Wall Street banking giant JPMorgan (JPM) is teaming with crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) to roll out a series of integrations aimed at making it easier for the bank’s 80 million customers to buy crypto. The partnership will allow JPMorgan customers to directly connect their bank accounts to Coinbase, redeem Ultimate Rewards points for USDC, and … Read more
Apple on Monday rolled out the iOS 18.6 update for iPhone. While the company’s focus remains on delivering new features in iOS 26, the latest stable update also carries a handful of changes, especially for iPhone users in the EU. There is a new user experience when installing alternative app marketplaces from the web, apps … Read more
Google’s early warning system for earthquakes did not properly warn users about the severity of a massive earthquake in 2023, according to the company. The search giant offers Android Earthquake Alerts (AEA) in nearly 100 countries, including regions that do not have access to expensive earthquake early warning (EEW) systems. Google’s AEA system was running … Read more
Thousands of users of Microsoft’s LinkedIn were impacted on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. There were over 10,000 incidents of people reporting issues with the social networking service, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources including user-submitted errors on its platform. The outage may be … Read more
Google Photos integration with the Gemini app on Android is reportedly rolling out to users. Earlier this month, the Mountain View-based tech giant confirmed that the integration was being released to the public. With this, users can now ask Gemini questions about their photos to either locate specific images or derive information from within the … Read more
Toncoin (TON) extended its impressive rally Monday after Telegram began rolling out its TON Wallet to 87 million users across the United States. The update enables seamless crypto transfers and staking directly within the messaging app’s interface — with no need for external downloads, extensions, or logins. The TON Wallet, developed by The Open Platform … Read more
The threats of deepfakes are looming large over the social media landscape. The crypto sector is no exception to the dangers of deepfakes-powered fake news. In a new development, a deepfake video of Anatoly Yakovenko, the co-founder of Solana, was found circulating on social media. The video has been found on YouTube and X among … Read more
Japan, under its pro-Web3 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, is taking efforts as a community to establish itself as a hotspot for blockchain-related activities. Recently, it has been reported that Japanese e-commerce major Mercari is planning to accept Bitcoin payment in the coming months. Launched in the year 2013, the Tokyo-headquartered company has a monthly active … Read more
WhatsApp for iOS is introducing a new feature that lets users create events in group chats. The feature was first spotted in a beta version of the app for the Android platform by a feature tracker. However, it is now being rolled out to the stable version of the instant messaging app for iPhone. Its … Read more
Koinex, an Indian crypto exchange that permanently halted all services related to the trading of digital assets amid regulatory unclarity, has partnered with another exchange to access their assets. Users whose assets were deposited with the now-defunct Koinex exchange can now get assistance through CoinDCX. Before shutting down operations, Koinex had recorded over $265 million … Read more