The Best States to Form an LLC

The best way to form an LLC for the majority of our readers is ZenBusiness because of its low price and straightforward process. Register your LLC in any state starting at $49 plus state fees. Limited liability companies (LLCs) are a popular option for entrepreneurs nationwide. Unlike other types of business structures, LLCs can be…

Twitch is implementing its own ‘panic button’ safety feature

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Today, Twitch announced it’s implementing a new safety feature that might feel familiar to streamers who’ve battled against the hate raids that plagued the platform last year. Called Shield Mode, the new feature enacts an emergency lockdown of a creator’s stream. “Shield Mode is a little different from…

Apple TV Plus’ Shrinking series starring Jason Segel and Harrison Ford drops in January

Jason Segel and Harrison ford in Shrinking. | Apple TV Plus It’s been a few weeks since Apple officially announced its upcoming comedy series Shrinking from Brett Goldstein, Jason Segel, and Ted Lasso co-creator Bill Lawrence, but it turns out that the premiere date is right around the corner. Shrinking tells the story of Jimmy…

Patent Experts Urge Kanter to Reject Calls to Scrap Avanci Business Review Letter

A group of 25 experts in intellectual property law sent a letter to Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Jonathan Kanter today in support of a business review letter that the group said, “represented a legally sound and evidence-based approach in applying antitrust law to innovative commercial institutions.” The letter is also a response to an earlier…

We now have a pretty good idea what the “Connecticut vampire” looked like

Enlarge / Forensic facial reconstruction of the “Connecticut vampire” (aka JB55), accounting for known tooth loss and inferred health issues. Hair is based on 19th-century styles. Skin, hair, and eye color are based on phenotype predictions. (credit: Parabon NanoLabs ) Thanks to the efforts of Parabon NanoLabs and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, we…

Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin project TBD kills its plan to trademark ‘Web5’

A plan which would see a corporate entity trademark the term “Web5” has been put to rest after much backlash. Late Tuesday night, TBD, the Bitcoin-focused division of Jack Dorsey’s payments company Block (formerly Square), announced an ill-thought-out plan to trademark the term, which refers to its vision for a decentralized, privacy-focused iteration of the…