Iran court orders the release of seized crypto mining equipment
Judicial rulings require Iranian authorities to release a part of the 150,000 crypto mining equipment previously seized due to energy concerns.
Month: January 2023
This Promising Wireless Tech Could Help Power the Future Metaverse
At CES 2023, Ixana announced a developer kit for Wi-R, a wireless tech that could lead to sleeker VR and AR devices for metaverse applications.
Twitter is set to reverse the political ad ban to bolster up its revenue
Twitter said Monday that it plans to lift the ban on political ads in the “coming weeks.” The company originally enforced the ban back in 2019. At that time, it said that “political message reach should be earned, not bought.” Twitter charted a different path from other social networks like Facebook and Instagram, which allowed … Read more
Ruby 3.2.0 is from another dimension
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‘Binance is the crypto market’: Arcane crowns the exchange 2022’s winner
Following the fallout of FTX, implementing zero fee BTC trading and some notable global acquisitions Binance’s market dominance has surged throughout 2022.
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Fun, danger, and 70s airplane toys
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This is Chrysler’s vision for your future car cabin
One year ago at CES in Las Vegas, Stellantis showed the world what a Chrysler EV might look like — a transformation that will occur by 2028 when it becomes an all-electric brand. Now, we’re getting a peek at the company’s vision for future car cabins. The upshot? Chrysler, the 97-year-old brand under global automaker … Read more
Chrysler’s cockpit concept is a preview of our screen-packed, button-less future
Image: Chrysler By 2028, iconic American automotive brand Chrysler says it will be an electric-only company. As such, it needs an interior that compliments and accentuates this shift to an emission-free future. Today, Chrysler unveiled a “demonstrator” cockpit designed to showcase a host of new technologies that the automaker’s future EV owners can expect to … Read more
100 crypto lobbyists prepare for the fight of their lives as Congress resumes
Battle lines are being drawn over crypto in Congress but industry executives remain optimistic.
Grayscale ETH trust nears record 60% discount as nerves continue over DCG
Grayscale’s Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash Trusts are at steep discounts as concerns whirl around Digital Currency Group’s liquidity.
SwitchBot’s new hub will support Matter
The Matter-enabled SwitchBot Hub 2 is also a temperature and humidity sensor. | Image: SwitchBot The smart home company SwitchBot, which makes tiny robots that can do things for you like press switches, turn locks, and open curtains, is introducing a new Matter-enabled hub. The $69 SwitchBot Hub 2 arrives in March and will work … Read more
‘WTH did I just witness?’ Magic Eden turns porno after hosting service hacked
The NFT marketplace said the issue was caused by its third-party image hosting provider and assured users their NFTs were safe.
Final Fantasy Parent Square Enix Is Bullish on Blockchain Gaming in 2023
The Tokyo-based video game giant is already developing multiple blockchain games, highlighting an area of growth amid a brutal crypto winter.
India’s crypto tax pushing traders to foreign exchanges
India’s tax rules on crypto, which went into effect last April, has resulted in local exchanges ceding the lion’s share of the market to those operated by foreign players, according to a new report. Binance, Coinbase and other foreign exchanges commanded 67.6% of the crypto market share in India as of October 2022, up from … Read more
It’s like the Power Glove, but for VR
Nintendo’s Power Glove was, to quote one of the 80s’ finest films, “so bad.” The NES peripheral transfixed a generation of youngsters, only to later realize that the “bad” in this instance should perhaps have been taken a bit more literally. Nintendo ultimately sold one million of the things, but the technology just wasn’t there, … Read more
US Feds put together ‘FTX task force’ to trace stolen user funds
United States Attorney Damian Williams said the office is working “around the clock” to respond to the implosion of FTX.
Samsung’s 2023 TV lineup bets everything on picture upgrades and AI tricks
Image: Samsung Last year, Samsung radically shook up the TV market with the introduction of its first OLED model in many years. And it used a new QD-OLED (quantum dot) panel that produces superior color brightness compared to popular OLED sets from LG. 2023 is going to be decidedly low key by comparison. Instead of … Read more
Samsung announces bigger, even brighter 77-inch QD-OLED TV
Image: Samsung Last year’s S95B QD-OLED (quantum dot) TVs from Samsung were an exciting shakeup for the consumer market and gave LG and Sony some long overdue competition. But the S95B series was limited to just 55-inch and 65-inch models — because those are the only TV sizes that Samsung Display manufactured QD-OLED panels for. … Read more