‘Death to Putin’? Meta’s mostly okay with that on its platform

Axie Infinity raises $150M to help reimburse hacked user funds

Enlarge / New funds to replace Sky Mavis’ hacked money are… in the cards. Sky Mavis, the developer of non-fungible token-based game Axie Infinity, announced Wednesday that it has raised an additional $150 million in venture funding. The company says the money “will be used to reimburse user funds affected by the Ronin Validator Hack, […]

The local politics of AirBNB’s ban on DC rentals

Enlarge / Airbnb said it will refund guests who had booked stays in Washington next week and reimburse hosts for lost income. (credit: Bonnie Jo Mount | Washington Post | Getty Images) On January 9—three days after supporters of President Trump started a riot at the US Capitol—Sean Evans decided it was time for action. […]

Apple updates Pages, Numbers, and Keynote to 11.0

iWork on iOS. [credit: Samuel Axon ] This week, Apple updated its suite of iWork apps for both iOS and macOS. Pages, Numbers, and Keynote are now in version 11.0, and while the changes aren’t dramatic, there are some small quality-of-life tweaks here. On iOS, most of the listed updates apply to every app in […]