Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Discord is expanding its server subscription program, allowing more creators to start charging subscription fees for premium access and perks. “Starting today, we’re expanding the availability of Server Subscriptions, allowing creators on Discord to earn money directly within their server,” wrote Discord creator product lead Derek Lang. Community…
In a webinar hosted today by the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP), the organization’s founders, Andrei Iancu and David Kappos, both former Directors of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), spoke with former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, about the increased skepticism surrounding a plan to extend the waiver of intellectual property protections…
Enlarge (credit: Hive Social) Hive Social, a social media platform that has seen meteoric growth since Elon Musk took over Twitter, abruptly shut down its service on Wednesday after a security advisory warned the site was riddled with vulnerabilities that exposed all data stored in user accounts. “The issues we reported allow any attacker to…
Enlarge / Yep, that’s what I thought it would look like. (credit: OnLeaks and Smartprix) The design of the Pixel 7a does not seem like it will contain many surprises. OnLeaks has a fresh render for Google’s next mid-range phone, and it looks like a mini Pixel 7. Usually, these renders are based on CAD…
Enlarge / Andrew Ross Sorkin interviews Sam Bankman-Fried at The New York Times DealBook conference on November 30, 2022, in New York City. (credit: Getty Images | Thos Robinson ) FTX co-founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was interviewed at a New York Times conference yesterday, speaking publicly despite the advice of lawyers urging him…
The Texas Department of Information Resources, in its newly released Biennial Performance Report, has asked the state legislature to make it easier for higher education institutions and other state agencies to have dedicated information security officers by allowing them to share ISOs regionally.Read More
There are two prevailing ideas behind what causes IBS, and now, there might be a third. Deposit Photos There is no official cause for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but for one gastroenterologist, the answer has been right under our noses. A review published today in The American Journal of Gastroenterology posits that the all-too-common ailment…
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It’s the Best of What’s New. STAAR Surgical Almost three years into the pandemic, the spotlight isn’t just on COVID medicine anymore. While booster shots and take-home antiviral pills gave us new tools to fight the infectious disease, health researchers and drug makers regained momentum in other crucial areas, like organ transplants, STI prevention, and…
The new program is already ready for production use. Disney Research Studios The process of using digital effects to alter actors’ age is an increasingly common practice in Hollywood (despite its many criticisms), but for every uncannily younger Robert De Niro in The Irishman, hundreds of hours of painstaking work is required from behind-the-scenes VFX…