Twitter made an edit button, but you’ll have to pay to use it
If there was ever a fundamental divide between Twitter’s leadership and its users, it was about the existence, or lack, of an edit button. The company...
UK competition regulator finds Microsoft-Activision deal ‘could lead to competition concerns’
The United Kingdom’s antitrust regulator is concerned that Microsoft’s blockbuster purchase of Activision Blizzard could create a monopoly in the nascent cloud gaming space. The Competition...
Music industry avoids legal battle with new streaming royalty deal
Music publishers, songwriters and musicians have struck a deal with streaming services for US mechanical streaming rates for 2023-2027, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) has...
SpaceX secures five more NASA astronaut missions as part of a $1.4 billion contract
As expected, NASA has ordered five more astronaut missions from SpaceX in a new $1.44 billion contract, raising the total number of Crew Dragon launches to...
NASA fixed the glitch that caused Voyager 1 to send back jumbled data
Back in May, NASA reported that the Voyager 1 space probe was sending back jumbled or inaccurate telemetry data. The probe itself seemed to be in...
The Morning After: Crypto.com refunded someone $7.2 million by mistake
If you ever want a reminder of how hard it is to run a financial institution, check out this unfortunate error made by Crypto.com. It accidentally...
HMD’s Nokia launches a smartphone subscription service with eco-friendly twists
HMD’s Nokia has continued to roll out serviceable but unremarkable smartphones for the last few years. Forgoing attempts to go toe-to-toe with the likes of Samsung...
Robinhood lays off almost a quarter of its staff
For the second time this year, Robinhood is cutting its headcount. On Tuesday, the company announced it would lay off 23 percent of its workforce. According...
Hacking free-for-all relieves crypto bridge users of $200 million
Cryptocurrency hacks are all too common, but they’ve rarely been quite so anarchic as the latest example. As The Verge notes, Nomad has confirmed that its...
Interactive musical series ‘We are OFK’ hits PlayStation, Switch and PC on August 18th
Back at the 2020 edition of The Game Awards, we learned about We Are OFK, a new project from Hyper Light Drifter co-designer Teddy Dief and...