This guy rules. | Photo by Christopher Person / The Verge Learning to solder was a life-changing experience for me, but it can seem daunting. You aren’t just screwing and unscrewing parts — you are melting hot metal with a scorching tip. While that seems like something out of reach for most people, I am … Read more
The company acknowledged to Bloomberg that the process of maintaining the peg “has not always been flawless,” but said the problem has now been fixed.
For the first time in our history, we have tradable assets that embody innovation, says Noelle Acheson.
A meeting between TikTok’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew, and senior European Union lawmakers which took place today saw the video sharing platform’s chief executive quizzed on a range of topics — including its preparations to comply with incoming pan-EU rules focused on content governance and safety (aka the Digital Services Act; or DSA), and its … Read more
A live-action series based on the tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons is coming to Paramount+. The pilot of the show was written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, who wrote films like “Dodgeball” and “Red Notice.” The series will be co-produced by Hasbro’s eOne and Paramount Pictures, who are also working together on the upcoming … Read more
You don’t need to be an economist to appreciate the myriad forces placing downward pressure on startups today. Setting aside the legions of investors keeping their powder dry, is your yearly revenue growing faster than the inflation rate? What percentage of your sales team has experience working during a downturn? Amidst the angst, there’s some … Read more
We’re only in the second week of 2023, but demo days have already begun as founders try to keep momentum alive in the ever-changing crypto market. Beacon, a web3-focused early-stage accelerator program, launched last year, and its flagship cohort just graduated. The teams in the first cohort, known as Cohort 0, presented their ideas on … Read more
The company says it wants to make it easier for users to engage with Web3 and use digital wallets.
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The move, which Gemini says requires Genesis to return all locked-up assets, sunsets the exchange’s nearly two year-old Gemini Earn program.
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Last year, French startup Qonto acquired its German competitor Penta. Both companies offer business bank accounts for small and medium companies as well as freelancers. Today, Qonto shared some details about the integration process. At the time of the acquisition, Penta was serving 50,000 companies in Germany while Qonto had 300,000 customers in France, Spain, … Read more
Digital Currency Group (DCG), Grayscale’s parent company, has come under increasing pressure to address a discount that had widened to nearly 50% towards the close of 2022.
It appears that Roblox, a major player in the metaverse space, could be getting its moment to shine on Meta’s virtual reality headset. According to The Verge’s Command Line newsletter, sources say that Roblox might be planning to come to Quest in late 2023. Roblox declined to comment to TechCrunch. Meta was not immediately available … Read more
A Senate proposal to anticipate EU rules has caused consternation in the industry – but the National Assembly may not swallow it whole
Amazon SageMaker is a fully managed machine learning (ML) service. With SageMaker, data scientists and developers can quickly and easily build and train ML models, and then directly deploy them into a production-ready hosted environment. It provides an integrated Jupyter authoring notebook instance for easy access to your data sources for exploration and analysis, so … Read more
In a report released October 3rd, 2000, the Goddard Space Flight Center said satellites have observed an 11.5 million square-mile hole, a severe thinning of Earth’s protective ozone layer, over Antarctica. | Image: Newsmakers via Getty Images For decades, the Earth’s ozone layer, which protects life on our planet from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) … Read more
There’s more D&D content on the way. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In a likely bid to capitalize on the growing popularity of Dungeons & Dragons, Deadline reports that Paramount has picked up a live-action Dungeons & Dragons series for its Paramount Plus streaming service. The series is set to be eight … Read more
Apple today shared an update on its subscription businesses and global App Store, noting that the tech company has now paid out a record $320 billion to app developers since 2008 — a number that reflects the revenue apps have generated, minus Apple’s commission. In addition, the tech giant said it now has more than … Read more
German-based biotech company BioNTech SE is set to acquire InstaDeep, a Tunis-born and U.K.-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup InstaDeep for up to £562 million (~$680 million) in its largest deal yet. Per The Financial Times, the German vaccine maker intends to use InstaDeep’s machine learning to “improve its drug discovery process, including developing personalised treatments tailored … Read more
Nebraskangooner gave his thoughts on multiple topics in the latest episode of the Crypto Trading Secrets podcast, including his opinions on Bitcoin in the bear market.
Google has warned that growth in the use of Android in India may stall due to an antitrust order issued by the Indian antitrust watchdog last year over the U.S. company’s domination in the country. The order, which was issued by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in September, found that Google had abused its … Read more
It’s only been a few days since CES closed its doors, but there are still plenty of new gadgets to be had. Some companies, after all, would rather not launch their products into the noise that is the world’s largest consumer electronics show. Seattle-based Wyze is one of these. The company made its name by … Read more
Tomorrow, January 11, is a big day in the web3 universe. It’s The Cross Chain Coalition Web3 Demo Day, a showcase of 12 boundary-pushing early-stage startups building projects across web3, DeFi, NFT and gaming. Today we’re revealing the final four startups ready to deliver their best five-minute pitch to a global audience, including some of … Read more
ChatGPT, a new artificial intelligence tool that achieved virality with its savvy messaging ability, has certainly struck a chord. The tool, made available to the general public just last month, is smart enough to answer serious and silly questions about profound topics, which has landed it in debates led by writers, educators, artists and more. … Read more