Game Pass was already the best deal in gaming, but this discount makes it even better. | Photo by Mateusz Slodkowski / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images My digital game library is filled with titles that I’ve never played, so a few years ago, I promised myself that I would stop buying every … Read more
2024’s here, and DIY LLM toys? Totally a thing now. No tech wizardry needed, just your curiosity. I took the plunge, mixing a bit of coding with heaps of fun, and bam — created my own talking toy. If you’re up for crafting an AI buddy with ease, you’re in the right spot. Let’s demystify … Read more
Image: Warner Bros. Discovery Though the last Matrix movie was basically a warning about corporations sucking the life out of iconic pieces of subversive IP, Warner Bros. Discovery is already going back to the well. Deadline reports that The Martian writer Drew Goddard has been tapped to pen and direct another Matrix movie executive produced … Read more
Key management is crucial to Bitcoin maintaining decentralization. But, as hacks and exploits have grown in number, the dream of self-custody has become more difficult to maintain.
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The world’s biggest fund manager’s ETF is fast catching up with the biggest crypto fund. It could have more assets under management within a month.
Coachella concertgoers this year can track their experiences and earn prizes on the blockchain via Avalanche NFTs. Here’s how it works.
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 on October 14th, 2025, and you’ll need to pay yearly if you want to continue using the operating system securely. Microsoft will offer Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10 users, with pricing starting at $61 for the first year. The … Read more
KuCoin suffered over $600 million of outflows on the day the lawsuits were filed, and has seen its trading volume and market share plummet.
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Image: Meta Facebook is launching an updated mobile video player that will bring the vertical look made ubiquitous by TikTok and Reels to all of the platform’s video content, Meta announced in a blog post on Wednesday. Under the new design, Reels, Facebook Live, and longform videos will default to a full-screen portrait-oriented video format. … Read more
After the release of the Ethereum Dencun upgrade, the cost of transactions in L2 rollups has been reduced by more than 90%. This is an incredible achievement that opens up huge opportunities for the growing Ethereum ecosystem. As the most popular network with the ability to implement smart contracts, Ethereum faces one of the biggest … Read more
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Ford’s electric vehicles aren’t doing too bad despite a lot of gloom in the industry over a slowdown in EV sales growth. But hybrids are where the Blue Oval is really crushing it, posting its best quarter in its nearly 20 years of selling gas-electric hybrids. The automaker … Read more
The number of smartphones in the world is constantly growing. According to the GSMA’s annual State of Mobile Internet Connectivity 2023 (SOMIC) report, 54% of the world’s population – about 4.3 billion people – own smartphones. Along with this, the importance of apps is growing: they are no longer just tools and are becoming an … Read more
News that Yahoo is buying Artifact stirred the technology watercooler yesterday. Artifact was an interesting app, employing AI to help its users find and consume more, and more targeted news. It had some devoted fans, but never reached the sort of scale that would have made it an attractive long-term project. So, the Instagram founders … Read more
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Cynicism is a quality taken almost for granted in tech journalism, and certainly we are as guilty as the next publication. But both the risk and the promise of technology are real, and a new documentary series tries to emphasize the latter while not discounting the former. “A Brief History of the Future,” hosted by … Read more
The one-time NFT Worlds has been reborn as Hytopia, and the crypto game is about to roll out to more players as its Ethereum chain gains traction.
Zip describes itself as the “leading Intake and Procurement Orchestration platform and Intake-to-Pay suite.” That doesn’t sound like the most exciting space to be in as a startup, but if you’ve ever worked inside a larger company, you know how byzantine the process of buying even the most basic things can be. It’s annoying for … Read more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has opened the window for comments on three ether spot exchange traded fund (ETF) proposals.
Wormhole began its airdrop Wednesday and the W token hit $1.66 before dropping. More than 400,000 wallets can claim the Solana token.
The European Union and the US expect to announce a cooperation on AI Friday at a meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC), according to a senior Commission official who was briefing journalists on background ahead of the Confab. The mood music points to growing cooperation between lawmakers on both sides of the … Read more