The RCMP and Ontario Provincial Police have taken control of enforcement in Ottawa amid sustained criticism of the local force’s handling of a chaotic antigovernment protest, while the city’s chief of police has resigned from the role. Source: CP24 Continue reading OPP, RCMP take control of protest enforcement, Ottawa Chief Peter Sloly quits
Illustration by Dale Crosby Close / The Verge On Tuesday, OpenSea and NFT communications platform Metalink announced a new partnership aimed at preventing social engineering attacks carried out through Discord DMs. As The Verge previously reported, some confidence tricksters have … Continue reading OpenSea launches verified customer support to fight Discord scammers
The News Feed will now just be the Feed. | Image: Facebook Meta is changing the name of Facebook’s News Feed, the primary part of the service that users scroll through to see what their friends and family have shared. … Continue reading Facebook rebrands News Feed after more than 15 years
A federal judge said Monday that he planned to dismiss the case, ruling that Ms. Palin’s legal team had failed to meet the high legal standard required to prove that the newspaper defamed her. Source: New York Times Continue reading Jurors Will Continue to Deliberate on Sarah Palin’s Lawsuit Against The Times
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Meta, Facebook’s parent company, agreed to pay $90 million to settle a 2012 lawsuit accusing the company of tracking users even after they logged out of their accounts. The settlement was submitted for … Continue reading Meta’s Facebook to pay $90 million to settle decade-old privacy lawsuit
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he strongly discourages the idea of any new COVID-19 restrictions or retooling of the vaccine passport system after next month, saying the public is “done with this,” pandemic, also alluding to his doubts about the … Continue reading ‘We are done with it,’ Ford says enough talking about COVID-19 vaccine passports, restrictions
Jon Fingas Contributor Jon Fingas is a contributing writer at Engadget. More posts by this contributor Ford makes it easier to 3D-print accessories for its Maverick pickup SpaceX plans its first commercial spacewalk for this year Fisker is at last … Continue reading Fisker starts taking reservations for its $29,900 Pear EV
Details are light right now. | Image: Netflix Netflix, 2K, and Take-Two Interactive announced Tuesday that they will be partnering to make a live-action film adaptation of BioShock. While it’s a potentially exciting announcement, details beyond the existence of the … Continue reading Netflix is making a live-action BioShock movie
A monkey in Neuralink’s in-house facility. | Neuralink Elon Musk’s company Neuralink has denied claims that university researchers abused monkeys in experiments backed by the brain-computer interface startup. In a statement posted online, Neuralink responded to a federal complaint from … Continue reading Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink denies that researchers abused monkeys
Samsung has some aggressive deals for Galaxy S22 early adopters. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event was already six days ago, and we’re now just 10 days away from the launch of the new … Continue reading You can still get up to $250 credit on Samsung Galaxy S22 preorders
