Month: August 2024
August was Medium’s first profitable month — ever
August was online publishing platform Medium’s first profitable month — ever. That’s according to Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine, who on Wednesday published a recap of Medium’s recent digital 2024 Medium Day conference. Stubblebine says that Medium had more than one million members as of April, and that more members “than ever before” are subscribing to … Read more
If Men Were Angels: Decentralization’s Silent Comeback
MoonPay’s Keith A. Grossman argues that we are facing a new and insidious form of centralization that’s threatening core civil liberties. But, just as this threat is fueled by emerging technology, it can also be stopped by it.
Aave Launches On Era Mainnet Powered By ZKsync
LONDON, United Kingdom, August 21st, 2024/Chainwire/–Aave, the leading DeFi protocol governed by the Aave DAO, today announced the launch of Aave V3 on Era Mainnet powered by ZKsync. With efficient and secure transactions provided by ZKsync technology, the launch of Aave V3 on Era is poised to bring liquidity and yield generation capabilities to the … Read more
This founder had to train his AI not to rickroll people
Flo Crivello was monitoring outputs from the AI assistants his company Lindy makes when he noticed something strange. A new client had asked her Lindy AI assistant for a video tutorial that would better help her understand how to use the platform, and the Lindy responded in kind – that’s when Crivello knew something was … Read more
RFK Jr. Reportedly Dropping Out of Presidential Race, Mulling Trump Endorsement; Bitcoin Jumps Past $61K
The independent candidate has scheduled a national address for Friday.
Polymarket odds of RFK Jr dropping out soar before Aug. 23 address
It’s unclear if the Independent presidential candidate will join forces with Donald Trump, but both are scheduled to speak in the same area on the same day.
Can’t Stop Peeling, Won’t Stop Peeling: TON Game BANANA Notches 5M Users In 3 Weeks
SANTA CLARA, CA, August 21st, 2024/Chainwire/–BANANA, the idle TON game, continues its meteoric rise hitting 5 million users in less than three weeks. This milestone cements BANANA’s position as one of the fastest-growing TON games and highlights the immense potential of the TON blockchain for user engagement. Backed by CARV, a leading modular data layer … Read more
Telecom will pay $1 million over deepfake Joe Biden robocall
Photo by Brandon Bell / Getty Images A telecom company that transmitted the deepfake robocall of President Joe Biden’s voice has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve an enforcement action from the Federal Communications Commission, the agency announced. Lingo Telecom relayed a fake Biden message to New Hampshire voters in January, urging them not … Read more
Summer blackouts are increasing in the US
A line worker tends to fallen power lines in the East End neighborhood of Houston, days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, on Thursday, July 11th, 2024. | Raquel Natalicchio / Houston Chronicle via Getty Images The US has dealt with 60 percent more weather-related outages during warmer months over the past decade than it did … Read more
Prometheum labels UNI, ARB securities in custody expansion
Prometheum is the only SEC-registered crypto custody provider and already treats ETH as a security.
Bitcoin, Ethereum Up Slightly as Fed Looks to ‘Ease Policy’ in September
The price of Bitcoin is back up over $60,000 per coin as the Federal Reserve posts notes from its last meeting.
Deciding who owns your ‘digital twin’ will make or break the metaverse
Research indicates we’ll need to develop a secure, biometrically verified digital twin in order for the metaverse to work.
Execs at crypto-friendly Evolve Bank leave amid regulatory crackdown: Report
The bank services several crypto-friendly financial technology companies.
Twitch is upping subscription prices on mobile
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge If you subscribe to Twitch channels from Twitch’s mobile app, you might have to pay a bit more starting in October. Twitch announced on Wednesday that Tier 1 and gift subscriptions in more than 40 countries will have a higher price on the mobile app starting on October … Read more
Apple is bringing audio sharing to Beats Studio Pro via firmware update
A firmware update is delivering multi-user audio sharing, allowing music to be streamed to multiple headphones at once. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Countering Mainstream Bias via End-to-End Adaptive Local Learning: Hyper-parameter Study
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Preliminaries 3 End-to-End Adaptive Local Learning 3.1 Loss-Driven Mixture-of-Experts 3.2 Synchronized Learning via Adaptive Weight 4 Debiasing Experiments and 4.1 Experimental Setup 4.2 Debiasing Performance 4.3 Ablation Study 4.4 Effect of the Adaptive Weight Module and 4.5 Hyper-parameter Study 5 Related Work 6 Conclusion, Acknowledgements, and References … Read more
$24M CryptoPunk NFT quietly sold, Trump earned over $7M from NFTs: Nifty Newsletter
The most expensive CryptoPunk ever purchased was transferred for an undisclosed amount on Aug. 19, causing speculation about its sale price.
Gamified rower startup Aviron branches out into bikes
At around $2,000, the Fit Bike places the system between Peloton’s entry-level Bike ($1,500) and Bike+ ($2,500). © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Latin American E-Commerce Giant Mercado Libre Launches U.S. Dollar-Tied Stablecoin
Customers of Mercado Libre digital bank subsidiary Mercado Pago will be able to buy and sell Meli Dollar with their Brazilian reais balances.
After 2022’s Bust, Scars Are Healing In Crypto Lending
Innovative structures, attractive yields, and stronger risk management capabilities are driving a recovery in institutional crypto lending markets, says Craig Birchall, head of product at Membrane, an institutional loan management software provider for digital asset markets.
McRugged: Hackers Take Over McDonald’s Instagram, Make $700K on Fake Grimace Token
Hackers put the Solana meme coin scam in front of some 5 million McDonald’s followers before pulling the rug and flaunting their gains.
Crypto firms contributed 48% of all corporate political donations in 2024: Report
Splits in the US House and Senate coupled with many expected tight elections could allow crypto interest groups to potentially “tip control of Congress one way or the other.”
Can Crypto Sway the U.S. Election?
With the political environment so finely poised, candidates would be wise to attract crypto voters, says Nonco’s Jeffrey Howard.
Price analysis 8/21: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, XRP, DOGE, TON, ADA, AVAX, SHIB
The spot Bitcoin ETFs have continued to attract inflows, suggesting that the long-term bullish view remains intact.