October 11, 2019 Libra’s Ship Is Sinking as Multiple Major Partners Abandon Facebook’s Troubled Cryptocurrency Following the departure of PayPal from Facebook’s Libra project—a cryptocurrency that promises to “reinvent money” and “transform the global economy”—a new wave of departures…
October 11, 2019 Riot urges ‘League of Legends’ pros to keep quiet on ‘sensitive’ issues Riot is trying to keep its hands clean after Blizzard banned a pro player for supporting Hong Kong protests on-camera. The League of Legends…
October 11, 2019 The 10 Best Deals of October 11, 2019 We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today. Read more… via Gizmodo…
October 11, 2019 Andy Rubin has left his own incubator — but he’s still in the building Asa Mathat Andy Rubin used to be primarily known as the “father of Android,” but he’s also becoming known for leaving companies amid scandal…
October 11, 2019 How Alexei Leonov Survived the Harrowing First Spacewalk Alexei Leonov, the first person to walk in space, passed away this week. Read more… via Gizmodo Check out the Finding Your Identity Podcast
October 11, 2019 Facebook sued over Calibra’s look-alike logo Image: Calibra Over the summer, Facebook unveiled its Libra cryptocurrency and the Calibra subsidiary that would help manage it. Facebook also unveiled a logo…
October 11, 2019 Nomad’s Base Station Pro wireless charger looks to succeed where AirPower failed Apple’s AirPower wireless charger was one of the company’s most high-profile failures ever, but in the wake of its cancellation, plenty of companies have…
October 11, 2019 Facebook’s Libra Association crumbling as Mastercard, Stripe, and eBay exit Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Mastercard, eBay, and Stripe have all withdrawn from the Libra Association, dealing a major blow to Facebook’s…
October 11, 2019 Google Is Funding Climate Change Denialism Despite all it’s evidently performative public-facing climate change initiatives, Google is forking over “substantial” contributions to denier organizations and events. Read more… via Gizmodo…
October 11, 2019 eBay and Stripe pull out of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency Stripe and eBay have followed PayPal in backing out of Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra. They confirmed to the Financial Times that they would pull their…