I’m not a fan of the “kidulting” term NBC uses in this article, but I don’t think those $200 gaming controllers, outlandish Nerf guns, and intricate Lego sets are entirely aimed at people who still get an allowance.
The fake Nilay Twitter account created by Verge managing editor Alex Cranz — that was “verified” and recommended to many during Elon’s messy first attempt at a $7.99 Twitter Blue subscription — has met its end.
Despite only existing for a little more than a month, we’ll remember @recklesspatel for continuing on after the real Nilay Patel decided to take a break from posting to his real Twitter account (@reckless).
You can still find Nilay’s posts here, on TheVerge.com.
Reuters has a live stream as proceedings are set to resume in the Bahamas over extraditing the ex-CEO of the failed crypto exchange to the US.
Back home, he’s set to face criminal and civil charges that include fraud and money laundering.
After negotiations apparently fell apart with Apple, the NFL may be ready to make a deal with Google’s YouTube unit.
The Wall Street Journal reports that an arrangement for the subscription package of out-of-market football games could be sealed by tomorrow once the owners meet to sign off on it.
Bloomberg reports that an investigation opened this fall into the question of whether or not Elon Musk’s Twitter is capable of complying with its 2011 consent order — the one a company lawyer warned puts it at risk of billions of dollars in fines — is ongoing and has included questioning two execs who left shortly after Musk’s takeover.
FTC lawyers have interrogated two former top Twitter executives in the past month – Damien Kieran, the former chief privacy officer, and Lea Kissner, the most senior cybersecurity officer, the people said. Kieran and Kissner both quit Twitter Nov. 10, alongside the head of compliance.
The probe marks at least the third time the FTC has scrutinized the social media platform over its privacy and data security practices. The review could lead to millions of dollars in fines and a new FTC order imposing obligations on Musk himself that would apply across his companies and remain in effect even if he steps down as chief executive officer or leaves Twitter.
“Why has Bloomberg News been asleep at the switch regarding government censorship of social media?” Musk said in an email seeking comment about the FTC investigation.
The new Knives Out mystery movie from Rian Johnson, starring Daniel Craig, starts streaming Friday morning. As part of the run-up, the circumstances and challenges of our post-Golden Age streaming era are bringing together a couple of odd partners.
If you use Amazon’s Fire TV, it should have access to a “The Mysterious Case of the Stolen Fire TV Cube” promo, helpfully branded by both companies.
You could navigate your way through the interactive experience to find out who took the box and why (with optional clues provided at your request by Alexa), or you could just read Andrew Webster’s review and make your streaming plans for this weekend.
Which hair styling gadget gives you the best curls? Victoria Song put Dyson’s original Airwrap (not the updated 2022 model) to the test against the Shark FlexStyle to see which one had the best results and to see how those held up checking in a few hours later,
According to the New York Times, a local lawyer in the Bahamas for FTX co-founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said that against “the strongest possible legal advice,” SBF is ready to voluntarily agree to extradition to the United States.
SBF had reportedly been ready to contest his extradition; even today, it was reported that he wanted to read the indictment before agreeing to extradition.
In the US, he is set to face a long list of criminal and civil charges covering fraud, money laundering, and more.
[The New York Times]
On the most recent Vergecast episode, we speculated about Apple’s plans for a new Mac Pro and what it might be like when it arrives with one of the company’s M-series chips inside.
However, the latest rumor from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claims plans for some sort of extreme “double-M2 Ultra” chip have been scrapped (for those counting at home, that’s four M2 Max CPUs working as one) to stick with an upgraded Ultra chip combined with a modular design.
If that’s all there is to it, what does that mean for the future of the already impressive — but not modular and easily upgradeable — Mac Studio?
