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Coinbase plans to try a novel defense against a potential US SEC enforcement action by arguing the regulator bears some responsibility for approving its IPO (Dave Michaels/Wall Street Journal)

Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal: Coinbase plans to try a novel defense against a potential US SEC enforcement action by arguing the regulator bears some responsibility for approving its IPO  —  Crypto exchange says regulators’ lawsuit threat is undermined by clearance of IPO  —  With the Securities and Exchange Commission preparing …

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Amazon expands Inspire, its TikTok-like video and photo feed in the Shopping app that lets users buy from influencer and brand content, to all US customers (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Amazon expands Inspire, its TikTok-like video and photo feed in the Shopping app that lets users buy from influencer and brand content, to all US customers  —  Amazon’s in-app TikTok-like shopping feed is now available to all customers in the United States, according to the company’s website.

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Linux Fu: Supercharge Bash History

Having a history of shell commands is a great idea. It is, of course, enormously handy when you have to run something repetitively or you make a simple mistake that needs correction. However, as I’ve mentioned in the past, bash history isn’t without its problems. For one thing, by default, you don’t get history in

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New York’s AG proposes the Crypto Regulation, Protection, Transparency and Oversight Act, or CRPTO, seeking broader enforcement authority over crypto companies (Mengqi Sun/Wall Street Journal)

Mengqi Sun / Wall Street Journal: New York’s AG proposes the Crypto Regulation, Protection, Transparency and Oversight Act, or CRPTO, seeking broader enforcement authority over crypto companies  —  Proposed legislation would require crypto exchanges to have independent public audits of financial statements, among other new requirements

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WHO declares an end to covid global health emergency

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Three years after the emergence of a novel coronavirus brought the world to a standstill, the World Health Organization announced that covid-19 no longer represents a global health emergency. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of WHO, said in a tweet that the organization’s covid emergency committee recommended “an end

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Kiosks: Types, Uses, and Profitability

With the rise of automation and self-checkout options, kiosks are becoming a hot topic of discussion among many business owners. But what exactly is a kiosk, and is it a profitable piece of equipment for businesses? Today, we’re going to unpack everything you need to know about the different types of kiosks and whether they’re

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A History of NASA Supercomputers, Among Others

The History Guy on YouTube has posted an interesting video on the history of the supercomputer, with a specific focus on their use by NASA for the implementation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models of aeronautical assemblies. The aero designers of the day were quickly finding out the limitations of the wind tunnel testing approach,

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Gmail ads are getting more annoying

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Gmail is getting more persistent advertisements that have started popping up in the middle of some users’ inboxes, as first reported by 9to5Google. Several screenshots posted to Twitter show promotional messages mixed in with actual emails on Gmail’s desktop site, and users aren’t very happy about it. While

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