Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Instagram is trying to make it more difficult for people you don’t follow to spam you with unwanted DM requests. After testing the feature in June, Instagram now…

Sam Altman’s crypto startup Worldcoin yesterday faced its first major hurdle in Africa when authorities in Kenya suspended its iris-scanning activities (“proof of personhood verification”) over security, privacy and data protection concerns. Worldcoin now says…

The phrase “in bear markets you build” is cliché, but it might hold true for crypto.

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