The surface of Dimorphos moments before the DART spacecraft slammed into it. | NASA A NASA spacecraft slammed into the surface of a distant asteroid at 7:14PM ET on Monday night, the climax of the agency’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). An hour before impact, the target asteroid, Dimorphos, wasn’t even visible in the images … Read more
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Meta is working on making it easier for users to switch between Facebook and Instagram accounts through a new profile switching tool. Anyone using either app will be able to hop between them if they’ve linked those profiles through Meta’s centralized profile hub, the Accounts Center. When logged into one app, users can easily toggle … Read more
Hello and welcome back to Max Q. This past week, thousands of people traveled to Paris for the International Astronautical Congress 2022, one of the world’s largest space conferences. Alas, I was not one of them. But it means there’s tons of news, so let’s get to it! In this issue: An analysis of Intuitive … Read more
FTX and Binance reportedly seek to transition existing Voyager customers to their platforms whereas CrossTower has proposed to keep the existing Voyager platform and app.
Mark your calendars, startup fans, because TechCrunch is returning — live and in person — to the beautiful City by the Bay to host our flagship event, TechCrunch Disrupt, on October 18–20 at the Moscone West Convention Center followed by an online recap event on October 21. TC Disrupt is the grande dame of tech … Read more
The presence of global players is viewed positively by the industry, however, it does not impact mass adoption.
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It seems that some GPU owners have resorted to selling power to non-crypto projects following the Ethereum Merge.
A total of 2.97 billion aUSD erroneously minted were recovered after the glitch.
From the cringe-inducing Jar Jar Binks to unconvincing virtual Leia and Luke, Disney’s history with CG characters is, shall we say, mixed. But that’s not stopping them from replacing one of the most recognizable voices in cinema history, Darth Vader, with an AI-powered voice replica based on James Earl Jones. The retirement of Jones, now … Read more
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The communications world is an enigma, and at times, feels counter to the job of a journalist. So to hear that there’s an effort to help more comms people trade notes, share stories and prepare curated responses, I have the selfish worry that we’ll have less vulnerability coming from founders and executives around the startup … Read more
The state Department of Financial Protection & Innovation says the crypto-interest account is an unqualified security; Nexo has limited the accounts since the BlockFi settlement with the SEC.
Ethereum’s Merge became final on Sept. 15, 2022. Seven developers are here to tell you why they believe it made Ethereum more sustainable, energy-efficient, and democratic.
Do Kwon told his more than one million Twitter followers that he had not seen his name on Interpol’s Red Notice list, but not all names are made available to the public.
Crypto platform Nexo is being sued by eight U.S. state securities regulators representing New York, California, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Washington and Vermont. According to a press release from New York Attorney General Letitia James, Nexo and Nexo Capital failed to register with the state’s securities and commodities brokers or dealers and lied to … Read more
Fear of a global recession impact equities and fiat currencies. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today’s crypto markets.
Multiple indicators of economic health all point to a severe recession hitting the US and global economy soon. What could this mean for crypto investors?
Sony is once again selling a PlayStation 5 bundle today. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Still on the hunt for a next-gen PlayStation 5? Right now, Sony is selling the disc-based PlayStation 5 with a digital copy of Guerrilla Games’ excellent Horizon Forbidden West for $549.99, which is $10 less than the … Read more