Month: April 2024
Accelerate ML workflows with Amazon SageMaker Studio Local Mode and Docker support
We are excited to announce two new capabilities in Amazon SageMaker Studio that will accelerate iterative development for machine learning (ML) practitioners: Local Mode and Docker support. ML model development often involves slow iteration cycles as developers switch between coding, training, and deployment. Each step requires waiting for remote compute resources to start up, which … Read more
Wattpad has a community problem, so it’s killing DMs
Wattpad says DMs will be shut down on May 6th, alongside the deletion of all existing messages. | Image: Wattpad Community publishing platform Wattpad is removing the ability for users to send each other direct messages, claiming that the feature has “only been relevant to a small percentage” of its global user base. Users will … Read more
Token airdrops targeted by farm accounts and ‘Sybil attacks’
Airdrop squatters are creating fake accounts on platforms for the sole purpose of farming airdrop tokens, thus taking away share from loyal users.
Zulu Network: Moving The Bitcoin Economy Forward With a Two-Tiered Bitcoin Layer 2 Architecture
While Bitcoin has gained greater institutional acceptance with the recent ETF launches in the US, it is still not a pure institutional asset, and it is not a pure commodity like gold. It is so much more: secure, decentralized, and programmable value. Zulu Network believes that Bitcoin can be so much more. The Bitcoin Ecosystem … Read more
Bitcoin Halving: Bearish Implications?
Every four years, the Bitcoin network undergoes a significant change known as “halving,” a process that reduces the rewards for mining new blocks by half. This mechanism is built into Bitcoin’s protocol to control inflation and cap the total supply at 21 million coins. Halving events, therefore, are pivotal, highly anticipated occasions within the cryptocurrency … Read more
Venezuela Turns to Tether to Skirt US Oil Sanctions: Report
Amid election turmoil, state-run oil firm PDVSA is using USDT. But Tether vows to follow the law and block transactions.
The death of the 60/40 portfolio
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Zircuit Staking Soars Past $2B TVL In Only Two Months
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, April 23rd, 2024/Chainwire/– Zircuit, a ZK rollup with parallelized circuits and AI-enabled security, today announced that its staking program has soared past $2B in TVL in only two months. As Zircuit forges ahead towards mainnet, the ZK rollup’s staking program is rapidly gaining momentum, attracting over $2B TVL in a short … Read more
T-Mobile’s new 5G internet plan lets you take your Wi-Fi on the road
Home internet for when you’re not at home. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile has announced two new home internet plans: Home Internet Plus and Away. Well, technically that’s one home internet plan and one anywhere-but-home plan. These new flavors of T-Mobile’s 5G-powered internet service aim to address different customers, but both … Read more
What to expect at Apple’s May ‘Let Loose’ event
Apple’s next event will be all about iPads. | Image: Apple Apple has gone and announced a spring event for May 7th at 7AM PT / 10AM ET. While the company didn’t say what the event is about, the Apple Pencil in its graphic suggests we’re finally about to hear about new iPads — but … Read more
Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson’s Studio Releases First Game—But It’s on GalaChain
RFLXT, the Charles Hoskinson-backed firm, is releasing Voyager: Ascension via Gala today—but has Cardano gaming in its sights, too.
The biggest AI companies agree to crack down on child abuse images
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images Tech companies like Google, Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Amazon committed today to reviewing their AI training data for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and removing it from use in any future models. The companies signed on to a new set of principles meant … Read more
Atlus’ new fantasy-meets-Persona RPG launches in October
Image: Atlus Metaphor: ReFantazio is the inscrutable name for Atlus’ next RPG project. The company launched a new trailer and a 30-minute video introducing players to the story, gameplay, and social elements of the game, and at first blush, it looks pretty damn intriguing. Check out the gameplay video below. Metaphor: ReFantazio is an action … Read more
Rabbit R1 source code [part 1]
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You don’t know your K-pop persona, do you?
Image: Spotify Spotify has launched a colorful personality quiz designed to help K-pop fans determine their persona. For those unfamiliar with the K-pop term or its Jungian roots, a “persona” refers to the distinct, public-facing role of each member of a band. The feature leans into K-pop’s status as a major area of growth in … Read more
SEC Punts on Ethereum ETF Proposals From Grayscale and Franklin Templeton
The SEC has again delayed on giving a decision on spot Ethereum ETF proposals from both Grayscale and Franklin Templeton.
How 14 tribes plan to use the Biden administration’s solar grants
Cody Two Bears attends the Stand With Standing Rock Benefit at ABC Home & Carpet on December 15th, 2016, in New York City. | Photo by Mark Sagliocco / WireImage A coalition of 14 tribes received $135,580,000 for solar energy, part of a Biden administration program to help more households run on renewable energy. The … Read more
Luminar starts shipping lidar for Volvo EX90 — while readying its next-gen sensor
Luminar’s new Halo lidar sensor is expected to be less than one inch thick. | Image: Luminar Luminar is shipping out orders of its lidar sensors to Volvo as the automaker is preparing to start production of its EX90 electric vehicles, the company said today. Volvo will use the laser sensor to enable safety and … Read more
Tesla reveals a new Model 3 Performance with more horsepower and faster acceleration
Tesla On the cusp of what’s expected to be a very not-good earnings report, Tesla decided to shuffle its search results a bit with the reveal of the 2024 Model 3 Performance, with a specially tuned chassis and a 2.9 second 0–60 mph acceleration time. Interestingly, Tesla did not give this updated Model 3 the … Read more
Ethereum price data points to strong resistance at $3.5K
Ether faces subdued demand as investors’ expectations of a spot ETH ETF approval continue to slump.