Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Two Estonians have been arrested and are facing extradition to the US after being accused of defrauding thousands of people out of around $575 million with a crypto Ponzi scheme, according to the US Department of Justice. Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, along with four unnamed co-conspirators, were…
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As we get ready to celebrate another Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, it’s time once again to reflect on the year so far and to look beyond the many challenges facing intellectual property (IP) owners to what there is to be thankful for. Whether it’s people—like Judge Paul Michel, Kathi Vidal, Senator Thom Tillis…
Enlarge / The latest Microsoft Store version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux allows for graphical apps, systemd support, multiple distributions, and a lot of questions about whether you have three different options enabled on your Windows 10 system. (credit: Kevin Purdy) The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), one of the best reasons to run…
It apparently took “Xtreme Imagination” to design the Vivo X90. [credit: Vivo ] The world’s first smartphone with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC is the Vivo X90 Pro Plus. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will power most of the flagship Android phones coming out in 2023, but BBK’s Vivo is beating everyone…
Jonathan Borba / Unsplash According to a new report from Business Insider, Amazon Alexa, the shopping giant’s voice assistant, is on track to lose $10 billion dollars this year. Long-terms plans for the Echo devices Alexa runs on are also up in the air as the division responsible for its development is set to be…
Things are bleak in the tech sphere as we close out a year defined by plummeting stocks, persistent mass layoffs and a fall from grace for major social media companies. Yet Stanford dropout Teddy Solomon’s story of co-founding Fizz is so reminiscent of Facebook that he was introduced to his investor and now-CEO Rakesh Mathur…
Lyft is partnering with Redwood Materials, a battery recycling company founded by ex-Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, to ensure the batteries from its fleets of shared electric bikes and scooters don’t end up in landfill at their end of life. The news, reported by The Verge, comes the same week that Lyft ended its dockless bike…
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The Nintendo Switch OLED is yet another gaming console sure to be a hot item this holiday season, just like the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Fortunately, it’s going to be much easier to get your hands on one this time around compared to last year (the Xbox Series S is even on sale…
SAVE $40.70: The Nespresso VertuoPlus Coffee and Espresso Maker is on sale on Amazon for only $118.30. That’s a 26% savings as of Nov. 23. Darker days and the stresses of the holidays make us all want to consume a ton of caffeine, stat. However, that daily Starbucks habit can add up fast, which is…