Fed Cuts Interest Rates by 50 Basis Points, Bitcoin Briefly Hits $61K
Market participants were uncertain about the size of rate cut prior to the Fed meeting, laying the groundwork for volatility on the markets.
Month: September 2024
Inflation in Check? Fed Cuts Interest Rates for First Time in Four Years
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in four years Wednesday, signaling the start of its easing campaign.
Ethena domain registrar hacked, Ethena Labs warns users to stay away
The Ethena website appears to have suffered a front-end attack, and users are encouraged not to interact with the platform.
HTC announces the Vive Focus Vision with color passthrough and an eye on gaming
The Focus Vision looks like it’s a bit of a chonker! | Image: HTC HTC has announced the Vive Focus Vision, a new VR headset that builds on the Vive Focus 3 with features like color passthrough and better PC tethering support. The $999 Focus Vision is available for preorder from now until October 17th … Read more
MatrixPort And exSat Announce Strategic Partnership to Drive Bitcoin Ecosystem Innovation
SINGAPORE, Singapore, September 18th, 2024/Chainwire/–MatrixPort, a leading digital asset financial services platform and exSat, a breakthrough Bitcoin scalability solution, have entered into a comprehensive strategic partnership. By leveraging their respective strengths, they aim to accelerate the growth and application of the Bitcoin ecosystem, marking the start of a new era in Bitcoin development. MatrixPort, a … Read more
Quantum Critical Engine at Finite Temperatures: Universal Scalings in Work Output
:::info Authors: (1) Revathy B S, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru, 560080, Karnataka, India and Corresponding author; (2) Victor Mukherjee, Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur, Berhampur, 760010, Odisha, India; (3) Uma Divakaran, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Palakkad, 678623, Kerala, India. ::: Table of Links Abstract … Read more
YouTube is adding ‘seasons’ to make your favorite channel more like Netflix
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube creators can now break their videos up into different seasons and episodes to make them easier for viewers to navigate — and binge-watch — on TV. The upcoming feature comes as YouTube has increasingly been pushing into the living room, with YouTuber revenue on TVs up 30 percent … Read more
The Protocol: How Winklevii Taught Dad BTC, Wild Flight to Singapore
Forget the Federal Reserve. The Bitcoin and crypto project news flow is ample (and fascinating) enough to keep us busy. We’ve got the rundown plus $80M of fundraisings. In CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter on blockchain tech.
Three new ways to personalize your iPhone’s Home Screen in iOS 18
iOS 18 offers the most control over the look and feel of your iPhone’s user interface than any other version of Apple’s mobile operating system to date. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
SpyCloud Unveils Massive Scale Of Identity Exposure, Highlighting Need For Advanced Security Measure
AUSTIN, TX, September 18th, 2024/CyberNewsWire/–Research indicates that an infostealer malware infection is often a precursor to a ransomware attack SpyCloud, the leader in Cybercrime Analytics, today announced new cybersecurity research highlighting the growing and alarming threat of infostealers – a type of malware designed to exfiltrate digital identity data, login credentials, and session cookies from … Read more
Silvergate Capital files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware
The parent company of Silvergate Bank has listed assets ranging from $100 million to $500 million and liabilities between $10 million and $50 million.
Barron Trump Is a Time Traveling Crypto Degen, Says Jan 6. Organizer
The “mystique” around Donald Trump’s youngest son Barron is the stuff of internet mania—but you don’t know the half of it, says David Stockman.
BitGo Takes On Coinbase and Tether With USDS Stablecoin Launch
Crypto custodian BitGo just launched a new stablecoin, USDS. Will it find a place in a crowded market dominated by Tether and USDC?
INE Security Wins 2024 SC Excellence Award
CARY, North Carolina, September 18th, 2024/CyberNewsWire/–INE Security is proud to announce that it has been named a winner in the prestigious 2024 SC Awards, named Best IT Security-Related Training Program. This designation underscores INE Security’s commitment to excellence and leadership in the cybersecurity industry. The SC Awards, now in its 27th year, recognize the solutions, … Read more
HEX founder Richard Heart suspected of tax evasion in Finland
Richard Schueler, aka Richard Heart, is already at the center of an SEC suit. Now he has issues in Finland, his chosen country of residence.
LinkedIn scraped user data for training before updating its terms of service
LinkedIn may have trained AI models on user data without updating its terms. LinkedIn users in the US — but not the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, likely due to those regions’ data privacy rules — have an opt-out toggle in their settings screen disclosing that LinkedIn scrapes personal data to train “content creation AI models.” … Read more
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen Agrees to Nearly $1 Million Settlement With FTC
The CEO of GameStop agreed to settle charges with the Federal Trade Commission over purchases of Wells Fargo voting securities.
This Week in AI: Why OpenAI’s o1 changes the AI regulation game
Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. It’s been just a few days since OpenAI revealed its latest flagship generative model, o1, to the world. Marketed as a “reasoning” model, o1 essentially takes longer to “think” about questions before answering them, breaking down … Read more
Lionsgate signs deal to train AI model on its movies and shows
A scene from Megalopolis, one of Lionsgate’s upcoming releases. | Image: Lionsgate AI startup Runway has made a name for itself building generative models seemingly trained on unlicensed content from around the internet. Now, the company has signed a deal with Lionsgate that will give it access to the studio’s massive portfolio of films and … Read more
SEC’s Crypto Record Rebuked by Ex-Commissioner, GOP Lawmakers in Hearing
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was hammered for two hours in a congressional hearing on Wednesday in which the witness list predominantly included agency critics, including former Commissioner Daniel Gallagher, who is now at Robinhood.
This portable wind turbine can charge your phone with just a breeze
As long as there’s a breeze, the Shine 2.0 wind turbine can generate power all night long. | Image: Aurea Technologies Unlike solar panels that can only generate power while the sun’s shining, Aurea Technologies’ new Shine 2.0 portable wind turbine can potentially work all day long. That is, as long as the weather cooperates … Read more
Efficient Detection of Defects in Magnetic Labyrinthine Patterns: Experiments and Results
:::info Authors: (1) Vinicius Yu Okubo, B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of São Paulo in 2022 and currently, he is pursuing his M.S. in electrical engineering at the University of São Paulo; (2) Kotaro Shimizu, B.S. degree in Physics from Waseda University, Japan, in 2019 and M.S. degree in Physics from the University … Read more