Monthly Archives: July 2022

UK regulator’s order for Meta to sell Giphy is under review — again

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge There’s been another twist in the saga of Meta’s attempt to buy GIF-sharing service Giphy, Bloomberg reports. Judges with the Competition Appeal Tribunal have told the UK’s competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), to reconsider its previous ruling telling Meta to sell Giphy. “We have agreed…

JD Power study shows we’re noticing more problems with mobile networks, even with 5G

Image: Alex Castro / The Verge A new study measuring mobile network performance in the US indicates an increase in network problems, with slow performance or the inability to load content cited as the most common complaints. That’s according to research firm JD Power, which attributes the dip in network quality to increased usage. JD…

Putin signs Russian crypto payments ban

Russian president Vladimir Putin has vowed to ban cryptocurrency payments with a new law that would make paying with digital assets illegal in the country. The highly-anticipated move follows years of discussion between the Central Bank of Russia and the country’s government on whether to allow cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin. However the move could come as…