solana Nurphoto Hackers targeted the Solana ecosystem early Wednesday, hitting over 8,000 wallets. The company said on Twitter its engineers were investigating the origins of the hack. The heist comes just days after hackers swiped nearly $200 million from the Nomad crypto bridge. Solana was the latest target of hackers early Wednesday, just days after…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor Joe Raedle/Getty Images MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor will give up the role of CEO as of August 8. The upcoming move comes after the software company posted a Q2 impairment charge of $917 million related to its investment in bitcoin. Saylor will focus more on the company’s bitcoin strategy in the…
Google is making it easier for people to find and support Asian-owned businesses in their communities. Starting today, US merchants can now add an “Asian-owned” label to a verified Google business profile, which will appear in Search and Maps queries. The move is part of Google’s efforts to support historically marginalized communities. It previously rolled…
The streaming service Paramount+ is coming to the The Roku Channel as a premium option later this month, the maker of set-top boxes announced today. For those who are unfamiliar with The Roku Channel, the free entertainment channel is available on most streaming devices (with the exception of Apple TV) and offers a menu of…
Don’t expect to find a Tinder date in the metaverse any time soon. The Vergereports Match Group chief Bernard Kim has asked Tinder’s Hyperconnect unit (acquired in 2021) to scale back its metaverse dating plans. In his shareholder letter, Kim said “uncertainty” about success with virtual worlds required that the team “not invest heavily” in…
The latest Pokémon Presents event has unveiled a huge trove of new information about Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, confirming that the games will take place in a true open world for the first time – Paldea. Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet: Everything we know about the next Pokémon games The trailer showcases players’ ability to…
Apple Arcade users will soon be getting a new game in the Bomberman series to add to their collection. Amazing Bomberman will be available to download on the iOS Apple Arcade this Friday (5th August). The release of Amazing Bomberman will introduce “musical mayhem to the storied series” and see players “use various bomb types…
Here is how you can delete your Discord account in just a few simple steps. Discord is a great platform for gamers that want to chat with their friends online, or anyone who wants to create a server to speak to like-minded people, whether that involves games or not. However, if you’re getting to the…
The vivo V25 has leaked yet again, but as it turns out there are actually two phones – vanilla and Pro. The vanilla model is the V2202 that we saw initially, the Pro model brings more processing power. Along with those two, yet another upcoming vivo model surfaced. Let’s start with that one first –…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Everything you need to know about the monkeypox vaccines The global outbreak of monkeypox has so far led to more than 24,000 cases in over 80 countries, and the World Health Organization has…