The British government has pledged to probe banking troubles faced by crypto companies with “lawmakers focused on the issue,” according to Coindesk. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) Jeremy Hunt has agreed for his department officials to investigate the matter after Lisa Cameron MP, the chair of the Crypto and Digital Assets All-Party Parliamentary
Read MorePhoto by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Stability AI, the maker of the text-to-image model Stable Diffusion, is now offering a subscription service that standardizes and changes how customers can use its models for commercial purposes. The company said the membership “redefines” how it grants commercial rights to users, aiming to strike a balance between
Read MoreThe Guardian: Internal messages: TikTok told some moderators to let users under 13-years-old stay on the platform if they claimed their parents were overseeing their accounts — Questions for tech giant over claims underage users can remain on platform if they say parents are overseeing their account
Read MoreAfter an 18-month rampage, global law enforcement finally moved against the notorious Alphv/BlackCat ransomware group. Within hours, the operation faced obstacles.
Read MoreCredit: TikTok TikTok has released an update for its app. The update optimizes TikTok for large-screen devices like foldable phones and tablets. Key features include a refined video feed, streamlined navigation bar, and landscape and portrait support. TikTok has long been optimized for the typical slab phone, neglecting larger screen form factors — like the
Read MoreBill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Interpol: a global law enforcement operation led by South Korea seized $300M and led to the arrest of 3,500 cybercrime suspects between July and December 2023 — An international law enforcement operation codenamed ‘Operation HAECHI IV’ has led to the arrest of 3,500 suspects …
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Microsoft Copilot can now compose songs, including lyrics, instruments, and voices, from a sentence, due to a new integration with generative AI music app Suno — Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft’s AI-powered chatbot, can now compose songs thanks to an integration with gen AI music app Suno.
Read MoreThe Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 will be part of Samsung’s self-repair program. | Image: Samsung The Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5 will join the entire S23 series, the Galaxy Tab S9 series, and the Galaxy Book 2 Pro series in Samsung’s self-repair program this month. A
Read MoreIn Disney’s 1991 film Beauty and the Beast, an enchantress curses the young (10 or 11-year-old) prince to beast-hood for spurning her based solely on her appearance. She gives him a special rose that she says will bloom until his 21st birthday, at which time he’ll be turned back into a prince, provided that he
Read MoreEngineered stone, also known as artificial stone or composite stone, has become a popular material in the construction and design industries due to its aesthetic appeal and durability. It’s become the go-to solution for benchtops in particular, with modern kitchens and bathrooms heavily featuring engineered stone in this way. However, this seemingly innocuous material harbors
Read MoreYou could give a friend or loved one a gift that looks pretty, but why not do something to make their lives easier instead? A robot vacuum lets you keep the place clean without lifting a finger, and the Samsung Jet Bot AI Plus Robot Vacuum is one of the best on the market. It
Read MoreThe Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 will be unavailable for order in the US after December 21st at 3PM ET. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge At this point, experts say the ITC’s import ban is highly likely, but what does that actually mean for Apple long term? Continue reading…
Read MoreNilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Flexport co-founder Ryan Petersen on returning as CEO after firing Dave Clark, acquiring Deliverr and Convoy, Amazon, the Vision Fund, growth, and more — His replacement got the boot barely a year into the job. What brought Petersen back? … Today, I’m talking with Ryan Petersen.
Read MoreMeir Orbach / CTech: Okta is acquiring Israeli cybersecurity company Spera, which raised a $10M seed in March 2023; source: the deal is worth ~$100M-$130M, contingent on milestones — The American identity and access management giant is making its first purchase in Israel. Spera, which raised $10 million …
Read MoreDan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers detail a MITM attack on SSH that can break the integrity of the protocol, the first “practical attack of its kind”; fixes face compatibility issues — Novel Terrapin attack uses prefix truncation to downgrade the security of SSH channels.
Read MoreThese days, most of us are carrying a fairly impressive digital camera with us at all times. But as capable as the hardware and software of a modern smartphone may be, there’s still plenty of reasons you may want a “real” camera to go along with it. The larger sensor, advanced controls, and selection of
Read MorePaige Smith / Bloomberg: Walmart expands its Affirm partnership and says more than 4,500 Walmart stores now offer BNPL at self checkout kiosks; AFRM jumps 15%+ — – Partnership grows to more stores, a self-checkout option — Affirm building out its presence during in-store transactions
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Nothing began rolling out the stable version of Nothing OS 2.5 to the Phone 2 last week. Nothing OS 2.5 is now rolling out in beta for the Phone 1. The update brings more customization, additional gesture controls, new widgets, and a few improvements. Last Friday, Nothing announced it
Read MoreScreenshot by Emma Roth / The Verge Blue Origin’s 24th mission was a success. After its New Shepard rocket took off from West Texas on Tuesday morning, the booster and crew capsule safely separated mid-flight, with both landing back on Earth. Liftoff occurs around 25:44 in the livestream and from there, you can see New
Read MoreMicrosoft’s obelisk keeps getting cheaper and cheaper. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Microsoft’s top-tier Xbox console keeps getting cheaper. It seemed like a big deal when the Xbox Series X fell to $350 just a couple of weeks ago, but now Best Buy is selling it through one of its limited in-app
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Articles published by New York Times-owned sports journal The Athletic and its staff of over 450 full-time writers, editors, and producers are now part of Apple News Plus, Apple’s $12.99 per month subscription news plan, in the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia. Meanwhile, Wirecutter stories are also coming to Apple News
Read MorePhoto by Diego Donamaria / Getty Images for SXSW Your dad’s favorite streamer, Ninja, will attempt his best Dick Clark impression (or do the kids only know Ryan Seacrest now?) and will host his own New Year’s Eve event that will stream on Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok. According to a report in Variety, the event,
Read MoreAnton Shilov / Tom’s Hardware: Analysis: Huawei’s new HiSilicon Kirin 9000S, based on a 7nm SMIC process, is slower than the HiSilicon Kirin 9000, released in 2020 using TSMC’s 5nm N5 process — You cannot beat a 5nm processor with a 7nm chip. — The year was 2020, and Huawei released its HiSilicon Kirin 9000
Read MoreMatthew Connatser / Tom’s Hardware: Chinese GPU maker Moore Threads unveils the MTT S4000, which lags Nvidia’s 2020-era Ampere, working with China’s Lenovo and others to boost its KUAE ecosystem — Beefy clusters with 200 petaops of AI compute. — Chinese GPU manufacturer Moore Threads announced the MTT S4000 …
Read MoreImage: Beeper Beeper claims it has a new fix to let you send iMessages from your Android phone — but the change requires that you own or have easy access to a trusted Mac. First, I’ll quote part of an explanation from Beeper about how its iMessage service works — and how Apple has been
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