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Over the last decade or so, the once-clubby world of startup investing has been cracked open wide by a number of innovations, including special purpose vehicles (SPVs), which are essentially pop-up venture funds that come together quickly with monies from all kinds of accredited investors — from institutions to VCs to dentists — to nab … Read more
Apple’s new “Emergency SOS” service that lets off-grid iPhone users call for help via satellite has led to what may very well be its first successful rescue operation, certainly the first to be documented live. As related by the Montrose Search & Rescue Team, which conducted the operation, two people were in a vehicle driving … Read more
Code blocks in Docs. | Illustration: The Verge Google Docs is getting a new feature that will make it easier to show code in an easy-to-understand way. The company announced that it’s adding code blocks to its “smart canvas” system, which will automatically add the proper spacing and color-coding for a variety of programming languages, … Read more
Twitter doesn’t seem to like the jet-tracker’s creator. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Hours after suspending @ElonJet, an account that tracked the trips taken by Elon Musk’s private plane, Twitter has now banned the account’s creator, Jack Sweeney. Twitter is also blocking links to versions of the tracker on other platforms, like … Read more
Top cryptocurrencies lost earlier gains after the Federal Reserve signals interest rates to keep rising well into 2023. Crypto Markets Today is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today’s crypto markets.
A dust devil captured by instruments on the Perseverance rover. From the study authors: “These are images taken of the direct dust devil encounter by the rover’s Navigation Camera (Navcam). The images have been processed to show the quantity of dust. The colour scale ranges from lowest dust content (blue) to highest dust content (yellow).” … Read more
The miner cited delays in building out a mining facility by one of its partners, Lancium.
Did FTX fall because of a “liquidity crisis” or a “run on the bank,” or was it insolvency? The language matters, says Frances Coppola.
Strap in folks: It’s a big week. Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and current FTX CEO John J. Ray III were supposed to speak to the House Financial Services Committee. Obviously, things didn’t quite work out that way.
BTC bears are positioned to profit from this week’s Bitcoin options expiry, especially if price stays below $18,000.
Bahamian Commissioner of Correctional Services Doan Cleare reportedly said that most of the facilities had been renovated since 2021 and now had no “issues with rodents.”
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development found regulation and retail consumer protections lacking in a highly complex trading environment.
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Microsoft’s Airband program has traditionally focused on fixed wireless, TV white spaces, fiber optics, and Citizens Broadband Radio Service. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge As a variety of organizations and companies are working to expand (and sometimes restore) electricity to the hundreds of millions of people who don’t have it, tech companies … Read more
A US Senate committee heard details of the investor’s conversations with Sam Bankman Fried before the collapse.
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) discusses how the disgraced CEO “misled the public” and what he did with Bankman-Fried’s $2,900 political donation.
BTC price retraced the entirety of its intraday gains after Fed chair Jerome Powell issued hawkish statements in relation to today’s 0.50% interest rate hike.
Image: Aniplex Nier: Automata, Yoko Taro’s quirky but heartfelt action RPG, is being adapted into an anime that will be streaming on Crunchyroll early next year. The show, which was first announced in February and officially titled Nier: Automata Ver1.1a, will begin streaming January 7th, Crunchyroll spokesperson Tyler Schirado said in an email to The … Read more
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I dare anyone to turn their nose up when receiving a shiny iPad Air for the holidays. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The holiday shopping window is closing fast, but there’s still time to pick up a few things that will arrive in time for your favorite nondenominational gift exchange. Whether … Read more
After re-enforcing royalties earlier this month, the marketplace will reward users for their trading volumes on the marketplace.
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FuboTV had issues in the hours leading up to the game. | Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images FuboTV is down during the World Cup, preventing users from watching the semifinal game between France and Morroco. According to FuboTV’s status page, the service has been experiencing issues since 9:20AM ET, affecting account creation and … Read more
The service will initially be rolled out to select PayPal users within the United States
While the TechCrunch crew enjoys a tweet and a post from time to time, we also enjoy reading longer-form materials. So much so that we are compiling a year-end revue of our favorite reads. This is not just a list of serious business books, or just fiction that was published this year. Instead, we have … Read more