October 1, 2021 The FCC Is Still Trying to Stop Spam Calls and SIM Swap Scams We’ve all been spammed by robocalls and faced the threat of SIM swap attacks for years, and now the FCC is finally planning to…
October 1, 2021 StreamElements acquires YouTube multichannel network Paragon StreamElements aims to change the monetization and benefits package that new acquisition Paragon offers content creators.Read More via VentureBeat Check out the Finding Your…
October 1, 2021 RippleX previews federated sidechains to compete with Ethereum Ripple’s developer arm RippleX has long been focused on developing federated sidechains on XRPL. The team is in the news today after it shared…
October 1, 2021 Apple, Amazon and others back groups trying to kill US climate legislation Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Disney are among the major companies backing corporate lobby groups and organizations that are battling a US climate bill, according…
October 1, 2021 YouTube TV and NBCUniversal agree to temporary extension to avoid channel blackout After coming to public blows earlier in the week, YouTube TV and NBCUniversal have come to terms on a “short-term” agreement for the streaming…
October 1, 2021 Toss a Coin at These Witcher Toys, Until They Go Away McFarlane Toys has been releasing The Witcher action figures for a little while now, but they’ve all been based on The Witcher III: Wild…
October 1, 2021 Compound’s Leshner apologizes for ‘bone-headed approach’ after ‘doxxing’ threat Popular DeFi platform Compound Finance suffered losses of over $80M in funds yesterday. This was precipitated by a bug in its new update, one…
October 1, 2021 Sen. Blumenthal’s ‘finsta’ quote wasn’t that bad Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge When video of a congressional hearing goes viral, it’s often for all of the wrong reasons. Thursday’s…
October 1, 2021 Apple’s Mac Mini M1 is $100 off, plus the rest of the week’s best tech deals Although most tech deals this week were limited-time sales, there remain a few good ones to consider as we head into the weekend. Apple's…
October 1, 2021 Oil Starts Flowing Through Line 3 on Friday, But Water Protectors Will Keep Fighting It Oil will begin flowing through the controversial Line 3 pipeline on Friday, after years of legal challenges and resistance that saw more than 900…