Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge New York regulators have ordered the cryptocurrency firm Paxos to stop issuing Binance USD (BUSD) — the third largest stablecoin by market cap and pegged to the US dollar — over concerns that it can’t “safely” issue the token, as reported earlier by Reuters and The Wall Street
Read MoreImage: Deep Silver If you’ve been waiting for Dead Island 2, the zombie-fighting game that was first announced in 2014, got trapped in development hell, emerged again with a February 3rd release date in June, and then was delayed to April 28th, I have some good news: the game is actually going to come out
Read MoreFinancial Times: US-based fintech FIS says it will spin off Worldpay, which it acquired for ~$43B in July 2019; FIS stock has dropped around 45% since the acquisition — Planned split calls time on merchant solutions arm 4 years after being acquired in $43bn deal — US-based financial technology group FIS …
Read MoreThe Apple Watch Ultra is on sale for $729.99. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Welcome to a new week, dear readers! Today, we’re starting off our roundup with an excellent deal that more adventurous Apple aficionados out there will love. Right now, the most capable smartwatch Apple’s ever made — the
Read MoreCompanies have long been looking to uncover the “Warehouse of Tomorrow” to solve all of today’s problems — from labor shortages and capacity crunches to new usage and reliable fulfillment. The approach of building a single location that can serve as a factory, distribution center, and operational HQ remains the dream, but the reality is
Read MoreBlue Origin, the aerospace firm founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has thus far focused on its New Shepard sub-orbital rocket. However, it has bigger plans, including a commercial space station and a newly unveiled solar panel manufacturing system called Blue Alchemist. The company claims its technology can cheaply and safely produce solar panels using
Read MoreImage: The Verge A few gift ideas for that special someone in your life that aren’t just candies, chocolates, or cringe. Continue reading…
Read MoreImage: Bungie Ahead of the Destiny 2: Lightfall DLC launch later this month, Bungie is laying out the company’s plans for Destiny 2 for the year ahead and beyond. There are some big changes on the way for players. Chief among them is making Destiny 2 more challenging to play and some hints at a
Read MorePrison is a scary place, very much by design. It’s a place you end up when convicted of crimes by the judicial system, or in some cases, if you’re merely awaiting trial. Once you go in as a prisoner, general freedom and a laundry list of other rights are denied to you. New York City
Read MoreEd Garsten / Forbes: Ouster and Velodyne announce the “completion of their merger of equals”, further consolidating the lidar industry, which is key to Level 4 autonomous vehicles — Lidar companies Ouster and Velodyne announced they have combined in a “merger of equals,” further evidence of a consolidation in the high-tech sensor industry.
Read MoreEllie and Joel in The Last of Us: Part I. | Image: Sony The huge success of The Last of Us’ HBO series has seemingly led to a big sales bump for the newly released remaster of the first TLOU game. According to a new report from the NPD Group, The Last of Us: Part
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok is working on several new features to boost usage and expand its older audiences in the US, according to a new report by The Information. Among the features in the works is a paywall, allowing creators to set a price on their content. Viewers would pay $1
Read MoreBy shutting off its free API, the social network will stop researchers from getting access to crucial data to track hate speech and disinformation.
Read MoreWith the benefit of a little distance, various outlets have begun looking at what 2022 meant for the PC industry. According to DigiTimes’ numbers, 2022 was a notably awful year for motherboard shipments–even worse than 2018, as shipments fell across the board by around 10 million units. This impacted the four biggest manufacturers to varying
Read More(Credit: Josh Norem) If you’re the type to constantly lose your car keys but are committed to the Android ecosystem, rejoice: Google might be swooping in to save you. A newly-discovered Google project focuses on a tiny tracking device that uses Android smartphones to triangulate items’ locations, much like the Apple AirTag does with iPhones. Tech
Read MoreAshley Capoot / CNBC: Twilio plans to cut around 17% of its workforce, or roughly 1,500 jobs, after laying off 11% in September 2022 and will form two units to aide efficiency — – Twilio on Monday announced plans to cut about 1,500 employees, or around 17% of its workforce, according to a blog post
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority An analysis firm has deduced the approximate bill-of-materials (BoM) cost of an iPhone 14 Pro Max. Allegedly, one of these phones costs just $464, less than half of its $1,099 retail price. This BoM cost is actually 3.7% higher than last year’s equivalent model. If you want the latest
Read MoreArlo Pro 2 is among the legacy Arlo cameras affected by the newly announced policy. | Image: Netgear Security camera company Arlo is reversing course on its controversial decision to apply a retroactive end-of-life policy to many of its popular home security cameras. On Friday, Arlo CEO Matthew McRae posted a thread on Twitter, announcing
Read MoreDrew Harwell / Washington Post: A study finds 11 data brokers selling data on Americans’ mental health information, including on antidepressants and insomnia, likely acquired from app makers — Capitalizing on the pandemic explosion in telehealth and therapy apps that collect details of your mental health needs …
Read MoreSending secret messages to your friends is fun, but today it’s so simple that you don’t even notice it anymore: practically any serious messaging system features encryption of some sort. To teach his kids about cryptography, [Michal Zalewski] therefore decided to bring the topic to life by building a handheld encryption system, called the CryptMaster
Read MoreMore than a decade of eyewitness data shows that fainter stars disappear as artificial light brightens the night sky.
Read MoreA British Army explosives specialist inspecting a WWII bomb found in London in 2017. A British Army explosives specialist inspecting a WWII bomb found in London in 2017. (Image: British Army)Great Yarmouth’s seaside resort town in England experienced quite the shakeup Friday when a World War II bomb detonated. Explosives specialists were working to defuse
Read MoreShenghao Bai / Counterpoint Research: Analysis: the blended bill of materials for the iPhone 14 Pro Max 128GB is $464 total, up 3.7% on the 13 Pro Max, with 22% down to Apple’s A16 and other chips — – The blended bill of materials (BoM) cost for the iPhone 14 Pro Max with 128GB Nand
Read MoreSasha Calle as Kara Zor-El. It’s still hard to believe that Warner Bros. Discovery’s The Flash is actually happening given its years of production setbacks and star Ezra Miller’s recent brushes with the police related to a number of troubling situations. But scandals be damned, The Flash is on its way, though by the look
Read MoreGenerally, when we talk about the production of hydrogen, the discussion is about either electrolysis of water into oxygen and hydrogen, or steam methane reforming (SMR). Although electrolysis is often mentioned – as it can create hydrogen using nothing but water and electricity – SMR is by far the most common source of hydrogen. Much
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