Month: February 2023
What the Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade Will Mean for ETH Liquidity
A significant change to Ethereum’s proof-of-stake system is slated for March, which will likely incentivize a wave of building and consumer choice in the “liquid staking” sector.
Warner Bros. is making ‘multiple Lord of the Rings movies’
Image: New Line Cinema Warner Bros. Discovery will be working on “multiple Lord of the Rings movies” with the production company behind the original film trilogy, New Line Cinema. The deal was announced by Warner Bros.’ CEO David Zaslav during the company’s Q4 earnings call on Thursday, though he didn’t provide any additional details about … Read more
David Zaslav wants you to know the Warner Bros. Discovery merger is ‘working’
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav touted the success of the company’s turbulent megamerger during the company’s earnings call on Thursday, with repeated assurances that things are “working” — even though the company axed several shows and lost another $2.1 billion over the past few months, according to … Read more
Humanity tasks you, a Shiba Inu, with guiding humans through Lemmings-like puzzles
Image: Enhance Humanity, the newest game from Tetris Effect publisher Enhance, has you play as a glowing Shiba Inu to direct crowds of marching humans through Lemmings-like puzzles. Yes, it sounds strange, but you’ll be able to get your hands on it starting Thursday, so at least you can pass judgment on it for yourself. … Read more
Dapper Labs Ruling Could Spell Trouble for Other Centralized NFT Projects, Experts Say
If Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shots Moments are found to be securities, the company and its CEO could potentially face civil and criminal penalties for selling unregistered securities.
Montana Senate Passes Bill Protecting Crypto Miners
The state’s congress will vote next on the bill, which protects bitcoin miners from utility rate hikes and measures by local governments.
Sex, food or water? How mice decide
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The Suicide Squad enters the Borderlands
Image: Rocksteady Games During Sony’s first State of Play of 2023, we were offered an extended look at Rocksteady’s first game in a handful of years — Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League. In Kill The Justice League, the titular doomed heroes are tasked with saving Metropolis from a Justice League corrupted by Brainiac. Despite … Read more
Resident Evil 4 remake’s latest trailer is packed with iconic faces and places
Image: Capcom Capcom just released a new trailer for the Resident Evil 4 remake as part of Thursday’s PlayStation State of Play presentation, and to me, it’s looking more and more like it will be an excellent recreation of an all-time classic. The trailer is chock-full of iconic moments from the original game, making me … Read more
Block’s Q4 Bitcoin Revenue Fell 7% Year-Over-Year to $1.83B
For the full year, Block’s bitcoin revenue declined 29% from 2021 due to the fall in the price of bitcoin, the company said.
Before Your Eyes comes to PSVR 2 in March
A screenshot from Before Your Eyes on Steam. | Image: Skybound Games Before Your Eyes, the critically acclaimed first-person narrative title, is coming to PlayStation VR2 on March 10th, Sony revealed during its PlayStation State of Play presentation on Thursday. We already knew the game was part of the just-released headset’s launch window, but now … Read more
Bitcoin Hovers Near $24K as Investors Mull Economic Uncertainties
Bitcoin was trading sideways over the past 24 hours, while ether has risen 2.1%.
Dapper Labs Laying Off Another 20% of Its Staff: Report
The job cuts follow a previous 22% workforce reduction in November.
Twitch is now (mostly) telling everyone which experiments it’s running
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Twitch has a new “experiments” support page where it will share details on many of the experimental features it’s testing on its platform. The Twitch experiments page explains some of the ways the company tests new features and has a list of some of the tests it’s currently … Read more
AI’s Instagram Problem
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Show HN: Days Since Last Elon
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Twitter has removed captions from Spaces on iOS, and they don’t work on the web or Android
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter Spaces, the company’s social audio rooms, no longer lets you use captions if you’re listening on iOS. Twitter still advertises that you can turn on captions through the three-dot menu in a Space, but on iOS, that option currently isn’t there. On other platforms, it seems like … Read more
Stephen King’s It is getting an HBO Max prequel series set in Derry
A painting of a young Mrs. Kersh and her “father” Bob Gray. | Image: Warner Bros. In both Stephen King’s original It and Warner Bros.’ recent adaptations of the novel, one of the most alarming things the Losers Club discovers about Pennywise the Dancing Clown is just how long the extra-dimensional being has been terrorizing … Read more
Bitcoin’s Future Hinges on Donations and That’s Got People Worried
It costs up to $200 million a year to keep Bitcoin’s code maintained and functioning. Can developers find the resources they need in a plunging market?
Modular functions design for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) on AWS
Over the last 10 years, a number of players have developed autonomous vehicle (AV) systems using deep neural networks (DNNs). These systems have evolved from simple rule-based systems to Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and fully autonomous vehicles. These systems require petabytes of data and thousands of compute units (vCPUs and GPUs) to train. This … Read more
Kraken’s Head of OTC Options Trading: Investors Are Still Interested In Crypto, Staking
Juthica Chou says there is still strong trading interest, despite the SEC’s crackdown on the exchange’s staking-as-a-service platform.