Bloomberg: A look at the digital asset diehards at Art Basel Miami Beach, who tried to ignore the fallout from FTX’s collapse while FTX merch was hidden away in storage — At a dazzling new hotspot in the center of Miami’s crypto scene, the remains of Sam Bankman-Fried’s collapsed empire are stuffed in trash bags.
Read MoreSelecting a startup disk on your Mac is pretty straightforward, you just have to know what buttons to press — literally!
Read MoreIllustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Today, let’s talk about a new opinion from Meta’s Oversight Board that attempts to square a tension at the heart of any big social network: on one hand, a desire to treat its users with equality; and on the other, an acknowledgement that in practice some groups of
Read MoreRegular Hackaday readers may recall the Inkplate family of devices: open source all-in-one development boards that combine the power and versatility of the ESP32 with electronic paper displays salvaged from commercial e-readers. By taking the sharp, high-speed, displays intended for readers such as Amazon’s Kindle and bundling it together with all the hardware and software
Read MoreBitcoin miners say they can help stabilize a shaky power grid and prevent blackouts. Experts say it will make the problem worse.
Read MorePhotography by Joel Goldberg for The Verge If you’re trying to save this season, we’ve pulled together a host of fantastic gifts you can buy for less than $100, ranging from e-readers to Instant Pots. Continue reading…
Read MoreDavid McCabe / New York Times: As the FTC prepares to use a novel, untested argument to challenge Meta’s Within acquisition, officials say a loss could spur Congress to rewrite antitrust laws — As the Federal Trade Commission prepares to face off in court against Meta over a V.R. start-up deal, the agency is testing
Read MoreGoogle will show the top searches from your part of the US. | Image: Google Let’s jump straight to the chase: “Wordle” was Google’s most searched term globally in 2022. The stat was revealed as part of Google’s annual Year in Search report, which highlights the top trending search terms in both individual countries as
Read MoreMatt Day / Bloomberg: Washington DC AG Karl Racine sues Amazon, alleging the company previously withheld user tips from its Amazon Flex delivery drivers, citing a 2021 FTC settlement — Washington DC’s attorney general is suing Amazon.com Inc., seeking civil penalties for allegedly misleading consumers who thought …
Read More(Photo: Wil Stewart/Unsplash)A group of scientists who recently completed an expedition through South Africa’s Rising Star cave system has made a bold announcement: Homo naledi, an early human species with a brain one-third the size of ours today, might have used fire to cook and see in the dark. Expedition lead and University of the
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Smartphone charging speeds have tumbled in the last few years, and you can now find phones that offer a full charge in well under 30 minutes. But there are still quite a few new devices that take ages to top up. How long does it take for your phone
Read MoreMichael Sheetz / CNBC: SpaceX announces Starshield, expanding Starlink into military and government applications, initially focusing on imagery, communications, and “hosted payloads” — – Elon Musk’s SpaceX is expanding its Starlink satellite technology into military applications with a new business line called Starshield.
Read MoreAdam James / The Block: Auditing firm Mazars says Binance’s bitcoin reserves are collateralized 101%, after conducting a proof-of-reserves and proof-of-liabilities verification — – Mazars concluded that Binance’s bitcoin reserves are fully collateralized, following a proof-of-reserves and proof-of-liabilities verification.
Read MoreDeepsekhar Choudhury / Moneycontrol: Sources: India tells Nick Clegg and other Meta executives that takedown requests must be completed within one hour and says Google does a better job than Meta — Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw also told Meta that it needs more fact-checkers in India in proportion to the country’s population …
Read MoreTim Culpan / Bloomberg: Despite Joe Biden and Tim Cook celebrating TSMC’s long-planned Arizona fabs, the tech will be outdated and capacity small, a far cry from US chip independence — President Joe Biden is so proud of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s new facility that he went to Arizona to celebrate it.
Read MoreAn upgraded version of ElliQ — a robot designed to act as a companion for older adults — is now available for anyone to buy. The bot has been under development by Israeli startup Intuition Robotics for years, but a first version (launched in March) was only built in limited capacity. The new ElliQ 2.0
Read MoreWhether your loved one likes sweets, coffee, or something a little stronger, these treat-filled Advent calendars make a great gift.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Augmented reality isn’t really a thing yet. But you know what is? Face lenses. Millions of users across Snapchat, Instagram, Zoom, TikTok, and countless other apps are already used to tapping a button and having dog ears suddenly attached to their skull, rainbows fired out of their mouth,
Read MoreThe ritual of pitting starkly different games against each other has outlived its usefulness.
Read MoreCommunities inside Microsoft Teams. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft is launching a new communities feature for Microsoft Teams today, designed for consumers to use the best parts of Teams free of charge to create and organize groups. The new community feature will allow groups to use the calendar, meeting, and chat features of Teams. Features like
Read More(Photo: Philip Shoots/Unsplash)Alienware appears to be reviving its memorable 18-inch gaming laptop. In a video shared via the Dell subsidiary’s Twitter account Monday, Alienware—true to its brand—teases a product by depicting its UFO-like arrival to Earth. The only hint as to what the product could be? The number 18, stamped into a field of grass.
Read MoreYuvraj Malik / Reuters: Mobileye reports Q3 revenue up 38% YoY to $450M, beating $447M estimates, and a $45M net loss, up from $26M YoY, in its first post-IPO earnings — Mobileye Global Inc (MBLY.O) beat estimates for revenue on Wednesday in its first quarterly report after going public in October, as the Intel Corp
Read MoreProton Drive is an end-to-end encrypted cloud storage service that can be used to access files and securely share them with others — even if they’re not a Proton customer. | Image: Proton Proton, a privacy startup best known for its Proton Mail encrypted email service, has just announced that its end-to-end encrypted cloud storage
Read MoreThere was a comedian in the 1980s who always said he grew up in a tough neighborhood. He claimed they played cops and robbers with real cops. They played gin rummy with real gin. Well, maybe if he knew about [Neal]’s asteroid launcher simulation website, he would have said they played asteroids with real asteroids.
Read MorePaul Sawers / TechCrunch: Stockholm-based autonomous and electric truck company Einride raised a $200M Series C from Northzone and others and $300M in debt from Barclays — Einride today announced a $500 million tranche of financing as it looks to expand its autonomous and electric trucks into new markets globally.
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