Cheddar's Alex Vuocolo examines to promises and pitfalls of blockchain-based play-to-earn video games. | Continue reading
Crypto-enthusiasts are taking to social media to urge regular Afghans to adopt bitcoin in the face of considerable economic uncertainty. | Continue reading
The fear that our phones and apps are listening to us has taken prominence among privacy security concerns. How else do we receive ads for products we were just chatting about with a friend? But it isn’t the listening that concerns most privacy experts, it’s the talking. The info … | Continue reading
With no major sporting events and barely any travel happening due to the coronavirus, The New York Times plans to stop printing those separate sections of the storied newspaper and replace it with a section focused on life sheltered in place, according to internal memos and sourc … | Continue reading
CEO Ev Williams says Medium is focused solely on growing its number of paying subscribers, and that building a profitable business isn’t an immediate concern. | Continue reading
Despite last month's legislative setback, marijuana will one day be legal in New Jersey. People with past convictions hope that legalization will come with provisions to wipe away their criminal records. Cheddar's Vanessa Freeman reports from New Jersey. | Continue reading
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Facebook has made its first acquisition in the blockchain space. The social network has quietly hired the team behind Chainspace, a small blockchain startup founded by researchers from University College London, Cheddar has learned. Chainspace was building a decentralized “smart … | Continue reading
Apple ($AAPL) is planning a subscription service that would function like Netflix for games, according to people familiar with the matter. The iPhone maker has also discussed partnering with developers as a publisher, which could signal ambitions to assume distribution and market … | Continue reading
The 2017 Fyre Fest, which scammed thousands of millennials out of thousands of dollars, is still creating drama. Nearly two years later, the disastrous event has caused a scuffle between Netflix and Hulu, both producers of rival tell-all docs on the subject. But according to the … | Continue reading
Snap’s global security chief, Francis Racioppi, has been fired after an internal investigation found that he had an undisclosed relationship with a woman from a third-party consulting firm that he paid a sizable, six-figure amount of money to on behalf of Snap. Controversial Snap … | Continue reading
When Glassdoor debuted its 2019 list of "Best Places to Work," one technology giant was dealt a conspicuous downgrade. Capping off a year of serious scandal, the embattled Facebook fell six spots to number seven on the list. Glassdoor's community expert, Scott Dobroski, explains … | Continue reading
Snap Inc.— the maker of Snapchat — is planning to release a new version of its Spectacles glasses with two cameras and a higher price point of $350 by the end of the year, Cheddar has learned. | Continue reading
Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel has given Snapchat the directive of achieving full-year profitability in 2019 and has refocused the company around a new set of strategic goals, according to a recent memo sent to employees. | Continue reading
Citibank is exploring various crypto products that it could offer retail customers, Cheddar has learned. Juliana Berger, a senior vice president of product in Citi’s mobile bank division, is overseeing the secretive initiative. | Continue reading
The wireless company, fresh off its deal to buy Time Warner, wants to build out an ad platform to rival Facebook and Google. | Continue reading
Facebook is developing a virtual token that would allow users around the world to make electronic payments. The news comes after the company announced its biggest-ever executive reshuffle, which put former Messenger chief David Marcus at the head of a new blockchain unit. | Continue reading