A profile of Vitalik Buterin, who says he decided “to try to be more risk-taking and less neutral” to shape Ethereum with “lots of good crazy and bad crazy”
In a few minutes, electronic music will start pulsing, stuffed animals will be flung through the air …
Brazil's Supreme Court orders the shutdown of Telegram for not adhering to judicial orders, gives phone carriers, Apple, and Google five days to block the app
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the suspension of messaging app Telegram, following a request …
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission sues Meta claiming Facebook “aided and abetted” scam cryptocurrency ads with photos of famous Australians
Australian competition watchdog has begun proceedings against Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) …
Meta locks out some users, whether they had enabled Facebook Protect or not, after asking them to activate the security feature in a spam-like message in March
And some can't get in even if they turned it on — Early in March, a bunch of Facebook users got a mysterious, spam-like email titled …
A developer of the popular open-source networking tool node-ipc allegedly sabotaged its code to wipe data on computers that use the tool in Russia and Belarus
The shortsighted protest has caused a massive uproar in the open source community. — A technologist and maintainer …
CEO Pavel Durov apologizes and says Telegram was unresponsive to Brazil's Supreme Court because the court's emails were going to the wrong email address
Telegram's founder and CEO Pavel Durov has just put out a statement about why Brazil's Supreme Court is now suspending the app, and the reason is incredible.
After some creators speak out, Vimeo caps monthly bandwidth usage to 2TB instead of charging the top 1% users; creators have minimum 30 days to appeal charges
Before, creators were suddenly told they may have to pay thousands of dollars — Vimeo has announced that it's making …
Instacart plans to add a $0.40 fee to orders “over the next month” that goes to shoppers to help with gas prices, even if shopper's cars are hybrid or electric
The move follows temporary surcharge announcements from Lyft and Uber — Grocery delivery platform Instacart announced Friday …
Microsoft Edge now automatically fills in missing image alt text for screen readers on Windows, macOS, and Linux, to be read aloud for blind or low vision users
GM buys SoftBank Vision Fund 1's stake in Cruise for $2.1B, increasing GM's ownership to 80%, and says the company will invest another $1.35B in Cruise
General Motors Co. bought out the SoftBank Vision Fund 1's stake in self-driving startup Cruise LLC for $2.1 billion …
The state of crypto and the metaverse, as seen at SXSW, is underwhelming and pathetic, showing off only how rich its boosters are and little of social utility
The first SXSW in three years was taken over by crypto-mania fueled by marketing hype. — It did not really hit … Tweets: @chrismessina , @oneunderscore__ , @nd_kane , @mariabustillos , @jscros , @bi...
A look at China-made hit fantasy RPG Genshin Impact, as China expands into the video game market once dominated by Japan by imitating its Japanese competitors
Genshin Impact, a nearly picture-perfect reproduction of Japanese fantasy role-playing games, has raked in billions of dollars … Tweets: @andreasharsono Tweets: Andreas Harsono / @andreasharsono : Gen...
The US is shifting its cybersecurity strategy from relying on companies' voluntary cooperation toward stronger oversight, minimum security standards, and more
The specter of Russian hackers and an overreliance on voluntary cooperation from the private sector means officials are finally prepared to get tough.
Doctors say the rise of fantasy sports apps has led to a spike in gambling addiction in India, where gambling is illegal but fantasy gaming has no clear laws
All forms of gambling are illegal in India but there are no clear laws when it comes to fantasy gaming, which is quickly becoming a threat. Tweets: @adnanmbhat , @restofworld , @anupkaphle , @anirvan ...
Experts say banning Telegram, a popular destination for unfiltered news to an estimated 40M+ users in Russia, is technically difficult and may prompt a backlash
Cresta, a provider of real time customer service agent support software, raises an $80M Series C from Tiger Global, Zoom, Five9, and others at a $1.6B valuation
The UK's FCA has so far approved 27 of 100+ applications for its list of registered crypto companies that can run digital assets businesses starting in April
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Sources: FanCraze, a marketplace for cricket NFTs previously known as Faze Technologies, is raising a $100M Series A led by B Capital and Insight Partners
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UK-based ClearBank, which provides infrastructure for banks to offer real-time clearance on payments and other financial services, raises £175M from Apax
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