Monthly Archives: November 2022

Top 5 Things You Didn’t Know About John Lennon

John Lennon remains an enigma more than 30 years after he was murdered by Mark David Chapman in 1980. Part rabble-rousing, anti-establishment, free-loving, philosophy-spouting guru, part house-husband and oft-reluctant father, Lennon packed more living in his 40 short years than many do in a lifetime. His celebrity remains undaunted; his life an open book. Yet…

Spotify Launching Redesigned Apple Watch App With Several Improvements

Spotify today announced it is rolling out a redesigned Apple Watch app with a “new and improved listening experience” that allows users to more easily browse music and podcasts in “Your Library” and more quickly download music for offline playback. In a blog post, Spotify said the new design includes larger artwork, new animations, the…

Elon Musk Nixes ‘Official’ Label for Already Verified Twitter Accounts, Says Blue Check Will Be ‘the Great Leveler’ [Updated]

Twitter will not be moving forward with an “Official” label that would be used to identify companies, major media outlets, public figures, and others who are in danger of being impersonated on the social network, Twitter CEO Elon Musk said today. Just hours after Twitter began rolling out the “Official” checkmark that was provided to…

FTX reportedly used $10 billion of customer funds to prop up its owner’s trading firm

Basically rule number one of what not to do with your customers’ money. | Illustration: The Verge Sam Bankman-Fried’s trading firm Alameda Research reportedly owes his crypto exchange FTX $10 billion after taking loans funded by deposits from FTX customers, according to The Wall Street Journal. As economist Frances Coppola pointed out to the Journal,…