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Month: February 2023
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Twitch is making it much easier to catch up on chat
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Twitch is rolling out a new chat history feature that should make it a lot easier to catch up on what’s been going on in a streamer’s chat. When you jump into a stream, you’ll be able to see either the last 50 messages or the last hour … Read more
How Bitcoin NFTs Might Accidentally Fix Bitcoin’s Security Budget
Ordinal NFTs have rejuvenated Bitcoin’s transaction fee market. Will it prove useful?
Riot reports 17K miners offline due to Texas weather
The mining firm reported two of the buildings at its Whinstone facility in Rockdale were damaged in December as Texas experienced days of sub-zero temperatures.
Create powerful self-service experiences with Amazon Lex on Talkdesk CX Cloud contact center
This blog post is co-written with Bruno Mateus, Jonathan Diedrich and Crispim Tribuna at Talkdesk. Contact centers are using artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) technologies to build a personalized customer experience and deliver effective self-service support through conversational bots. This is the first of a two-part series dedicated to the integration of … Read more
‘Disinflation’ Trends Will Soon ‘Hit a Brick Wall’: Oanda’s Edward Moya
Oanda senior market analyst Edward Moya told CoinDesk TV that until the service sector’s growth weakens, the economy will continue to see wage pressures.
Amazon’s Luna game streaming service has lost a lot of games recently
Image: The Verge Luna, Amazon’s cloud game streaming service, is set to lose 53 games this month, including titles like Bridge Constructor Portal, No More Heroes, and classics like Pong and Missile Command, according to 9to5Google. It’s just the latest mass removal from the service. Amazon previously told 9to5Google that its goal for Luna “has … Read more
Here’s why Meta is shutting down Echo VR
Image: Meta Last week, Meta announced that it would be shutting down the widely praised VR game Echo VR in August. Since then, Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth has shared some further details about the shutdown, and former Meta consulting CTO John Carmack has weighed in about the decision. In an Instagram AMA, Bosworth said … Read more
Binance to temporarily suspend bank transfers in US dollars beginning Feb. 8
The announcement came without warning two days in advance, but it does not apply to Binance.US users, so only 0.01% of active users will be affected.
Digital bank Revolut launches crypto staking for UK and EEA customers: Report
Currently, staking is available for DOT, XTZ, ADA, and ETH crypto assets, with yields reportedly ranging from 2.99% to 11.65%%.
Australia and the UK share their big picture of crypto: Law Decoded, Jan. 31–Feb. 6
While the British Treasury emphasizes the liberal approach, Australia goes with the profound taxonomy of all the crypto assets.
‘Decentralized Infura’ may help prevent Ethereum app crashes: Interview
The initial “Dfura” marketplace, which is currently in development, is expected to include up to 10 Web3 data providers.
Exclusive: Sonos’ next speakers will be called the Era 300 and Era 100
A 3D product rendering of the upcoming Sonos speaker, codenamed Optimo 2, as created by The Verge | Product render by Alex Castro / The Verge Sonos is preparing a new generation of smart speakers, known as the Era 300 and Era 100, that will debut in the coming months, The Verge has learned. The speakers, … Read more
Blockchain Analytics Firm Elementus Triples Valuation Despite Crypto Winter
Elementus increased its valuation significantly from a little more than a year ago in a new $10 million fundraise.
Did dYdX violate the law by changing their tokenomics?
The dYdX Foundation made an abrupt change to its project’s tokenomics, but it may have done so in consultation with its attorneys.
Overwatch 2’s season 3 changes make Mercy weaker
Overwatch 2 | Image: Blizzard Other than a new map, a dating sim, and a tie-in with One Punch Man, Blizzard is also touching up practically every aspect of Overwatch 2 with the introduction of the game’s third season. A blog post provided an overview of the big changes players will see when the game … Read more
Microsoft announces surprise event for tomorrow with Bing ChatGPT expected
Illustration: The Verge Microsoft is holding a major news event tomorrow on February 7th. The software giant first mailed out invites to an in-person event at the company’s Redmond headquarters last week and is now officially announcing the event minutes after Google made its ChatGPT rival official. Microsoft’s event starts at 10AM PT / 1PM … Read more
Twitter can now default to the ‘Following’ timeline on iOS and Android
The choice has returned. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter’s iOS and Android app will now default to showing you the last timeline tab you selected, whether it’s the algorithmic “For You” or the reverse chronological “Following” list. The company rolled out this feature on the web in late January after it … Read more
FTX Money Backed U.S. Lawmakers With Future of Crypto in Their Hands
Many members of Congress with the biggest influence over coming U.S. cryptocurrency legislation received direct contributions from top executives of FTX, leaving them with a complicated political relationship with the crypto industry.
Machine learning could turbocharge the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Image: Dylan O’Donnell The field of SETI, or the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, is accelerating to new heights thanks to developments in machine learning. In a paper published last week in Nature Astronomy, a team of researchers led by Peter Ma of the University of Toronto shared a machine learning method for digging through data … Read more
Bard and new AI features in Search
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