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Binance Introduces Toncoin (TON) on Launchpool and Super Earn
Binance, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the addition of Toncoin (TON) as the 56th project on its Launchpool platform. According to Binance, users will be able to stake their BNB and FDUSD tokens in separate pools to farm TON tokens over a twenty-day period, starting from August 15,... Read more
Bitfarms (BITF) Announces Significant Leadership Changes
Bitfarms Ltd. (Nasdaq/TSX: BITF), a global vertically integrated Bitcoin data center company, has announced several key updates to its Board of Directors and Executive Team, according to GlobeNewswire. Board of Directors Updates Ben Gagnon, currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer, has been appointed to the Board of Directors... Read more
The Fed on Silicon Valley Bank Collapse: We May Have Dropped the Ball There
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell. Photo: Alex Wong (Getty Images) In a highly anticipated report on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the Federal Reserve admits that it should’ve been paying slightly closer attention to the tech-centric bank before it unceremoniously collapsed last month. At the same time,... Read more
FTC Admits Defeat in Antitrust Battle With Facebook
FTC Chair and Big Tech critic Lina Khan. Photo: Anna Moneymaker (Getty Images) The Federal Trade Commission will not appeal the court ruling rejecting its attempt to block the acquisition of VR fitness company Within by Facebook and parent company Meta. The regulator’s decision marks a major win for... Read more
Tesla bumps up Model Y price after EV tax credit adjustment
The Model Y’s sticker price is no longer bridled by the government’s $55,000 cap to qualify for EV tax credits. The Model Y just got more expensive.Image: Getty Images Tesla raised the price of its Model Y electric vehicle (EV) just hours after the US Treasury Department adjusted its... Read more
NLRB judge rules that Amazon broke labor laws in Staten Island (again)
The company is accused of discriminating against union organizers and threatening to freeze workers’ pay and benefits if they got to bargaining. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A judge for the National Labor Relations Board has determined that Amazon broke labor laws in the run-up to union... Read more
GM has started producing the Hummer EV SUV
There’s a new model of Hummer being made in the same factory as the existing electric truck. General Motors has started production on the Hummer EV SUV at its Factory Zero in Michigan, according to Nicole Schmitz, a spokesperson for the company. The Detroit Press reported Monday that customers... Read more
Tesla Cybertruck mass production won’t start until 2024
Cybertruck full volume production will not be realized until 2024, reveals Elon Musk. Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Tesla’s long-anticipated Cybertruck won’t be seeing full volume production until 2024, Elon Musk said during the company’s fourth quarter earnings call today. During the call, Musk was asked whether... Read more
Now Lyft will charge extra if you make drivers wait
Lyft will start charging you wait time fees if you make a driver wait more than two minutes after their arrival. Lyft’s policy arrives a whole seven years after Uber implemented the same one.Photo by Smith Collection / Gado / Getty Images Lyft is cracking down on late passengers.... Read more
Chicken Fried Data: Chick-Fil-A Hit With Class-Action Privacy Lawsuit Over Video Data Collection
Photo: Sheila Fitzgerald (Shutterstock) While Chick-fil-A was serving you sandwiches, it was also serving up data to Facebook’s parent company Meta. According to a new lawsuit filed Sunday, the fast food chain did that in a way that violated one of the only federal privacy laws in the United... Read more
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