Plaid, the service used by Venmo, Acorns, Robinhood, and more, may owe you some money
[ad_1] If you’ve connected your bank account to financial apps like Robinhood, Acorns, Venmo, American Express, Coinbase, and Credit Karma, you may be entitled to some cash, according to a report by Fast Company. Plaid, the financial service these apps (and 5,500 others) use to link your bank account, has settled a class-action lawsuit accusing More...
European Parliament approves initial proposal to ban some targeted ads
[ad_1] On Thursday, the European Parliament voted to approve the initial draft of a bill that aims to curb Big Tech’s invasive advertising practices (via Bloomberg). The Parliament adopted the draft with 530 More...
Dark Souls 3 exploit could let hackers take control of your entire computer
[ad_1] A dangerous remote code execution (RCE) exploit found in Dark Souls 3 could let a bad actor take control of your computer, according to a report from Dexerto. The vulnerability only puts PC gamers who More...
NYC Mayor takes pay cut as cryptocurrency market plunges
[ad_1] Even in the midst of a crypto slump, New York City Mayor Eric Adams isn’t backing out of his plans to take his first three paychecks in Bitcoin and Ethereum. Bitcoin fell beneath $36,000 on Friday — More...
Digital cash gets a look from the Fed
[ad_1] A digital dollar backed by the US government might lead to faster money transfers, and be more accessible than the current banking system, according to a new paper from the Federal Reserve (via CNBC). More...
Vergecast: Microsoft to acquire Activision, Google building a headset, and the 5G battle with airlines
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Blizzard boss details what the studio is doing to ‘rebuild your trust’
[ad_1] Blizzard Entertainment, the developer of huge franchises like Diablo and Overwatch, has been under intense scrutiny since California sued parent company Activision Blizzard last summer over allegedly fostering More...
UK company behind Tom Cruise space film unveils plans to launch space movie studio
[ad_1] On Thursday, a UK-based company that claims to be producing Tom Cruise’s upcoming film in space said it plans to attach the first-ever space movie studio and sports arena to the International Space Station More...
Roku outage leads to frozen TVs and unresponsive devices
[ad_1] Roku experienced a significant service disruption on Wednesday evening, which resulted in some of the company’s streaming devices and even Roku TVs getting stuck on the loading screen or going through More...
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series finally has a name
[ad_1] Amazon’s upcoming Lord of the Rings series finally has a name, and it’s a damned good one. Set during Second Age, thousands of years before the events of The Lord of the Rings, the Lord of the Rings: More...
