FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried may be having a lot more than money problems in the future. The U.S. Department of Justice wants Binance to share what caused the company to run away from the pending deal to acquire FTX, according to a CoinDesk source. The report claims that authorities in the U.S. requested…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Former President Donald Trump, left, waves to guests during an election night party at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, November 8, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. Phelan M. Ebenhack for The Washington Post via Getty Images Republicans have been publicly criticizing Trump after the party’s performance in the midterms. GOP strategists are mixed on whether the party will…
Twitter verification is now just a $8 away away, but that doesn’t mean the social network has democratized its long-standing status symbol entirely. The Twitter verification badge is now split between two different groups: accounts that were officially verified for being “notable in government, news, entertainment, or another designated category,” and accounts that paid for…
YouTube wants to help you do Q&As. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube has a new Live Q&A feature to help you host dedicated question and answer sessions during livestreams. Here’s how it works: when you start a Q&A as a creator, your prompt shows up as a pinned message at the…
As crypto prices have gone up, so have the number of scams. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The US government’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has put out a warning that it’s seeing a rise in complaints related to cryptocurrencies and assets. As much of a shock as that may be, it’s not…
Musk spoke to Twitter employees today. | Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images With Twitter staff still reeling from mass layoffs and executive resignations, Musk took questions from employees for nearly an hour. Here’s everything he said. Continue reading… Read More
Enlarge / This child, who had been ill with measles, exhibited the characteristic rash on the fourth day of its evolution. Measles can cause hearing loss, brain damage, and be fatal to young children. (credit: CDC/NIP/ Barbara Rice) Amid declining vaccination rates nationwide, an outbreak of measles has erupted this week among unvaccinated children at…
The new catholyte material chemically changes to a darker red compound as it loses energy. MIT researchers Rechargeable lithium-ion cells are all the rage in the battery world, since they power everything from our phones to EVs. But with their growth in popularity since they were commercially released in the 1990s, another type of battery…
Trump and DeSantis at a rally in Pensacola, FL on November 3, 2018. Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images Trump unloaded on Florida governor Ron DeSantis in a Thursday night tirade on Truth Social. The former President accused DeSantis of ‘playing games,’ calling him average. In other posts, Trump diminished DeSantis’ reelection and took credit for his first governor…
President Joe Biden. Drew Angerer/Getty Images A federal judge in Texas struck down Biden’s student-loan forgiveness on Thursday. It’s in response to a lawsuit filed by two student-loan borrowers who didn’t qualify for the relief. This is the most serious legal setback to Biden’s debt relief so far. A federal judge just became the first…