Prominent cryptocurrency exchange Binance has apparently stumbled upon almost 10 million Stellar (XLM) tokens, worth $775,000 — you know, just laying around. According to a Binance blog post, the firm had been unknowingly receiving dividends for validating transactions on the Stellar network since August 31 2018. “Fast forward to this week, when we looked into the staking
Read MoreThe next time you attend a wedding, I want you to do something. I want you to get all dressed up, fix that hair just right, locate the seat with the best view and then watch the ceremony with love in your heart and your phone in your damn pocket. Read more… Put Down Your
Read MoreApollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins narrates an animated video Doodle highlighting key moments and details of the mission on its 50th anniversary. Google Doodle takes you on Apollo 11's mission to the moon – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFederal regulators this week commenced a new effort to update and potentially expand the children’s-privacy laws, questioning whether swift advancements in technology have outpaced rules meant to protect youths under age 13. Federal regulators eye update to rules governing children’s privacy and the Internet Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MorePhoto by James Bareham / The Verge Inkopolis Square, the social hub for Nintendo’s paint shooter Splatoon 2, is a space filled with memes. Players are able to post art and messages, and there’s nearly always some kind of in-joke happening. Yesterday I saw a drawing of a clown along with the line “Who wants
Read MoreThe sale is officially over. But the discounts are still here. Walmart's Summer Sale continues: Last chance for savings on Nintendo Switch, TVs and laptops – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe beloved retail brand is back. Kinda. Toys R Us is coming back to the US for the holiday season – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDon’t be surprised if your Neopets.com friends invite you to their wedding. Neopets friendships still thrive 20 years later – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreReset your password, then get back to work. Slack is resetting passwords due to 2015 hack – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Slack says it is resetting passwords for 1% of its users after receiving new info about the company’s 2015 security breach; in April, Slack said it has 10M DAUs — Company said it received a batch of compromised credentials related to the 2015 hack via its bug bounty program. Slack says
Read MorePhoto by James Bareham / The Verge Today only, Google Fi is taking $300 off of any Pixel 3 or Pixel 3 XL phone with 64GB of storage, bringing them down to $499 and $599, respectively. Both prices beat the recent Amazon Prime Day deal, when the Pixel 3 sold for $539 and the Pixel
Read MoreKerry Brown/Paramount Pictures The film hits theaters on November 1st, 2019 Continue reading… I’ll be back: all the updates for Terminator: Dark Fate Source: New feed
Read MoreThe agency needs a finished rocket, a tiny space station, and a brand new lander Continue reading… NASA’s daunting to-do list for sending people back to the Moon Source: New feed
Read MoreIt’s 5:37 a.m., do you know where your cat is? Of course you do. He’s sitting at the foot of your bed, screeching at the top of his tiny lungs to be fed. Being rousted from your slumber so insistently is bound to drive even the most devoted of cat lovers to the brink of
Read MorePaying for wifi on an airplane? You must be made of gold, because there’s no way I’m ever going to plunk down $10—or more—for a mere 30 minutes of internet time. At least, that’s what Gogo was charging on my recent Alaska Airlines trip. But thanks to a few clever workarounds (if I do say
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Slack says it is resetting the passwords of some of its users after new information has come to light about a security breach from March 2015. Any users who created their account before this date, who have not changed their passwords since, and who do not use single-sign-on
Read MoreJames Vincent / The Verge: A look at the challenges facing Boston Dynamics, chief among them public perception, as it prepares to launch its first commercial bot, called Spot, this year — Not many robotics companies can boast legions of fans online, but not many robotics companies make robots quite like Boston Dynamics. A look
Read MoreOn the topic of how “at home” you can make yourself on an airplane, there are many questions. Some have easy answers. Can you wear yoga pants? By all means (hear that, United Airlines?). Can you scarf down your leftover barbecue ribs smothered in hickory-smoke sauce? Let’s not. Whether you can slip off your shoes,…
Read MoreThe EU’s antitrust enforcer announced it would launch a formal probe into Amazon. The Technology 202: Europe is still in the lead when it comes to cracking down on big tech Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe app was having a viral moment until questions arose about privacy issues and its ownership. Here’s what we know about the Russian company behind FaceApp Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIn this black and white infrared image, the Soyuz rocket is seen as it transported to the launch pad by train, Thursday, July 18, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Soyuz Heads to the Launch Pad in Black and White Source: NASA
Read MoreCiting privacy risks, the Senate minority leader called on the FBI and Federal Trade Commission to probe the viral photo-editing app. Schumer calls for investigation into FaceApp over security concerns and Russia ties Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe $272 million fine is for blocking a rival chip maker from the market. It is the second time in two years that E.U. authorities have penalized Qualcomm. Qualcomm Is Fined Again by European Regulators for Antitrust Behavior Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Few things in life are as satisfying as returning home from work and sinking into your favorite video games. Whether that means taking out enemies in a Battle Royale game, crushing your rivals in FIFA, or exploring vast uncharted
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Visitors to porn sites have a “fundamentally misleading sense of privacy,” warn the authors of a new study that examines how tracking software made by tech companies like Google and Facebook is deployed on adult websites. The authors of the study analyzed 22,484 porn sites and found that
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