Court ruling dismantles would-be Bitcoin creator Craig Wright’s false claims
Following a protracted legal battle, a U.K. court has methodically broken down Craig Wright’s mountain of fabricated evidence and assertions regarding his true identity.
Month: May 2024
Demystifying AI’s Black Box: Ariana Spring and Andrew Stanco on How Blockchain Tech Can Shine a Light on Hidden Inputs
AI is taking over our lives but exactly what goes on inside AI systems is unclear. Two researchers from EQTY Lab shine a light on how to make these mechanics more visible.
Without Wallet Awareness, We’re Just Building Another Web2
To unlock the full potential of Web3, it’s imperative for marketers to personalize content based on the pseudonymous data in your wallet, says PeteCoin, VP of Growth, Serotonin.
Redwood Materials is partnering with Ultium Cells to recycle GM’s EV battery scrap
Redwood Materials, the battery recycling startup founded by former Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, will be recycling production scrap for batteries going into General Motors electric vehicles. The company announced Thursday that it’s working with Ultium Cells, the joint battery manufacturing venture between GM and LG Energy Solution, to recycle cathode, anode and cell scrap from … Read more
Little Known Meme Coin CorgiAI Up 60%, Flips Pepecoin and Memecoin
After a Cronos wide meme coin push, CorgiAI has broken into the top 10 meme coins by skyrocketing over 100% in the past week.
Grayscale Launches Trusts for Bitcoin Layer-2 Stacks, Near Protocol
Asset manager Grayscale announced two new trusts, giving certain investors exposure to the Bitcoin layer-2 Stacks and Near Protocol.
Shut Up And Take My Money. No Thanks, Says Sony
Ghost of Tsushima’s PC port has been mired in controversy after Sony decided to limit sales of the game to countries where the PlayStation Network is available, leaving me with the following prompt when I tried to purchase it: Announced in March, Ghost of Tsushima was supposed to be the latest PlayStation exclusive to cross … Read more
Lumos helps companies manage their employees’ identities — and access
Andrej Safundzic, Alan Flores Lopez and Leo Mehr met in a class at Stanford focusing on ethics, public policy and technological change. Safundzic — speaking to TechCrunch — says that the class drove home the point that few people, particularly in the corporate sector, have control over their online identities. “The future of software is … Read more
Auggie’s new app helps parents find community and shop
A new startup called Auggie is aiming to give parents a single platform where they can shop for products and connect with each other. The company’s new app, which launched this week, offers parents a platform where they can share product recommendations, shop vetted products and find community amongst each other to get real-time advice … Read more
GM will recycle its EV battery scrap with Tesla co-founder’s company
Steve Fecht for Genreal Motors General Motors is working with EV battery and recycling firm Redwood Materials to recycle the scrap from two of its manufacturing facilities, the companies announced. Redwood, which was founded by Tesla co-founder and ex-chief technology officer JB Straubel, will handle “100 percent” of the scrap from GM’s Warren, Ohio, and … Read more
Leica’s fresh D-Lux 8 makes it to the trendy point-and-shoot party
Leica’s new D-Lux 8 point-and-shoot camera. | Image: Leica Leica has a new $1,595 compact digital camera called D-Lux 8 — a follow-up to the discontinued D-Lux 7 launched way back in 2018 for $1,195. There are a lot of similarities between the two despite that price increase: they both house a non-detachable Leica 24-75mm … Read more
Crypto Infrastructure Firm Ramp Network Secures Ireland Registration
It plans to make Ireland its European headquarters and secure a license as a Crypto Asset Service Provider.
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Remark puts thousands of human product experts into AI form
Remark trains AI models on human product experts to create personas that can answer questions with the same style of their human counterparts. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
River Protocol Takes on Slack, Discord With Messaging Apps on Ethereum L2 Base
Don’t trust big tech platforms with your group or company chat? River Protocol aims to undercut Slack and Discord via Base.
Hong Kong central bank studies AI's impact on banking jobs and skills
HKMA deputy chief executive Arthur Yuen said that enhancing employees’ skills would allow them to “coexist with technology in the AI era.”
U.S. Bitcoin ETF Holdings Hit New High of More Than 850K Tokens
Among ETFs, Grayscale’s GBTC remains the biggest holder of bitcoin with over $20 billion worth of the asset, followed closely by BlackRock’s IBIT at $19.6 billion.
Bitcoin price at $150K in 2024 is 'base case' — Tom Lee
Bitcoin bull Lee sees BTC price action doubling its current all-time highs before the end of the year.
ZeroPoint’s nanosecond-scale memory compression could tame power-hungry AI infrastructure
ZeroPoint claims to have solved compression problems with hyper-fast, low-level memory compression that requires no real changes to the rest of the computing system. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
First Mover Americas: BTC, ETH Consolidate Ahead of Ether ETF Decision
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for May 23, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Finout lands cash to grow its cloud spend management platform
In 2021, Roi Ravhon, Asaf Liveanu and Yizhar Gilboa came together to found Finout, an enterprise-focused toolset to help manage and optimize cloud costs. (We covered the company’s launch out of stealth in 2022.) Ravhon, Finout’s CEO and previously the director of engineering at observability platform Logz.io, says that he was spurred to start Finout … Read more
Protocol Village: HAQQ-evmOS Integration Enables Cross-Chain With Cosmos, Ethereum
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For May 23. NOTE: Protocol Village will be on hiatus May 24-June 2 as we cover CoinDesk’s Consensus conference in Austin, Texas. We will resume publishing June 3. Hope to see you there!
Stepn Go app lets users share digital sneakers and split earnings
With StepN Go, users are now able to share their digital sneakers with friends and split the earnings with the new token, the Go Gaming Token.