A retro hardware maker willing to pay Trump’s tariffs is suspending US shipments anyway

The RetroTINK-4K CE. | Image: RetroTINK RetroTINK, a company that sells hardware for playing retro consoles on modern screens, says it will be temporarily suspending US shipments — even though the company wants to pre-pay President Donald Trump’s tariffs, as reported by Time Extension. The company is suspending shipments “due to lack of guidance on … Read more

Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert says he should have just held BTC

Barry Silbert, the CEO of Digital Currency Group, said he would have secured higher investment gains by just holding the Bitcoin that he invested in early-stage crypto projects around 2012. During an April 17 appearance on Raoul Pal’s Journey Man podcast, Silbert said he discovered Bitcoin (BTC) in 2011, purchasing BTC at $7-$8 per coin. … Read more

Solana Surges 4.5% as Canada Launches First Spot ETFs

Global economic tensions and trade policy uncertainties continue to create volatility in the crypto market, with SOL navigating these challenges better than many alternatives. Solana token’s price rose more than 4% on Thursday, while the broader market gauge, CoinDesk 20, rose about 3%. The $125-$127 range for SOL has emerged as a critical support zone … Read more

Facebook considered offering an ad-free subscription after the Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook After the Cambridge Analytica data scandal broke in 2018, things got bad enough for Meta (then Facebook) that Mark Zuckerberg had to face Congress to try to explain what had happened. The focus on how much data Facebook had on everyone, including “shadow profiles” for non-Facebook users, was enough to shake financial markets and, … Read more

The future of quality assurance: Shift-left testing with QyrusAI and Amazon Bedrock

This post is co-written with Ameet Deshpande and Vatsal Saglani from Qyrus. As businesses embrace accelerated development cycles to stay competitive, maintaining rigorous quality standards can pose a significant challenge. Traditional testing methods, which occur late in the development cycle, often result in delays, increased costs, and compromised quality. Shift-left testing, which emphasizes earlier testing … Read more

Automate video insights for contextual advertising using Amazon Bedrock Data Automation

Contextual advertising, a strategy that matches ads with relevant digital content, has transformed digital marketing by delivering personalized experiences to viewers. However, implementing this approach for streaming video-on-demand (VOD) content poses significant challenges, particularly in ad placement and relevance. Traditional methods rely heavily on manual content analysis. For example, a content analyst might spend hours … Read more

How Salesforce achieves high-performance model deployment with Amazon SageMaker AI

This post is a joint collaboration between Salesforce and AWS and is being cross-published on both the Salesforce Engineering Blog and the AWS Machine Learning Blog. The Salesforce AI Model Serving team is working to push the boundaries of natural language processing and AI capabilities for enterprise applications. Their key focus areas include optimizing large … Read more

Bose’s QuietComfort Ultra are nearly $200 off in refurbished condition

Bose’s QuietComfort Ultra Headphones combine a travel-friendly, foldable design with top-notch noise cancellation and sound. Whether you’re traveling or working from home, the noise-canceling Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones can help you find calm and focus amid the everyday hustle and bustle. Normally priced at $429, sadly that peace and quiet doesn’t come cheap — but … Read more

Crypto Casino Founder Richard Kim Arrested After Gambling Away Investor Funds

Richard Kim, the founder of crypto casino Zero Edge, was arrested on Tuesday following allegations that he had gambled away investors’ funds. According to an FBI complaint filed on Tuesday in the Southern District of New York, Kim “fraudulently induced investors to invest in Zero Edge, a cryptocurrency technology company he founded, and then misappropriated … Read more

Brendan Carr threatens Comcast over coverage of Abrego Garcia

Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr has accused Comcast of “news distortion” over its networks’ coverage of Kilmar Armando Abrego, a Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador due to what the government said was an “administrative error.” “Comcast outlets spent days misleading the American public,” Carr wrote in a reply to a post … Read more

Bitcoin miner Bit Digital acquires $53M facility as AI, HPC push continues

Bitcoin mining company Bit Digital has acquired an industrial building in Madison, North Carolina, upping the ante in a business diversification strategy that includes strategic pivots into AI and high-performance computing.  Bit Digital agreed to buy the property for $53.2 million through Enovum Data Centers Corp., the company’s wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, regulatory filings show. … Read more