Month: March 2023
Ford’s self-repossessing car patent is a nightmare of the connected-car future
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The electric and digital transformation of the car industry comes with a lot of promises for a better tomorrow. Electric vehicles could dramatically reduce carbon emissions in the transportation sector; connected cars will give us access to services and features we don’t currently enjoy; over-the-air software updates could … Read more
Dan Harmon’s Still-Unreleased NFT TV Show ‘Krapopolis’ Gets Third Season
The Fox animated comedy series has yet to air a single episode and has made about $650,000 from NFT sales so far.
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty gets off to a ridiculously cool start
Image: Team Ninja The developers are marketing Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty all wrong. I’m sure the fact that it’s a Soulsborne-like released in the midst of the Great Elden Ring DLC winter is no doubt appealing. As is the fact that Team Ninja, the game’s developers, got Masaaki Yamagiwa — a producer on Bloodborne and … Read more
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Hey, where’s the Twitter Blue revenue sharing Elon Musk promised a month ago?
Where are the money birds? | Illustration: Laura Normand / The Verge On February 3rd, Elon Musk made a big announcement. “Starting today, Twitter will share ad revenue with creators for ads that appear in their reply threads,” he said, later adding that you’d have to be subscribed to Twitter Blue Verified to get your … Read more
Stablecoin Issuer Tether Used Bank Accounts Opened With Falsified Documents in Past: WSJ
Tether, the company behind the world’s largest stablecoin, accessed bank accounts by way of falsified documents and intermediaries, a new report says.
Gitcoin, Crowdfunding Platform for Open-Source Software, Votes to Seed Staked ETH Index
The index could provide a stream of income for Gitcoin to raise funds for grants – if users are attracted to the new index that exposes token holders to a diversified set of liquid staking tokens.
Hacking the Nintendo DSi Browser
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Binance USD Stablecoin Market Cap Falls Below $10B After Coinbase Delisting
Liquidity is deteriorating for Binance USD as crypto investors have redeemed some $7 billion of tokens from issuer Paxos since regulators ramped up pressure on the stablecoin.
How an insect using its butt to flick pee droplets could keep your smartwatch dry
Sharpshooter insect with pee droplet excreta on the anal stylus. | Image: Bhamla Lab, Georgia Tech The glassy-winged sharpshooter is an insect so impressive when it pees it could inspire more efficient designs for water-resistant devices. Saad Bhamla was in his vegetable garden in Atlanta, Georgia, when he first noticed the feat. The sharpshooter forms … Read more
Has Tokenization’s Moment Finally Come?
Tokenization of real-world assets has been dismissed by many crypto purists for operating under a centralized framework, but new technological advances have migrated the process from closed, permissioned projects onto public, permissionless blockchain platforms. This could offset traditional finance risks and broaden investment opportunities.
Neal Stephenson Says AI-Generated ChatGPT Is ‘Simply Not Interesting’
Author of science-fiction novel “Snow Crash” says the algorithm-based tool falls short of connecting with artists.
ETHDenver Looks Cringey to You Because Ethereum Has an Actual Community
Like any good punk or hip hop show, this year’s Colorado event for coders will feature events that will “scare away normies,” CoinDesk Chief Insights Columnist David Z. Morris writes.
Live2D Is a Security Trainwreck
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U.S. Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Force Crypto Miners to Disclose Emissions
U.S. Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) reintroduced a bill that would have crypto miners disclose their emissions and see the Environmental Protection Agency analyze the effect mining has.