Pulumi vs Terrafrom: Which Is Better?

I’ve started a new contract where I’m tasked with consolidating the company’s infrastructure under AWS. They (the company) are starting to see some serious growth and have a team in place currently using PaaS and various other cloud providers. Infrastructure as code tools have been popular for a long time; I’ve mostly been a bit … Read more

An Interview With Khori Whittaker: On ENS, Decentralized Identity & Socials, and the Next Billion

Recently, I had the opportunity to connect with Khori Whittaker, the Executive Director at ENS Labs, creators of the Ethereum Name Service (ENS). Our conversation came at a particularly exciting time for web3—possibly on the cusp of a bull market—and for ENS, which is seeing important milestones like its recent partnership with GoDaddy. Khori shared … Read more

Bitcoin Ordinals Explained: A Comprehensive Guide

Bitcoin Ordinals is a concept that plays a crucial role in the Bitcoin ecosystem, particularly in the context of blockchain technology and the operation of the Bitcoin network. They are not a feature of the Bitcoin protocol itself but rather a conceptual framework used to understand and describe the order and sequence of events within … Read more

Photoncycle targets low-cost energy storage with a clever hydrogen solution

For years, the solar energy sector has grappled with interseasonal energy storage. The ability to harness the surplus solar energy of summer months for use during the winter has remained an elusive goal, with existing solutions like batteries falling short due to prohibitive costs and limited lifespans. Hydrogen, meanwhile, despite its clean-burning properties, has been … Read more

Here are the best Apple Watch deals right now

The Apple Watch Series 9 isn’t a massive step up from the prior model, but it does offer a few new features. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge In September, Apple launched its latest batch of smartwatches, introducing the Apple Watch Ultra 2 ($799) alongside the new Apple Watch Series 9 ($399). … Read more

Generative AI roadshow in North America with AWS and Hugging Face

In 2023, AWS announced an expanded collaboration with Hugging Face to accelerate our customers’ generative artificial intelligence (AI) journey. Hugging Face, founded in 2016, is the premier AI platform with over 500,000 open source models and more than 100,000 datasets. Over the past year, we have partnered to make it effortless to train, fine-tune, and … Read more

President Biden is now posting into the fediverse

The president’s account can now be found on platforms like Mastodon. | Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge The official US president Threads account, currently helmed by President Joe Biden, has begun using Meta’s ActivityPub integration, making Biden the first sitting US president to post on the decentralized networking protocol. If you want to follow … Read more

RootStock L2 : Pioneering Dapps on Bitcoin

In this article, we will be covering the Rootstock Layer 2 network that has the goal of creating and enabling both developers and the Bitcoin network as a whole to be able to create fully secure and functional Dapp applications on the Bitcoin blockchain and how it is exactly enabling them to do so. Rootstock … Read more

Apple quietly added Qi2 charging to the iPhone 12

Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Apple never mentioned it, but the iPhone 12 received Qi2 wireless charging support when it got updated to iOS 17.4 last month. That means you can make full use of the Qi2-certified chargers that have entered the market, which have adopted the magnetic attachment and 15W … Read more

@Potus just joined the fediverse via Instagram Threads

The fediverse — the name for the social network made of interconnected servers, like Mastodon and others — just got another boost of legitimacy Tuesday as the @Potus (President of the United States) account on Instagram Threads shared its first federated post. The account operated by Biden’s team published a message regarding the president’s support … Read more