The FDIC not only insures the money that you store in the bank, but it also regulates financial institutions and resolves failed banks. George Rose/Getty; Alyssa Powell/Insider The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is an independent government agency whose mission is to protect consumers’ money and regulate financial institutions. The FDIC insures up to $250,000…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
American authorities are continuing to crack down against insider trading of digital assets. The New York Timesreports that federal prosecutors in New York City have charged three people with wire fraud relating to an insider trading scheme for cryptocurrency, including former Coinbase exchange employee Ishan Wahi. This is the first time officials have levelled charges…
General Motors has been putting its OnStar in-vehicle safety and security suite into its vehicles since 1997 with the system having undergone numerous evolutions, upgrades and expansions in the last quarter century. Soon its roadside assistance and crash monitoring services will be available to two-wheeled motorists and homebodies as well, the company announced on Thursday….
Samsung may have sold ten million foldable phones, but the price of the Fold and Flip ranges is still quite prohibitive for much of the public. It had been hoped that, as Samsung mastered the technology and the production got a little more affordable, prices may come down to match handsets with the standard form…
If you’re still waiting to dip your toe into Great Lake TikTok, you’re not alone. Although there are over a billion TikTok users, half of all major brands still don’t have a TikTok presence. That might be because TikTok seems kind of intimidating. But we’re here to tell you that making a TikTok video is…
TikTok is one of the most explosive social media apps on the market. And by now, you probably think you know everything there is to know about it. But hold onto your smartphone because this TikTok tip will blow your mind: TikTok has secret emojis! That’s right, there are 46 hidden images built into the…
Instagram’s Remix interface. | Image: Meta Instagram will soon let anyone on the platform remix your new photos, as long as your account is public. There’ll be a way to turn remixing off, but you’ll have to actively opt out once the option is live — it’ll be enabled by default. In “the coming weeks,”…
An accessibility option lets you turn the app’s sounds off. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Recently, Twitter users noticed that the app has started making a new sound — when you pull down to refresh your timeline, notifications, DMs, or pretty much anything else in the official app, there’s a robotic chirp…
A woman cools herself by a water sprinkler installed in the city during the heatwave in Kraków, Poland, on July 21st, 2022. | Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images As extreme heat stifles communities around the world this week, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said that it has “no immediate plans” to give heatwaves…
Image: Google Google’s latest and most advanced wireless earbuds yet, the Pixel Buds Pro, won’t be on store shelves for another week. But the company has announced that its Android software is already prepared for one of the earbuds’ most convenient new features: the Pixel Buds Pro will be able to switch between devices automatically…