Entertainment NFT Firm Orange Comet Raises $7M in Equity Round
he company, which has created digital collectibles for athlete Scottie Pippen and “The Walking Dead”, plans to raise more capital later this year.
Month: February 2023
What Kind of Culture Are We Building in Web3?
If the metaverse is speculative fiction, we must dare to be imaginative and inclusive.
Visa’s Crypto Strategy Remains Intact Despite Crypto Winter
U.S. payments giant Visa remains committed to investing in the crypto sector and supporting the technology despite recent failures in the industry, the company said Tuesday.
Goldman Sachs Says It’s Open to Adding Staff to Digital Assets Team: Bloomberg
The investment bank’s private tokenization platform was used by Hong Kong to sell digital bonds last week.
President Joe Biden’s $39 billion semiconductor project is open for business
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge The Biden administration launched its massive effort to outcompete China in semiconductor manufacturing Tuesday, offering $39 billion in funding incentives for companies seeking to build manufacturing plants in the US. Authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act last year, the Commerce Department opened the application process Tuesday for companies … Read more
Startup Decoupling and Reckoning
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Alexander, Porrus and the Peacock
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Luminar unveils Iris Plus lidar sensor with 300-meter range
Image: Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge Lidar maker Luminar held an investor day event in Orlando, Florida, during which it unveiled a new version of its Iris sensor that will be included in production vehicles from Mercedes-Benz. The company also announced a series of ambitious expansion plans, including a new factory in Mexico, a … Read more
The grill ignition button is a reminder of happy summer days
It is 28 degrees Fahrenheit on top of this mountain, before you factor in the wind that’s blowing snow sideways into my face. I’m sitting on a rock with my soda can-sized backpacking stove the size of a soda can trying to make lunch and regretting my decision to go hiking in the middle of … Read more
SEC, CFTC Charge FTX’s Singh With Fraud Following Criminal Plea
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures charged former FTX director of engineering Nishad Singh with fraud allegations on Tuesday.
Pluto TV is dedicating entire channels to the Rocky movies and Sailor Moon
Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa. | Image: MGM To really appreciate how the Rocky franchise evolved over the years to become the Creed saga, you kind of have to watch the original Sylvester Stallone features in order. While it’s never been especially hard to stream the Rocky movies online, Pluto TV is about to make … Read more
Team-based map making with Felt
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Extract non-PHI data from Amazon HealthLake, reduce complexity, and increase cost efficiency with Amazon Athena and Amazon SageMaker Canvas
In today’s highly competitive market, performing data analytics using machine learning (ML) models has become a necessity for organizations. It enables them to unlock the value of their data, identify trends, patterns, and predictions, and differentiate themselves from their competitors. For example, in the healthcare industry, ML-driven analytics can be used for diagnostic assistance and … Read more
Build a GNN-based real-time fraud detection solution using the Deep Graph Library without using external graph storage
Fraud detection is an important problem that has applications in financial services, social media, ecommerce, gaming, and other industries. This post presents an implementation of a fraud detection solution using the Relational Graph Convolutional Network (RGCN) model to predict the probability that a transaction is fraudulent through both the transductive and inductive inference modes. You … Read more
Meta’s VR battle royale is going free-to-play
Population: One, Meta’s VR battle royale shooter it acquired in 2021, is becoming a free-to-play game, developers BigBox VR announced on Tuesday. The title currently starts at $30 on the Quest Store, but you’ll be able to play it for free starting March 9th. Population: One first launched in October 2020, and it’s proven to … Read more
Tech Startup MultiversX Starts Web3 ‘Super App’ With Finance, Social Features
The metaverse-focused blockchain startup said its xPortal app will offer connection to Web3 apps and virtual worlds.
Gaming Engine Unity Taps MetaMask, Immutable X and Solana for Web3 Developer Tools
The leading platform for game developers introduces an online storefront for decentralized tools, adding support for major Web3 players.
Disney’s live-action film Peter Pan & Wendy starts streaming in April
Image: Disney Disney’s latest live-action adaptation will be streaming later this spring. The company revealed today that Peter Pan & Wendy, billed as a “reimagining” of the 1953 animated film and the original play, will premiere on April 28th. It won’t be hitting theaters, however, and instead will be streaming exclusively on Disney Plus. The … Read more