Month: March 2023
Tesla Investor Day 2023: all the news and announcements from Elon Musk’s next ‘Master Plan’ event
Photo by Loren Grush / The Verge Part three of the company’s Master Plan is here. Continue reading…
Justin Sun Says Hong Kong’s New Licensing Regime Could Shift Policy in Mainland China, Eventually
In the interim, if granted the VASP license, the Tron founder says Houbi will launch a new exchange, Huobi Hong Kong, so as to comply with regulators.
DeFi to Go Under Microscope at US CFTC Advisory Group’s Opening Session
Decentralized finance (DeFi) will be the first topic discussed at the opening meeting of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s technology advisory committee on March 22, further cementing the cryptocurrencies sector as a priority for the U.S. derivatives regulator.
Tesla’s Investor Day event live blog
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla is holding its first-ever Investor Day event at its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, during which Elon Musk is expected to unveil the third iteration of the company’s “Master Plan.” The event will be livestreamed on YouTube and Twitter, but just in case you don’t feel like subjecting … Read more
OpenAI announces an API for ChatGPT and its Whisper speech-to-text tech
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge OpenAI has announced that it’s now letting third-party developers integrate ChatGPT into their apps and services via an API and that doing so will be significantly cheaper than using its existing language models. The company is making Whisper, its AI-powered speech-to-text model, available for use through an API and … Read more
Open Source Protocol Ren Token Surges 18% Amid Rising Interest in Multichain Projects
In November, following the protocol’s loss of funding from Alameda, Ren accelerated its shift from Ren 1.0 to a more efficient, secure version.
USPS will order 9,250 Ford E-Transit EVs and 14,000 EV chargers
Image: Ford The US Postal Service is buying 9,250 Ford E-Transit battery-electric vehicles and 14,000 EV charging stations from three different suppliers as part of its plans to electrify a large portion of its mail delivery fleet. In an announcement post on Tuesday, the agency said it hasn’t finalized plans for where the vehicles and … Read more
US SEC Plans to Keep Growing Crypto Unit as Enforcement Ramps Up
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may ramp up its recent surge of cases targeting crypto firms by once again boosting the size of its digital assets enforcement squad.
DeFi Protocol StaFi Nearly Halves Commission Fees for Staking
StaFi will now charge a 10% fee on its Liquid staking derivatives products, down from 19%.
Virtual fashion styling with generative AI using Amazon SageMaker
The fashion industry is a highly lucrative business, with an estimated value of $2.1 trillion by 2025, as reported by the World Bank. This field encompasses a diverse range of segments, such as the creation, manufacture, distribution, and sales of clothing, shoes, and accessories. The industry is in a constant state of change, with new … Read more
How Kakao Games automates lifetime value prediction from game data using Amazon SageMaker and AWS Glue
This post is co-written with Suhyoung Kim, General Manager at KakaoGames Data Analytics Lab. Kakao Games is a top video game publisher and developer headquartered in South Korea. It specializes in developing and publishing games on PC, mobile, and virtual reality (VR) serving globally. In order to maximize its players’ experience and improve the efficiency … Read more
Kraken Pulling Back From Using Signature Bank: Bloomberg
Non-corporate clients will no longer be able to make dollar deposits or withdrawals using the crypto-focused bank, according to a report.
CoinDesk and Art Blocks Release Microcosms to Supercharge IRL Events With NFTs
The three-year NFT ticket offers widening rewards for holders, refashioning the typical live event ticket model.
A GOP plan to ban TikTok nationwide advances out of committee
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Republicans on a powerful House committee voted to advance a bill on Wednesday that would allow President Joe Biden to ban TikTok from the United States, despite objections from Democrats and civil liberty groups. In a 24-16 vote, the House Foreign Affairs Committee greenlit Rep. Michael McCaul’s (R-TX) … Read more
Final Fantasy XVI has a medieval approach to diversity
Image: Square Enix Nixing people of color in service to making a game ‘rooted in reality’ not only runs contrary to the game’s own goal of having broad appeal but also to the game’s own internal world-building. Continue reading…
Ethereum Activates ‘Account Abstraction,’ Touted by Founder Buterin as Key Advance
The news of the upgrade, via the deployment of ERC-4337 as a smart contract, will be shared at an ETHDenver-related event, known as WalletCon.
Polygon Rolls Out Zero-Knowledge Privacy-Enhanced Identification Product
Under the design for Polygon ID, a bar owner could theoretically use the credential-verification system to verify that a patron is of age, without ever having to look at any identification card.