Month: March 2023
Belkin’s 3-in-1 charger with MagSafe is down to its lowest price in months
Belkin’s MagSafe-equipped BoostCharge Pro can handle everything from AirPods to Android devices. | Image: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Why buy three different chargers to juice up your gadgets when you can buy one? That’s the beauty of Belkin’s BoostCharge Pro 3-in-1 Wireless Charger with MagSafe, which is on sale for $127.49 ($22 … Read more
401(k) Provider ForUsAll to Offer Crypto Investments Into CoinDesk Indices Constituents
This will be the first index-based digital asset offering available via a 401(k) in the U.S., says ForUsAll.
ChatGPT and the AI Apocalypse
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Dead Cells composer says reinterpreting Castlevania’s music wasn’t an easy task
Image: Evil Empire Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania is a meaty Dead Cells DLC update that adds things like bosses, stages, and even characters from Konami’s vampire-hunting series. But behind it all are more than 60 Dead Cells-themed Castlevania songs, including 51 remixes of classic tracks and 12 original compositions. I got to speak with … Read more
Xapo Bank Integrates Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, Partners with Lightspark
Crypto pioneer Xapo has quietly assembled interest bearing, deposit-guaranteed USD bank accounts with a view to providing alternative financial services in emerging market countrie
RPG publisher Paizo bans AI-generated content to support ‘human professionals’
The FAQs for Pathfinder Infinite and Starfinder Infinite are being updated to ban AI-generated content from the community marketplaces. | Image: Paizo Paizo, publisher of popular tabletop roleplay games (TTRPG) like Pathfinder and Starfinder, has made its position clear: AI-generated art and text isn’t welcome across its games, be it official or fan-made. In a … Read more
Silvergate Downgraded by JPM, Canaccord Amid Doubts of Bank’s Solvency
JPMorgan cut its recommendation on the stock to “Underweight” from “Neutral” and withdrew its price target.
Objects Have Failed (2002)
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Binance a ‘Hotbed of Illegal Financial Activity,’ Senators Claim: WSJ
A bipartisan grouping of three Senators has pressed the crypto exchange on allegations it sought to limit compliance.
Coinbase Switches to Signature Bank From Silvergate for Prime Customers
The change is specific to banking in USD and does not affect payment instructions in pounds or euros and is effective immediately.
Indian Crypto Exchange BitBNS Says Law Enforcement Advised Against Making Hack Public
Indian Crypto Exchange BitBNS didn’t make a hack worth $7.5 Million on February 1, 2022 public to its users and instead told them it was “system maintenance” because “law enforcement” authorities advised them against it.
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Falls to Below $23.5K
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for March 2, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
How white can white paint get?
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SkyBridge, Al Maskari Holding Partner With Blockchain Firm Casper Labs
Casper, which provides enterprise-grade blockchain services, also recently announced a tie-up with Google Cloud.
Microsoft now lets you change Bing’s chatbot personality to be more entertaining
Illustration: The Verge Microsoft has added a new feature to its Bing chatbot that lets you toggle between different tones for responses. There are three options for the AI-powered chatbot’s responses: creative, balanced, and precise. The creative mode includes responses that are “original and imaginative,” whereas the precise mode favors accuracy and relevancy for more … Read more
Garmin brings OLED displays to its latest Forerunner watches
The Garmin Forerunner 265, 265S, and 965 will all sport always-on OLED displays. | Image: Garmin Garmin’s Forerunner 265 and Forerunner 965 watches have just landed. And in a first for the line, both sport shiny always-on OLED touchscreens. The Forerunner series comprises Garmin’s midrange, lightweight GPS watches for runners (and triathletes), making the shift … Read more
Xmon Tokens Fall 80% After End of SudoSwap Lock Drop Program
Traders initially bid up prices of Xmon to get an airdrop of sudo, the governance tokens of SudoSwap.
Blockchain Game The Sandbox Warns of Phishing Email After Security Breach
An unauthorized third party had gained access to a Sandbox employee’s computer and used it to send a false email to users.
Arbitrum DEX ArbiSwap Rug Pulls Users for Over $100K
The relatively new trading service picked up hype among crypto traders in the past few weeks.