Ether Rallies to $3.6K as Bitcoin Holds Steady at $71K
Liquid staking tokens like Lido, Rocket Pool, and ether.fi follow ether’s gains.
Month: April 2024
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Ping Ping Ping That is the sound of my phone alerting me to overnight snowfall at the various Hokkaido ski resorts I monitor. While this sound brings me immense joy in January and February, in March, it brings only FOMO. I decamped from Hokkaido in early March for the past few ski seasons. My recent … Read more
What is Saga? The Gaming Network, Play-to-Airdrop Push, and Token Launch
Saga is a new layer-1 blockchain with a major gaming focus, and the SAGA token is about to launch after a record-breaking Binance campaign.
Elon Musk says his posts did more to ‘financially impair’ X than help it
Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk admitted that his posts on the platform formerly known as Twitter may have financially harmed the company in the long run, in a March 27th deposition made public on Monday by The Huffington Post. The billionaire also admitted to have a “limited understanding” of the … Read more
EV Adoption in India: Is It Actually a Good Thing?
Is Growing EV Adoption Really Good for India? There is no doubt about the fact that EV adoption has taken off in India. The evidence of this is most prominently visible in the shape of e-rickshaws and electric two-wheelers that seem to be proliferating all around us. We also see a sizeable number of electric … Read more
Genesis of the “Golfball” Selectric
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TSAC: Low Bitrate Audio Compression
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Can you watch a solar eclipse in the Apple Vision Pro?
Image: Apple This morning, remembering I’d forgotten to order eclipse glasses, I wondered out loud: Would it be an absolutely awful idea to watch today’s solar eclipse on the Apple Vision Pro? I’m extremely not a camera expert, but I seem to recall that pointing a camera at the sun is bad. However, online answers … Read more
Ethereum Card Game ‘Gods Unchained’ Crosses Over With ‘Guild of Guardians’ in New Expansion
The new Gods Unchained expansion, Dread Awakening, is a mash-up with Immutable’s upcoming Guild of Guardians franchise.
Multiverse, the apprenticeship unicorn, acquires Searchlight to put a focus on AI
Multiverse, the U.K. unicorn that builds apprenticeship programs for people to learn technology skills while on the job, has made an acquisition as it aims to skill up itself. The company has bought Searchlight, a startup and recruitment platform that uses artificial intelligence-based technology to source talent. The plan will be to use Searchlight’s tech … Read more
Tesla is settling with the family of the Apple engineer who died in an Autopilot crash
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge This week, Tesla was scheduled to appear in court to defend its Autopilot system against a claim of wrongful death — but it looks like the company will pay the family of Apple engineer Wei “Walter” Huang instead. Court documents show that Tesla is trying to seal the … Read more
Crypto Trader Eisenberg’s $110M Fraud Trial to Put DeFi Under Microscope
The two-week trial will test the government’s strategy of portraying complex crypto trades as simple fraud.
Solana NFT Marketplace Tensor’s Token Debuts to $640 Million in Trading Volume
Tensor’s Blur-like rewards model finally pays off as NFT traders unlock their Solana tokens—and one trader got more than $1 million worth.
The UX of UUIDs
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The Supercut app brings good Netflix to the Vision Pro
The service selector in Supercut. | Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge Netflix said last year that it had no plans for a native app for the Apple Vision Pro — a disappointment for owners, given how well-suited it is for the task. Now, a new app called Supercut brings Netflix streaming to Apple’s headset … Read more
Hello OLMo: A truly open LLM
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Targus says cyberattack causing operational outage
Targus’ parent company, B. Riley Financial, said it discovered “a threat actor gained unauthorized access to certain of Targus’ file systems.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
TechCrunch Space: Happy eclipse day!
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Happy Eclipse Day for everyone celebrating! I’m fortunate to be living in a part of the country that’s in the path of totality, so I’ll be away from my desk for much of today, soaking it all in. Want to reach out with a tip? Email Aria at … Read more
Sennheiser’s new fitness buds do heart rate tracking right
These buds are a more comfy replacement for a chest strap. For once, I didn’t have to worry about a fiddly fit getting in the way of heart rate tracking. Continue reading…