Month: January 2023
Check out this clever voice assistant demo hacked together with GPT-3 and Siri
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A developer has put together a GPT-3 demo that attempts to enhance Apple’s Siri voice assistant and allow far more conversational voice commands. In a video posted to Reddit, developer Mate Marschalko shows the assistant controlling his HomeKit smart home devices and responding to queries in response to … Read more
Crypto Exchange BitMart to Join Custodian Copper’s ClearLoop Network
Institutional clients will be able to trade on the BitMart exchange while their digital assets remain safeguarded in Copper’s custody.
Avalanche DEX Trader Joe Plans to Make its Tokens More Valuable for Users
The platform aims to expand to Arbitrum and BNB Chain in the coming weeks and is changing part of how its tokens are rewarded and distributed.
Outrider raises $73M to brings its autonomous electric yard trucks into the mainstream
Autonomous vehicle technology may no longer be the fuel powering the hype machine. But companies applying the technology to agriculture, commercial and logistics applications are still attracting venture capital. Take Outrider, a Golden, Colorado startup developing autonomous electric yard trucks, for example. Distribution yards are the nerve center of the supply chain. Its where all … Read more
Google Stadia is how you shut down a service right
Google Stadia is survived by its gamepad, fans, and its Nvidia and Amazon rivals. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google made a few mistakes with its Stadia cloud gaming service. Maybe more than a few. Okay, it made a lot of promises it didn’t keep and said a lot of things … Read more
Ethereum Name Service’s Governance Proposal Outlines Intention to Sell 10,000 ETH
A draft governance proposal put forward by a member of the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) DAO suggests liquidating 10,000 ethereum to cover operating costs over the next two years.
Compass Mining sued for losing Bitcoin mining machines bought by customers
The lawsuit alleges that Compass Mining didn’t disclose to Bit River that it was only the ‘middleman,’ not the owner of its customers’ machines.
Bitcoin Bridged to Avalanche Surpasses BTC Locked in Lightning Network
The total circulating supply rose on Avalanche to around $118 million surpassing Lightning’s near $100 million.
The Minimum Viable Data Room
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Semantic Linefeeds (2012)
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Cosmos DEX Osmosis to Make Cross-Chain Trades More Efficient With Neon Upgrade
The upgrade would also make pricing ticks more efficient and will stave off liquidity attacks utilizing upward price manipulation.
Raydium exploiter moves $2.7M to crypto mixer Tornado Cash
The hackers sent 1,774.5 Ether to the sanctioned cryptocurrency mixer weeks after the DeFi protocol exploit.
The State of the Awk (2020)
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Amazon is closing its AmazonSmile charity platform
The announcement of AmazonSmile’s closure comes as Amazon begins another round of job cuts. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is shutting down its AmazonSmile charity program next month. The closure coincides with a variety of cost-cutting efforts announced by the e-commerce giant that includes laying off thousands of employees. The AmazonSmile … Read more
Bitcoin can pass $30K before setting new bear market low — forecast
Elliott Wave analysis from QCP Capital suggests that the Bitcoin price bottom is not yet in.
Bitcoin crowd sentiment hit multi-month high as BTC price touches $21K
The bullish market sentiment, aided by the price rebound, has also let many analysts believe that the Bitcoin price bottom is in.
FinCEN lists Binance among the top Bitcoin counterparties of Bitzlato
FinCEN placed Binance next to the darknet market Hydra as a major counterparty receiving Bitcoin from Bitzlato.
Pwned or Bot
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Thursday’s top tech news: what does ‘funding secured’ mean anyway?
Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty IMages Plus more Apple rumors, and a hefty proposed OSHA fine for Amazon. Continue reading…
German teens went crazy for this ‘compliments’ app, and now VCs are backing its next phase
The teenage market for apps is a tough nut to crack and stay relevant in. Just ask Snapchat. Equally, teens are going through a stage in life where almost every social interaction seems to carry portent of some kind of other. This would explain in part why apps like SendIt, NGL, and Nocapp (some are … Read more
Fireblocks Enlists Crypto Insurance Firm Coincover for Third-Party Key Recovery Service
Coincover said Fireblocks customers can rely on fixed processes and a standard service level agreement.
Sorry, What’s Going on Here?
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The Story of Microsleep (2012)
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Metaverse not the endgame, but ‘ongoing digital transformation’: Davos 2023
Leaders in the Web3 space came together at the World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss first outputs from the “Defining and Building the Metaverse” initiative.
Pandoc 3.0
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Oro, an open-source B2B ecommerce platform from Magento’s cofounder, raises $13M
Oro, an open source ecommerce platform co-created by Magento’s cofounder and former CTO, today announced it has raised $13 million in a strategic growth round of funding. Founded in 2012, Los Angeles-based Oro’s platform constitutes a range of applications, including OroCommerce, its flagship B2B ecommerce platform for building storefronts and marketplaces; OroMarketplace, an end-to-end management … Read more