New Judge Assigned in Sam Bankman-Fried Fraud Case
Judge Lewis Kaplan has replaced Judge Ronnie Abrams, who recused herself because of a potential conflict of interest.
In 2022, cozy games went from niche to video game fixture
Animal Crossing: New Horizons | Image: Nintendo For as long as I had a GameCube, I don’t think I ever once beat a game. When my plane first landed on Isle Delfino in Super Mario: Sunshine in 2002, my main priority was finishing the tutorial. It was the one chore needing completion before I was … Read more
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FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Borrowed From Alameda to Buy Robinhood Shares
Sam Bankman-Fried said in an affidavit he bought Robinhood shares with funds borrowed from Alameda. The admission throws a wrinkle into a lawsuit from crypto lender BlockFi, which says it was promised the shares as collateral against a loan taken out by Alameda.
The Verge’s 2022 New Year’s resolution gift guide
Illustration: Kristen Radtke / The Verge We’ve assembled a collection of some of our favorite tech to help you commit to improving yourself in the new year. Continue reading…
It’s all in the (lack of) details: 2022’s badly handled data breaches
Data breaches can be extremely harmful to organizations of all shapes and sizes – but it’s how these companies react to the incident that can deal their final blow. While we’ve seen some excellent examples of how companies should respond to data breaches over the past year — kudos to Red Cross and Amnesty for … Read more
All we are saying is give due diligence a chance in 2023
Looking back, 2022 was quite the year for some investors, and not in a good way. Mistakes made in the boom period of the past couple of years led to many write-downs, but the most egregious example of abysmal investing practices this year was FTX, the bankrupt and disgraced crypto exchange. In fact, while we … Read more
The real fantasy in Final Fantasy XIV is owning a damn house
Image: Square Enix Finding a place to call your own in Eorzea is a bureaucratic nightmare. Continue reading…
Unmasking Meta’s Bad News Strategy
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Special episode: Augmenting creativity with Alice Albrecht from re:collect (Found)
The Equity crew is kicking off your week with a special episode from our sister podcast, Found, the stories behind the startups. Co-hosts Darrell Etherington and Becca Szkutak spoke with Alice Albrecht from Re:collect, a software tool that augments creativity by helping people focus, recall, and connect their ideas. The conversation covered a lot of ground from how to … Read more
BitKeep CEO says some users’ private keys remain at risk after exploit
The blockchain executive urged users who downloaded the BitKeep 7.2.9. APK malware to transfer their assets immediately.
BTC price dips 1% on Wall Street open as Bitcoin miners worry analysts
A taste of BTC price volatility returns as United States stocks begin trading in the run-up to the yearly close.
The predatory prison phone call industry is finally about to be fixed
The average price of a 15-minute phone call from jail is around $3. | Photo by Michael Reichel/picture alliance via Getty Images A new rule allowing the Federal Communications Commission to regulate the rates of prison phone calls is one step closer to becoming law. After it passed through Congress last week, the Martha Wright-Reed … Read more
The Google Nest Hub Max is still matching its best price ever at Best Buy and Target
The Nest Hub Max is a great alternative to Amazon’s larger Echo Show devices | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Just in case Santa didn’t make it to your house this year, we’re bringing you a handful of post-Christmas content. Because, unlike the big dude that lives up north, The Verge Deals team … Read more
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An EV-plosion awaits in 2023, and it’ll be packed with tech
2022 was the year that electric vehicles entered the mainstream. Not everyone has one, but buying an EV no longer makes you an outlier. Driven by policy initiatives from governments and billions of dollars in investment from automakers, we can safely say the EV industry has begun to take shape. Over the next year, that … Read more
10 great Windows PC games from 2022
Micha Huigen / The Verge It’s been a roller-coaster year for video game releases. Early in the year, 2022 felt like it was shot out of a rocket with games like Elden Ring and Horizon Forbidden West. And then, suddenly, the release schedule fell off a cliff until the fall months. But on the whole, … Read more
Solana DeFi Project Mercurial to Relaunch as ‘Meteora,’ Replace MER Token
DeFi stablecoin exchange Mercurial is going to relaunch as Meteora and rebalance its tokenomics.
DeFi Is the Way Forward, but It Needs to Evolve
The technical foundation of DeFi has proven to be incredibly resilient to the catastrophic market events of the last few months. The opportunity for building a new generation of financial services on DeFi rails has never been bigger, but the space needs to address some notable challenges.
Digital health startups can incorporate clinical expertise into business models – here’s how
Robert Krayn Contributor Share on Twitter Robert Krayn is the co-founder and CEO of Talkiatry. Previously, he spent five years as vice president and senior analyst at an investment management firm. Early indications show funding to digital health startups in Q4 2022 fell so much, they’re close to levels last seen in 2019. But the … Read more
7 great series and movies from 2022 to stream on Disney Plus
Illustration by Micha Huigen / The Verge Disney Plus is my favorite streaming service. It lets me indulge my Broadway passions (Hamilton, West Side Story), revisit my childhood (Bambi, Snow White), and catch up on the complicated worlds of Star Wars and MCU. It’s also the easiest way for my son to indulge his Jessie … Read more
Japan Plans to Allow Local Listing of ‘Foreign’ Stablecoins: Nikkei
The Financial Services Agency is seeking feedback on new stablecoin regulations set to take effect in 2023.