Two of our favorite 8BitDo controllers got a rare discount on Amazon
The 8BitDo Pro 2 is the best pro controller for the Nintendo Switch and a number of other consoles. | Image: Sam Byford If you’re in the market for a versatile controller that doesn’t cost a grip, 8BitDo currently has a couple of models on sale you might be interested in. On sale for $39.99 … Read more
This mechanical keyboard has a whole-ass screen underneath its keys
The Centerpiece’s screen appears to dynamically respond to keypresses. | Image: Finalmouse Boutique gaming mouse manufacturer Finalmouse has big plans for its first foray into the mechanical keyboard market. Its Finalmouse Centerpiece is an eye-catching $349 keyboard that has a screen embedded underneath its transparent keycaps and switches. The effect is that it looks like … Read more
Amazon and EU reach agreement to try to level the playing field for third-party sellers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon and European Union regulators have reached an agreement over two long-running antitrust cases, the European Commission has announced, which it’s hoped will help make third-party sellers more competitive on Amazon’s marketplace. The agreement means Amazon will avoid fines that had the potential to stretch into the billions … Read more
Successes of 2022: iOS 16’s amazing lock screen customization
Micha Huigen / The Verge In 2022, Apple introduced iOS 16, which brought with it vastly improved lock screens — and made the iPhone so much better. With iOS 16, you can now set things on your lock screen, like different clock fonts, lock screen widgets, and new wallpapers, in just a few taps. Anytime … Read more
‘Forget a pivot’ — markets won’t see Fed rate cut boost in 2023, says analyst
Bitcoin, stocks or else, there is now no light at the end of the Fed rate hike tunnel in 2023, says Jim Bianco.
WhatsApp adds undo button for your message deletion mishaps
Accidental Delete grants users a five-second window to restore incorrectly deleted messages. | Image: WhatsApp WhatsApp has rolled out a new feature that allows users to restore deleted messages on the platform. Accidental Delete grants users a five-second window to bring back messages, acting as a safety net for WhatsApp users to correct mistaken deletions … Read more
First Mover Americas: Bankrupt BlockFi Asks U.S. Court for Greenlight on Withdrawals
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Dec. 20, 2022. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Congress blew its last chance to curb Big Tech’s power
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tech platforms spent millions opposing sweeping antitrust reforms, and their lobbyists may soon be able to breathe a giant sigh of relief — at least for the next few years. Early Tuesday morning, the House Committee on Appropriations released a more than 4,000-page bill stacked with congressional priorities. … Read more
Waves founder announces new stablecoin as USDN depegs
Days after USDN lost its peg with USD, Waves CEO and founder Sasha Ivanov promised that his new stablecoin will be “undepeggable.”
Porsche pumps first synthetic fuel as Chilean plant finally starts producing
After years of promises and millions in investments, Porsche today pumped the first gallons of its fully synthetic fuel into a car. That car? A 911, of course. Porsche has been talking about eFuels since 2020, when it made a 20 million euro investment into a project with Siemens Energy to create a pilot plant … Read more
3 reasons why BNB price risks another 30% decline by January
BNB has entered the breakdown stage of its prevailing ascending triangle pattern alongside some negative fundamentals that can push price further down.
User Interviews, which helps companies recruit survey participants, raises $27.5M
Most companies agree that user experience is important. In a 2019 report from UserZoom, 70% of enterprise CEOs said that they see user and customer experience as a competitive differentiator. But figuring out what exactly users want — and what frustrates them — can prove to be a challenge. Customer satisfaction and market research surveys … Read more
We had thoughts in 2022. Here are the top takes from the TechCrunch+ team
In 2022, uncertainty continued: Major acquisitions took place, layoffs swept the tech industry and Elon Musk bought Twitter. While that last one may not have been on your 2022 bingo card, it certainly caused quite a bit of commotion here at TechCrunch — and got us talking. This year, a big trend for us was … Read more
Banish vanity metrics from your startup’s pitch deck
Oh man, you got 300 email sign-ups, awesome! Goodness, your web traffic spiked by 200%! Yesssss! Holy god, you got a feature article on TechCrunch — well done! You won an award from the regional chamber of commerce! Break open the champagne, right? Not so fast. These moments of excitement are, in fact, your body … Read more
Polygon Founder Unveils Web3 Accelerator Beacon
The accelerator helps connect founders with potential investors.
Amazon and EU settle two antitrust cases, including one focused on merchant data abuse
The European Commission (EC) has announced that it has reached an agreement with Amazon over a duo of antitrust probes, one that will enshrine commitments made by Amazon in European Union (EU) antitrust legislation. The initial probe kicked off back in 2018, when regulators launched enquiries into how Amazon was leveraging non-public data from third-party … Read more
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Petals is creating a free, distributed network for running text-generating AI
BigScience, a community project backed by startup Hugging Face with the goal of making text-generating AI widely available, is developing a system called Petals that can run AI like ChatGPT by joining resources from people across the internet. With Petals, the code for which was released publicly last month, volunteers can donate their hardware power … Read more
Game developers expect to work on Web3 games in the future: Survey
A new survey showed that developers believe that integrating Web3 will have an impact in terms of user acquisition and retention.
Update: Cointelegraph’s crypto intelligence platform is turning 2
Research suggests that historical analysis of crypto markets, combined with real-time conditions and investor sentiment, can be extremely informative.
Sango Coin listing postponed by Central African Republic
As the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender in Africa, the Central African Republic appears to be struggling with its investor-oriented token, Sango Coin.
Early-stage Mexico fintech Aviva is making loans as easy as a video call
There are some 40 million Mexicans who are excluded from certain financial products due to banks not thinking it is a segment worth going after, but Filiberto Castro does. The former banking executive worked at banks including Citi and Scotiabank for nearly a decade before moving into the fintech space to be chief of growth … Read more
Simplify debugging to reduce the complexity of embedded system development
Nicolas Rabault Contributor Share on Twitter Nicolas Rabault is co-founder and CEO of Luos, an open source startup that helps users develop scalable edge and embedded distributed software. The complexity associated with the development of embedded systems is increasing rapidly. For instance, it is estimated that the average complexity of software projects in the automotive … Read more