First Mover Asia: Cryptos Rise, Even as Stocks Falter; Token2049 Conference Signals Singapore’s Resurgence as a Crypto Hub
More than 7,000 people representing over 2,000 companies are scheduled to attend; Hong Kong plays catch-up. Bitcoin rises back over $19K.
NASA just crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see what would happen
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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Daily Crunch: Cloudflare rolls out new mobile services to secure employees’ smartphones
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Good morning, you crunchistas. We hope you’ve had a chill weekend. Or if it wasn’t chill, that it was wild for all the right reasons. YOLO and all that. Okay, on with … Read more
Meta wants you to create more Instagram and Facebook accounts and hop between them easily
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
Max Q: Icy
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, Binance and CrossTower are competing to buy Voyager Digital assets: Source
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.
Connect with Mayfield, JETRO, Toptal and more at TechCrunch Disrupt
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
Innovation will drive NFT adoption despite mainstream presence: NFTGo founder
The presence of global players is viewed positively by the industry, however, it does not impact mass adoption.
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The path moving forward for ex-Ethereum miners remains unclear
It seems that some GPU owners have resorted to selling power to non-crypto projects following the Ethereum Merge.
Acala Network to resume operations after burning 2.7B in aUSD stablecoin
A total of 2.97 billion aUSD erroneously minted were recovered after the glitch.
AI is taking over the iconic voice of Darth Vader, with the blessing of James Earl Jones
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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Twitter’s first comms exec is building a comms network for execs
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
California files order against Nexo interest account, says it’s 8th state to take action
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.
7 Ethereum developers would like to sell you on the Merge
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.
Terra co-founder Do Kwon says he’s ‘making zero effort to hide’ following Interpol notice
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.