Category: business

The FBI wants help from victims of QuadrigaCX’s cryptocurrency collapse

[ad_1] Remember that wild cryptocurrency story from earlier this year? The one where a Canadian exchange shut down shortly after co-founder and CEO Gerald Cotten died, claiming he was the only one who could access its wallets. Wallets that should’ve stored assets for 76,000 customers with a value of around $200 million (CAD). If any […]

GameStop cuts costs to deal with plunge in console sales

[ad_1] The retailer didn’t expect the situation to improve any time soon, either. It also unveiled a string of cost-cutting measures to stay afloat, including scrapping the company’s share dividend (potentially saving $157 million per year) and merging ThinkGeek’s online collecting sales with the main GameStop website. Just days earlier, GameStop had reshuffled its leadership […]

Xbox body wash is a necessary and terrible idea

[ad_1] So what exactly does Xbox smell like? According to the Lynx and Microsoft, it’s a “fresh scent of pulsing green citrus, featuring top notes of kaffir lime and winter lemon, aromatic herbal middle notes of mint and sage, and woody bottom notes of patchouli and clearwood.” If you went and took a whiff of […]

MTV is bringing ‘Punk’d’ back in 10-minute clips

[ad_1] According to TVLine, MTV Studios is working on "reinvented" versions of the celebrity prank show Punk'd and the dating game show Singled Out. If you can't stand the thought of watching those classics, you might be happy to know each episode will be l… [ad_2] Source link

Tesla reportedly blocks access to social network for work complaints

[ad_1] Blind said it became aware of the problem on May 4th, right when word got out of a Tesla security team email warning against leaks. This is the only company blocking access at present, the social network said, although Uber is known to have blocked Blind after Sarah Fowler’s post detailing sexual harassment at […]

Hertz launches monthly car rental subscription starting at $999

[ad_1] For $999 per month, subscribers will be able to choose from full-size sedans, small SUVs and trucks. For $1,399 per month, tier two subscribers will have access to luxury sedans, regular SUVs and large trucks. Both tiers are cheaper than the Enterprise program. Though, Enterprise allows customers to exchange vehicles up to four times […]

Spotify experiments with curated podcast playlists

[ad_1] While this is just a test, it wouldn’t be surprising for Spotify to bring curated podcast playlists to all users. The company has been developing curated music playlists for years — from Discover Weekly to Release Radar. More recently, it doubled down on both personalization and podcasts. This spring Spotify said personalized playlists increased […]

D.C. case against Facebook over Cambridge Analytica will proceed

[ad_1] Early Friday, a judge sided with Facebook shareholders who demanded the company hand over emails and records related to its handling of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Later in the day, the company was denied again in court, as Reuters reports that Judge Fern Flanagan Saddler denied its motion to dismiss or stay a lawsuit […]

Justice Department ‘preparing’ Google antitrust investigation

[ad_1] Late Friday, the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post reported, based on it anonymous sources, that the Department of Justice is preparing an antitrust probe of Google. The company has faced several similar inquiries from EU officials with billions in fines as a result, and in one case it caused Google to separate Chrome […]