Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams accused of $2.5 million crypto ‘rug pull’ as his NYC Token crashes
Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams has come under fire after his new cryptocurrency token crashed just hours following its launch on Monday. As reported by CoinDesk, Adams' "NYC Token" hit a $580 million market capitalization at its peak before plummeting to around $130 million at this time of writing.
Data from the blockchain analysis platform, Bubblemaps, flagged "suspicious" activity surrounding the coin. A wallet linked to the NYC Token's deployer withdrew around $2.5 million in liquidity when the token reached its peak. It later added around $1.5 million back after the coin dropped by 60 percent, but, as noted by CoinDesk, around $900,000 was …
Dreame brings 8K video to compact action cameras
Dreame, a Chinese company known for its unique robot vacuums and floor cleaners, expanded its offerings at CES 2026, such as a $700 floor lamp that doubled as a hair dryer. But more interesting is the debut of the company's first action camera. The Leaptic Cube features a design similar to the DJI Osmo Nano and Insta360 Go Ultra, allowing you to separate the compact camera from its screen so you can mount it in different places while still being able to see what you're capturing. But while those cameras max out at a 4K resolution, Dreame's does 8K.
The Leaptic Cube features a 1/1.3-inch sensor, the same size DJI uses in the Osmo Nano, paire …
Marvel won’t let you forget Avengers: Doomsday is coming
A little over a year ago, Marvel spent the better part of an entire day slowly revealing the massive cast for Avengers: Doomsday. More recently, the studio started dropping teaser trailers featuring some of the movie's more notable superhero team-ups and returning characters. There was already plenty of hype around the project, which seems poised to rework a significant chunk of the MCU. But the House of Mouse wants to get fans foaming at the mouth for the Avengers' biggest outing yet, so now there's a clock counting down to the next time we'll see them on the big screen - which is almost a year away.
Along with yet another teaser, this one …
Microsoft scrambles to quell fury around its new AI data centers
It looks like the wave of campaigns against data centers are getting under big tech companies' skin - and Microsoft is the latest giant to promise to address frustrations on the ground in communities around their data centers.
The company announced a five-point plan today that it calls "Community-First AI Infrastructure." That includes paying more to try to prevent data center energy demands from raising other customers' electricity bills, minimizing the company's water use, training workers and creating jobs, and contributing to the local tax base in locations it operates.
The issue has influenced local elections, with some communities …
We tried CES 2026’s best and weirdest products, ask us anything!
We spent last week running to meetings, demos, and the convention floors to see as much as we could at CES 2026. And now that we've (sort of) recovered, it's time to answer any questions you still have. Did we replace Dom with his clone? Did Jen survive a robot falling on her? Is Vee tired of talking about the taint bandaid? There were so many products throughout Las Vegas last week - and so many experiences - and we want to talk all about them. At least, as much as we can.
Join part of our CES crew later today, January 13th, at 3PM ET for a subscriber-only AMA. You can start leaving questions in the comments now and we'll start answering t …
What Apple and Google’s Gemini deal means for both companies
For years, Apple and Google have had a will-they-won't-they type of relationship, as far as which AI company Apple would pick to underpin its Siri virtual assistant and give it new AI-fueled personalization and agentic capabilities. Apple has spent the last year or two playing the field, reportedly considering working with OpenAI or Anthropic to support the new Siri. But in a multiyear partnership announcement worthy of a The Bachelor-style finale, Apple announced that it would live happily ever after with Google - that the company's Gemini AI models will underpin a more personalized version of Apple's Siri, coming sometime in 2026.
"After …
How Lego’s Smart Brick works
The most interesting story at this year's CES was just a little tiny bundle of technology. One way to look at Lego's new Smart Brick is as something like a Raspberry Pi, an endlessly remixable gizmo with infinite hacking potential - it can be anything, in the best possible way. Another way to look at it is as a crushing blow to creativity, a new way for things to break or be paywalled, and an affront to everything we love about Lego. Maybe it's both. Or somewhere in between.
On this episode of The Vergecast, The Verge's Sean Hollister explains how the Smart Brick works and why this tiny square feels so complicated. He explains why Lego migh …
Insta360’s face-tracking webcams get bigger sensors and more expensive
Insta360 has announced new Pro versions of its Link 2 and Link 2C webcams that first launched in September 2024. As with the previous versions, the new Link 2 Pro and 2C Pro can track the movements of onscreen subjects to ensure they're always in frame, making them ideal for those presenting on a video stream, or who need to move around but don't have the budget for a camera operator. Both now feature larger 1/1.3-inch sensors paired with 24-millimeter equivalent f1.9 lenses for improved performance in low light or inconsistent lighting conditions.
Both webcams are now available worldwide through Insta360's online store, but are slightly mo …
PC shipments just grew unexpectedly amid RAM shortages
The PC market is bracing for a turbulent year ahead, but shipments managed to exceed expectations in the recent holiday quarter. IDC reports that shipments grew nearly 10 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2025, reaching 76.4 million in total.
Microsoft's end of Windows 10 support undoubtedly helped push PC shipments up, but IDC notes that PC makers have also been aggressively pulling forward inventory to combat potential tariffs and the global memory shortage.
"While the holiday season typically drives stronger demand, the surge in late 2025 was further amplified by emerging memory shortages that led buyers and brands to secu …
Microsoft is retiring its Office Lens app on iOS and Android
Microsoft is removing its Lens scanner app from iOS and Android in the coming months. Microsoft Lens, or Office Lens as it's known to most, will no longer be supported on February 9th, and the app won't be functional after March 9th.
The portable scanner features of Lens are available in OneDrive instead, making a dedicated app redundant for Microsoft. You'll still be able to capture pictures of whiteboards, documents, and receipts and save and edit them digitally in OneDrive. Pictures can then be converted into Word or PDF documents and properly cropped and rotated.
Microsoft first launched its Office Lens app for iOS and Android in 2015, …