What is Solend and how does it work
Solend is a DeFi lending and borrowing protocol on Solana, noted for its high scalability and composability.
Month: February 2023
Coinbase NFT Pauses New Collection Drops, Denies Shuttering Marketplace
Amid rumors swirling on Twitter, the company confirmed it’s temporarily halting its drops feature to focus on “features and tools” for its NFT marketplace.
Beyoncé fans may be the next to release their anger at Ticketmaster
Fans who want to attend Beyoncé’s world tour will have to get tickets through Ticketmaster. | Photo by Mason Poole / Parkwood Media / Getty Images for Atlantis The Royal Ticketmaster is about to face its next big test. Just over three months after the Taylor Swift debacle, Ticketmaster will be the place to buy … Read more
Decentralized Social Media Project Nostr’s Damus Gets Listed on Apple App Store
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has donated roughly 14 BTC worth $245,000 to fund Nostr’s development, after recently publishing his views on a native internet protocol for social media.
Retail giant Pick n Pay to accept Bitcoin in 1,628 stores across South Africa
Grocery retailer Pick n Pay is expanding its Bitcoin coverage to all stores in the country following a three-month pilot testing phase.
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023: all the news and updates from the event
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Here’s the latest from this year’s first Samsung event. Continue reading…
Rivian is laying off 6 percent of its employees — again
Photo by Nilay Patel / The Verge Another day, another company announces it’s laying off 6 percent of employees. Today, that company is Rivian, the EV automaker that had one of the biggest IPOs of 2021 but has since struggled to hit its targets as manufacturing and supply chain problems mount. The layoffs also come … Read more
Go 1.20 released
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Where to preorder the Samsung Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, and S23 Ultra
From left to right: the Samsung Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, and S23 Ultra. The latest Galaxy trio is available for preorder | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Another year, another round of flagship Samsung phones. This time around, Samsung used its Unpacked event to announce a new line of Galaxy Books, in addition … Read more
AMD’s 7000X3D chips will start at $449 when they take on Intel this spring
Only the Ryzen 9s will be coming in February. | Image: AMD AMD has announced the pricing for its flagship 7000X3D chips as well as when you’ll be able to get them. The Ryzen 9 7950X3D will cost $699, with the 7900X3D coming in at $599. Both chips will be available on February 28th. The … Read more
OpenAI announces ChatGPT Plus at $20 a month
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Plus, a $20 monthly plan that gives you priority access to the AI chatbot, even during peak time where free users would have to wait. The company also says the plan will give you “faster response times” and “priority access to new features and … Read more
Judge Dismisses Proposed Class-Action Lawsuit Alleging Coinbase Sold Unregistered Securities
The suit also accused Coinbase of failing to register as a broker dealer.
Federal Reserve Lifts Interest Rates Another 25 Basis Points
The bitcoin price was TKTK in the minutes following the announcement.
Meta gets court win in metaverse acquisition plans: Report
Should the Federal Trade Commission not appeal the ruling, Meta would likely be able to acquire additional companies offering metaverse-related products or services.
Price analysis 2/1: BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, ADA, DOGE, MATIC, DOT, LTC, AVAX
Crypto traders are waiting for the result of today’s FOMC and it’s possible that the recent downside could reverse course if Powell’s statements hint at an improving U.S economy.
Ask HN: Fake Job Candidates?
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ChatGPT Plus
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Let the Knife Speak: On José Rizal
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Scaling distributed training with AWS Trainium and Amazon EKS
Recent developments in deep learning have led to increasingly large models such as GPT-3, BLOOM, and OPT, some of which are already in excess of 100 billion parameters. Although larger models tend to be more powerful, training such models requires significant computational resources. Even with the use of advanced distributed training libraries like FSDP and … Read more
Sony’s PlayStation Plus greatest hits bundle for PS5 owners goes away in May
If you want those classic PS4 games, you should claim them while you can. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Sony will stop offering the PlayStation Plus Collection, which gave PS5 players who subscribed to PlayStation Plus access to more than a dozen classic PS4 titles, on May 9th, the company announced on … Read more
MakerDAO launches $5M legal defense fund
At its inception, the defense fund will receive a budget of $5 million held in the DAI stablecoin.
A year later, Peloton’s starting to show signs of recovery
Peloton’s Q2 2023 losses were the narrowest they have been since 2021. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge “If you’ve been wondering whether or not Peloton can make an epic comeback, this quarter’s results show the changes we’re making are working,” Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy wrote Wednesday in an investor letter accompanying the … Read more
A novel PayPal scam
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YouTube TV abruptly drops MLB Network as spring training approaches
Photo by Rob Tringali / MLB Photos via Getty Images YouTube TV might be working to refine and improve its user experience, but like every other subscription TV service, its customers are always at risk of losing channels out of the blue. MLB Network is the latest to vanish from the service with little warning. … Read more
The latest iPad Air is $100 off and one of the best values for an Apple tablet
The iPad Air from 2022 is a great buy unless you really prefer a bigger screen or the Face ID found on the Pro models. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge It’s February, folks. For many of us, that means a month of dreary weather and seasonal depression, but today, we can … Read more