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Germany-based OQmented, which is developing laser beam scanning tech for displays in AR/MR glasses, raised a $20M Series A from Sharp Devices Europe and others (Fiona Alston/Tech.eu)

Fiona Alston / Tech.eu: Germany-based OQmented, which is developing laser beam scanning tech for displays in AR/MR glasses, raised a $20M Series A from Sharp Devices Europe and others — The German firm’s ultra-compact MEMS-based laser beam scanning projection display systems for AR glasses has come into focus as tech giant Sharp invests

Binance CEO CZ says CFTC’s complaint contains “incomplete recitation of facts” and Binance does not agree with “characterization of many of the issues alleged” (Binance Blog)

Binance Blog: Binance CEO CZ says CFTC’s complaint contains “incomplete recitation of facts” and Binance does not agree with “characterization of many of the issues alleged” — Today, the CFTC filed an unexpected and disappointing civil complaint, despite our working cooperatively with the CFTC for over two years.

Hackaday Berlin was Bonkers

In celebration of the tenth running of the Hackaday Prize, we had a fantastic weekend event in Berlin. This was a great opportunity for all of the European Hackaday community to get together for a few days of great talks, fun show-and-tells, and above all good old fashioned sitting together and brainstorming. Of course there

Filing: a federal judge grants the US government’s request to temporarily halt Voyager’s bankruptcy plan, putting its proposed ~$1B sale to Binance.US on hold (Jeremy Hill/Bloomberg)

Jeremy Hill / Bloomberg: Filing: a federal judge grants the US government’s request to temporarily halt Voyager’s bankruptcy plan, putting its proposed ~$1B sale to Binance.US on hold — A federal judge granted the US government’s request to temporarily halt Voyager Digital Ltd.’s bankruptcy plan …

Elon Musk says Twitter’s For You page will only recommend verified accounts

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Photo: Getty Images Twitter users will need a “verified account” to get recommended on the platform’s For You page starting on April 15th, according to a Monday evening tweet from CEO Elon Musk. Given that Twitter has promised to start dismantling the “legacy” verified system at the beginning

Regulators are choking the crypto industry in the US, but major policy decisions should be made by Congress and state legislatures, not by unelected officials (Katie Haun/Wall Street Journal)

Katie Haun / Wall Street Journal: Regulators are choking the crypto industry in the US, but major policy decisions should be made by Congress and state legislatures, not by unelected officials — The effort would stifle American innovation and competition—and that seems to be the objective. — WSJ Opinion: Congress Hammers TikTok

Germany-based OQmented, which is developing laser beam scanning tech for displays in AR/MR glasses, raised a $20M Series A from Sharp Devices Europe and others (Fiona Alston/Tech.eu)

Philips Hue is delaying its Matter update

Philips Hue’s lighting bridge will not get updated to Matter this month, as previously announced. | Image: Philips Hue Delays have been a major part of the Matter narrative, so it shouldn’t come as a huge surprise to hear one of the biggest names attached to the new smart home standard is delaying its rollout.

A look at the non-consensual deepfake porn economy, with video sites easily accessible via top Google search results and some accepting Visa and Mastercard (Kat Tenbarge/NBC News)

Kat Tenbarge / NBC News: A look at the non-consensual deepfake porn economy, with video sites easily accessible via top Google search results and some accepting Visa and Mastercard — The nonconsensual deepfake economy has remained largely out of sight, but it’s easily accessible and some creators can accept major credit cards.

A fifth defendant plans to plead guilty to the DOJ’s charges in 2020 regarding a conspiracy to bribe Amazon staff to give sellers unfair marketplace advantages (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Annie Palmer / CNBC: A fifth defendant plans to plead guilty to the DOJ’s charges in 2020 regarding a conspiracy to bribe Amazon staff to give sellers unfair marketplace advantages — – A well-known consultant for Amazon sellers admitted to bribing staffers employed by the retail giant for information to help his clients.

