. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been carrying one of the new iPhone 14 models with me as my daily driver. When I’ve met up with friends … Read more
With Crypto Governance in CFTC Crosshairs, SushiSwap Exchange Mulls Legal Shakeup
Outside lawyers have told SushiSwap to restructure around legal entities. In the wake of Ooki, will the DAO listen?
Basel Committee: Banks worldwide reportedly own €9.4 billion in crypto assets
The study found that banks mostly held volatile cryptocurrencies and had little exposure to stablecoins.
Bitcoin miner profitability under threat as hash rate hits new all-time high
Analysts say Bitcoin miners’ worst days are probably behind them, but the network’s soaring hash rate and the uptick in difficulty are weighing on profit margins.
‘Grocery sharing’ app Recelery lets users resell food items to help minimize waste
It is typical for consumers to purchase more food items than they need and then throw them away because they either forgot about them or the food expired. It is estimated that 1.3 billion tons of food items are wasted yearly, an approximate $1 trillion loss. Recelery, a pantry tracker app and online marketplace, aims … Read more
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Crypto losses total $428M in Q3, down 36% from previous quarter
Crypto “losses” continued to decline in the third quarter, a new report shows. Immunefi’s Crypto Losses Q3 report found $428,718,083 worth of losses in Q3, down 36% from $670,698,280 in Q2 and a drop of 62.9% from $1,155,334,775 during the year-ago quarter. Crypto losses are defined as a combination of hacks and alleged fraud incidents … Read more