Month: February 2023
India in ‘no hurry’ for CBDC as digital rupee pilot onboards 50k users
The central bank of India wants to proceed with CBDC testing in the smoothest way possible, deputy governor Rabi Sankar said.
TikTok’s new ad tools allow users to boost other people’s videos
Image: Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok is adding new features to its advertising portal, Promote, including the ability to boost the videos of other users, the company announced today. The in-app tool, geared toward small businesses and creators, is getting several updates around audience targeting, campaign objectives, and boosting posts. The Promote feature allows … Read more
Can ‘niche’ dating apps save us?
Illustration by Tony Johnson / The Verge These days, there are dating apps for just about everything you can imagine: from specific religions, ethnicities, and political beliefs to various lifestyles and hobbies. You can find a dating app for vegans, one for rock climbers, and even one for professional clowns. But these apps face a … Read more
YouTuber mods a USB-C port into the AirPods Pro and wants to help you do the same
Engineer and YouTuber Ken Pillonel modded the AirPods Pro to swap out the proprietary Lightning connector for USB-C after making similar mods to the iPhone X and non-pro AirPods. Like his previous projects, the USB-C AirPods Pro schematics will be open sourced via GitGub, but this time, Pillonel is going a step further and will … Read more
5 high-paying careers in data science
Data science careers tend to have high salaries — often over six figures — as the demand for skilled professionals in this field continues to grow.
Saudi Arabia partners with The Sandbox for future metaverse plans
In a partnership ceremony at the LEAP 2023 conference in Saudi Arabia, the Sandbox entered into an MOU with the government of Saudi Arabia for future metaverse development.
ConsenSys founder ‘bullish’ on Ethereum following crypto winter performance
Ethereum co-founder and ConsenSys founder Joe Lubin says ETH’s relatively stable value through crypto winter is reason to be bullish about Ethereum’s future.
Happy Bitcoin anniversary, Tesla — Elon Musk firm still hodls 9.7K BTC
Bitcoin exposure may be down 77.5%, but Tesla still has the third-largest BTC holdings of a publicly listed company.
Microsoft’s Activision acquisition in peril after UK regulator warns of harm to gamers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) already expressed concerns about Microsoft’s plans to acquire Activision Blizzard last year, but it now says the deal could harm UK gamers. The CMA has published provisional findings in its investigation into the Microsoft and Activision deal and found that it … Read more
First Mover Americas: The Sandbox Is Up on Saudi Arabia Partnership News
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Feb. 8 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Crypto Classification Seeks to Make Industry More Welcoming to TradFi Participants
Cryptocurrency is an incredibly broad and diverse field, with a huge array of wholly different assets, making the industry an intimidating one to enter.
Will the SEC Convince a Court It’s Right to Label These Tokens as Securities?
Lawyers have challenged a potentially consequential move from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to build a list of crypto tokens it considers unregistered securities.
The war among blockchains should stop to speed up adoption
Sometimes we are so engrossed in internecine warfare among the chains and tokens that we fail to realize the regular folks who have no idea what we are talking about.
CoinGecko and 21Shares propose global crypto classification standard
The new crypto classification effort aims to help investors and regulators spot potential crypto failures like those seen in 2022.
Contentious Uniswap Vote Highlights the Opaqueness of Decentralized Governance
A16z didn’t quash a proposal to launch Uniswap onto Binance’s BNB Chain, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t have.
ChatGPT is a data privacy nightmare
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