Many of the top VPN services and apps, some with 100M+ downloads, have misled users about their practices while disguising their ownership, like ties to China (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: Many of the top VPN services and apps, some with 100M+ downloads, have misled users about their practices while disguising their ownership, like ties to China — SAN FRANCISCO — As Congress weighs an unprecedented ban of the wildly popular Chinese-owned TikTok over supposed security concerns …

Google is shutting down Fitbit Challenges and Adventures today

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Fitbit is ending support for the Adventures and Challenges features in the Fitbit app. Fitbit is also shutting down the Open Groups social feature. Users will still be able to create closed groups and compete with friends. A day after celebrating its birthday, Fitbit‘s social media team finds itself

Arc is coming to iPhone, but it won’t replace Safari yet, says CEO

Arc, a browser that my colleague David Pierce described as an attempt to be “the web’s operating system,” is getting a companion app for iPhones on March 30th. Josh Miller, the CEO of Arc developer The Browser Company, says the app is “NOT a replacement for your default mobile browser (yet),” but it should let

Polygon launches the mainnet beta of its zkEVM layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum, three days after rival Matter Labs released its own zkEVM, zkSync Era (Margaux Nijkerk/CoinDesk)

Margaux Nijkerk / CoinDesk: Polygon launches the mainnet beta of its zkEVM layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum, three days after rival Matter Labs released its own zkEVM, zkSync Era — The release of Polygon’s zkEVM comes just days after competitor Matter Labs released its own zkEVM, zkSync Era.

Apple is bringing Martin Scorsese’s next movie to theaters before streaming

Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon. | Image: Apple Apple is the latest streamer to discover that theaters are actually kind of useful. Following a Bloomberg report last week, the company has officially confirmed its first wide theatrical release: Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. The movie will premiere

A Survey Of Long-Term Waterproofing Options

When it comes to placing a project underwater, the easy way out is to just stick it in some sort of waterproof container, cover it with hot glue, and call it a day. But when you need to keep water out for several years, things get significantly harder. Luckily, [Patricia Beddows] and [Edward Mallon] from

The CFTC’s case vs. Binance is mainly about US clients, like high-frequency trading firms in NYC and Chicago, using an unregistered crypto derivatives exchange (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

Matt Levine / Bloomberg: The CFTC’s case vs. Binance is mainly about US clients, like high-frequency trading firms in NYC and Chicago, using an unregistered crypto derivatives exchange — Binance — A decent rule of thumb is that all cryptocurrency exchanges are doing crimes, and if you’re lucky your exchange is doing only process crimes.

Uber Eats is shutting down thousands of virtual restaurants to make the app less spammy

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Uber Eats is delisting some of the delivery-only restaurants on its app to help weed out low-quality listings, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The company has confirmed to The Verge that it’s introducing a new set of standards for virtual restaurants that should help cut down

The race for more battery materials could cause ‘irreversible’ damage under the sea

A deep-water fish, called a Rattail, brought up as part of research into the effects of mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean. | Image: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images From electric vehicles to renewable energy, the future runs on batteries. That’s driving soaring demand for raw materials used

Lyft co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer plan to step down as CEO on April 17 and president on June 30; ex-Amazon executive David Risher is set to be CEO (Rohan Goswami/CNBC)

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: Lyft co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer plan to step down as CEO on April 17 and president on June 30; ex-Amazon executive David Risher is set to be CEO — – Lyft’s cofounders, Logan Green and John Zimmer, will step back from their day-to-day roles as CEO and president, respectively.

Ubisoft bails on E3 in favor of its own show in Los Angeles

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Ubisoft is backing out of its planned attendance at the E3 2023 in-person expo in favor of its own show in LA on June 12th, the company confirmed to VGC. “E3 has fostered unforgettable moments across the industry throughout the years,” Ubisoft spokesperson Heather Haefner says in a statement

SEMI forecasts South Korea will increase its spending on advanced chipmaking equipment by 41.5% YoY to $21B in 2024, versus China’s 2% YoY increase to $16.6B (Sam Kim/Bloomberg)

Sam Kim / Bloomberg: SEMI forecasts South Korea will increase its spending on advanced chipmaking equipment by 41.5% YoY to $21B in 2024, versus China’s 2% YoY increase to $16.6B — South Korea is forecast to overtake China in spending on advanced chipmaking equipment next year in a sign of US export controls …

President Joe Biden says US can’t buy spyware that other countries have used against it

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge The Biden administration is trying to clamp down on the government’s use of any commercial spyware that could also be used by other countries to harm its interests. The president has signed an executive order saying that federal agencies can’t use spyware “that poses significant counterintelligence or security risks

Nothing Phone 2 inches closer to launch, spotted in certification listing

Credit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority The model number of the Nothing Phone 2 may have been spotted on a certification website. This appearance suggests that the Nothing Phone 2 could launch sooner than later. The phone is expected to launch in the US later this year. We may not have to wait that much

The worst Final Fantasy XIV expansion is now free for a limited time

Image: Square Enix Stormblood, arguably the worst of Final Fantasy XIV’s expansions, is now free for owners or new purchasers of the FFXIV Starter Edition until May 8th. You can get all the details on the promotion here. Now, before you start hollering at me about how Stormblood is actually good, let me explain. Stormblood