Landmark International CBDC Test Deemed Success, BIS Says
A project involving multiple Asian central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) has been badged a success, facilitating over $22 million in foreign-exchange transactions, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said Tuesday.
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Nintendo rolls out Splatoon 3 widgets for Android and iOS
Nintendo is continuing support for Splatoon 3 by adding new features to its Nintendo Switch Online mobile app. | Image: Nintendo The words “Nintendo” and “online” usually can’t be uttered in the same sentence without a few chuckles and murmurs. But I’m legitimately impressed with the latest update to its Nintendo Switch Online app for … Read more
Watch the trailer for Netflix’s show about the rise of Spotify
The show premieres on October 13th. | Image: Netflix Netflix has released the official trailer for The Playlist, its upcoming show about the creation of Spotify, and the nearly two-minute trailer indicates the show will be a very serious look at how the streaming giant built its empire. If you’re a fan of high-stakes business … Read more
Alienware’s new QD-OLED gaming monitor drops some features to keep the price down
The newer, cheaper version has many of the same specs as the pricier QD-OLED. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Alienware has introduced a slightly cheaper version of its 34-inch QD-OLED curved gaming monitor, scheduling it to launch in China first on October 18th, followed by the US and Canada on November 8th, … Read more
Intel’s 13th Gen processors arrive October 20th with $589 flagship Core i9-13900K
Intel’s new Core i9-13900K. | Image: Intel After weeks of teasers and leaks, Intel is finally making its 13th Gen processors official today. Intel’s 13th Gen desktop CPUs will start arriving on October 20th, led by the flagship Core i9-13900K priced at $589. That’s the same price as Intel’s previous 12900K flagship, despite Intel’s warning … Read more
Intel’s Unison app syncs iOS and Android phones with your PC
Unison will sync up photos and more. | Image: Intel Intel has announced an intriguing new app called Unison, which aims to “seamlessly” connect Intel-powered computers to smartphones — not just Android phones but iOS devices as well. Following what Intel says is a “simple pairing process,” the Unison app will allow PCs to replicate … Read more
Brett Harrison will step down as FTX US president, move into advisory role
The soon-to-be former president said he would continue to assist CEO and founder Sam Bankman-Fried “to ensure FTX ends the year with all its characteristic momentum.”
Samsung’s latest One UI beta tries iOS 16-like lock screen customization on Android
Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Samsung’s third One UI 5.0 beta arrived late last week, and users have started noticing that the lock screen customization options look pretty darn similar to those introduced by Apple in iOS 16 earlier this month (via 9to5Mac). While Samsung has been letting users customize their lock screens … Read more
Bitcoin price loses $20K as trader warns US dollar ‘not quite topped out’
Bitcoin fails to avoid returning back under $20,000 after local highs prove too much to sustain.
Nvidia’s latest driver fixes Windows 11 2022 Update stutters and frame rates
Image: Nvidia Nvidia is releasing an important driver update today for those on the latest Windows 11 2022 Update. The new Game Ready 517.48 driver fixes an issue with the GeForce Experience overlay causing stuttering and frame rate drops with Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 2022 Update. Many Nvidia users had reported the issues last week, … Read more
Is Silicon Valley really losing its crown?
Where is the heart of the technology industry? The simple answer is “Silicon Valley,” a term that now generally means the San Francisco-San Jose-Oakland area of California. There are other options: The two largest public cloud providers, Microsoft and Amazon, are based in the state of Washington. Europe’s tech scene has been busy in recent … Read more
MPCH Raises $40M for New Crypto Security Product
Liberty City Ventures, which incubated the startup, led the funding round
Crypto-focused MPC developer raises $40M
Multi-party computation, or MPC, is a subset of cryptography that distributes computation across multiple parties.
The British pound collapse and its impact on cryptocurrency: Watch the Market Report
On this week’s episode of The Market Report, Cointelegraph’s resident experts discuss the fall of the British pound and its impact on the cryptocurrency market.
A new Instagram test removes shopping tab from the home screen
Meta is making it harder to find the Shop tab on Instagram with its latest test. In the new test, the Shop tab has been removed from the app’s Home Screen and is instead hidden underneath Settings. The Shop tab used to be on the bottom navigation bar. Some users first reported the change on … Read more
Microsoft’s M12 Leads $20M Strategic Funding for Blockchain Data Platform
Space and Time decentralized data platform, set to launch later this year, will integrate with Microsoft Azure
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Russian campaign spent $100,000 on anti-Ukraine propaganda, Meta says
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Meta says it has disrupted a sophisticated Russian influence operation that operated across its own social platforms, Facebook and Instagram, as well as Twitter, YouTube, Telegram, and even LiveJournal. In a new report on removing coordinated inauthentic behavior, Meta says that the influence campaign originated in Russia and … Read more
Alchemist Accelerator announces new leadership alongside its latest class of companies
Alchemist Accelerator, the enterprise-focused startup incubator, is hosting a Demo Day today for its 31st batch of companies. For many of these companies, it’s the first time they’ve shown their efforts to the world. The accelerator itself, meanwhile, has some news: new leadership. Rachel Chalmers, formerly the head of AlchemistX (a division of Alchemist that … Read more
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Crypto Exchange FTX’s President Brett Harrison Stepping Down
Harrison will be moving into an advisory at FTX over the next few months.
Meta reports takedowns of influence ops targeting US midterms, Ukraine war
Another bit of self-reporting from Meta today vis-a-vis internal efforts to identify and shut down political disinformation networks operating on its social platforms (aka “coordinated, inauthentic behavior” — or CIB — as it prefers to term it). Specifically, it’s reported taking down two, separate political disinformation networks — one “small” network originating from China which … Read more
What happened to Tandy computers
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Calendly, the $3B+ scheduling startup, acquires Prelude to drive into the recruitment sector
Calendly, the scheduling startup that landed with a splash last year when it raised a huge round out of nowhere at a $3 billion+ valuation, has made a name for itself for tools that are used by more than 10 million people to book appointments, arrange meetings, and plan any event that involves two or … Read more
Axelar, Mysten Labs partner on cross-chain communication for super DApps
Integration will roll out before the end of 2022, enabling General Message Passing on Sui blockchain.