Advancements in financial technology have brought banks closer to unbanked consumers, and connected businesses with more customers. The digital migration has seen millions of individuals shifting from traditional banking, and instead opting for more connected services. For instance, globally, digital wallet services and transactions are predicted to reach more than 360 billion transactions by 2026. … Read more
Ether spent most of 2024 trailing behind its cryptocurrency peers but has now firmly joined the rally sparked by bitcoin’s record-breaking climb, crossing the $4,000 mark in December but well below its all time high of $4,900. In 2024, ether gained around 53% compared to bitcoin’s 113% surge; however, ether’s recent performance shows promise. Since … Read more
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SANTA CLARA, California, January 7th, 2025/Chainwire/–CARV, the AI chain ecosystem to enable data sovereignty at scale, announces the official launch of the CARV SVM Chain Tested. CARV SVM Chain is an agentic infrastructure designed to enable data sovereignty at scale. As an AI agentic infrastructure that extends SVM’s capabilities onto Ethereum, it pioneers a secure … Read more
Landlocked between six different neighbors in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia has approximately 120 million inhabitants, making it the second most populous nation on the continent, and a GDP of $163 billion, which puts it in the same economic league as Ukraine, Morocco, Slovakia or Kuwait. However, the country has also suffered from a bloody … Read more
As Peacock continues to trail behind major players in the entertainment industry like Netflix, TikTok, and YouTube, the streaming service is adopting strategies similar to its rivals with two new initiatives: mini-games and a short-form vertical video feed. The company previewed these experiments at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday. Starting this … Read more
Image: The Verge Getty Images and Shutterstock are joining forces in a merger valued at around $3.7 billion, the companies announced on Tuesday. The merger will allow the companies to expand their stock photo libraries as they face increasing competition from AI-powered image creation tools. Getty Images CEO Craig Peters will remain the head of … Read more
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As a part of a significant overhaul of its content moderation policies announced on Tuesday, Meta admitted that its approach to limiting political content across its platforms had been “pretty blunt” and would now be addressed. The company said it would once again phase in political content into Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, allowing people who … Read more
The U.K. is forging ahead with plans to make the act of creating sexually explicit “deepfake” images a specific criminal offence. A deepfake refers to manipulated media, often video or audio, created using AI to make someone appear to say or do something they didn’t. The U.K. had already made sharing — and the threat … Read more
Smart ring maker Ultrahuman took the wraps off a trio of extra shiny high-tech trinkets at CES 2025 on Tuesday, adding a premium jewelry collection to its range of wellness wearables. It’s given the Ring line the brand name Rare, a neat verbal echo of the company’s mainstream smart ring, the Ring Air. The Indian … Read more
Ultrahuman’s Rare smart ring in dune starts at £1500, roughly $1,900. | Image: Ultrahuman CES 2025 is officially underway, and the adrenaline of a day of running around Las Vegas is fading fast. Yet I cannot fall asleep. Probably because I’ve been replaying the same three product teaser videos over and over and over. One … Read more
The Keychron Q6 HE (pictured) now supports Hall effect switches. | Image: Keychron Mechanical keyboard specialist Keychron is adding fancy analog Hall effect switches to more of its lineup. Two of the models announced at CES today are launching immediately: the $169 Lemokey P1 HE QMK, and the $229 Keychron Q6 HE QMK, with three … Read more
Hyperkin says the Hyper Strummer features a similar design to older hardware but uses improved internal components. | Image: Hyperkin Hyperkin opened preorders for a new guitar-shaped controller on New Year’s Day, but it isn’t compatible with Harmonix’s Fortnite Festival music game that debuted on the Switch in late 2023. In fact, the Hyper Strummer … Read more
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Reddit unveiled new trends tools aimed at businesses and a new ad format for its Ask Me Anything (AMA) Q&A sessions. The announcements come after a record fiscal quarter for Reddit. In Q3 2024, the social network reported over 100 million daily active users for the first … Read more
As the sun sets on 2024, I find myself reflecting on a year that has been nothing short of transformative. This year has been a testament to the power of perseverance, innovation, and the unwavering belief in the potential of technology to transform lives. As we stand on the threshold of 2025, I am filled … Read more
Emerging crypto regulation and the US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy path will be the main drivers of Bitcoin’s price trajectory in 2025, Binance Research told Cointelegraph.
We adopt A/B testing as an indispensable method for measuring the real impact of the features we develop and want to release. Unfortunately, “before and after” analyses are often unusable due to temporal factors such as timing, campaigns, or other effects. When we want to proceed with an A/B test, we face scenarios where multiple … Read more
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3701.1, down 1.1% (-39.29) since 4 p.m. ET on Monday. Four of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: APT (+4.6%) and ADA (+2.2%). Laggards: POL (-3.1%) and LINK (-3.1%). … Read more
Short answer: No, you don’t need an MBA to be a product manager. But it can help—a lot. When I was working as an SEO specialist, I often felt like I was on the outside looking in. My job involved dissecting products to understand their value, then targeting the right keywords to connect customers with … Read more
Image: Sony You can finally make your PS5 gaming set up all black everything. Sony has announced that it will soon release the rest of the PS5 suite of accessories in the midnight black colorway. Sony’s offering the Dual Sense Edge Controller, the Pulse wireless headphones and earbuds, and the PlayStation Portal in sleek and … Read more
The BitMex co-founder believes a so-called “Trump dump” just took place during the back half of December.
CoinSwitch expects it will take two years to distribute $70 million in recovery funds to WazirX users who lost money due to an alleged cyberattack last year.
Managing supply chains can be one of the most costly and labor-intensive hurdles for small businesses to overcome. Even at a time when unforeseen issues like weather, regulatory changes, and supplier communications aren’t hampering your efficiency, inventory management can be a struggle. However, innovations in supply chain management thanks to emerging technologies like AI and … Read more
Nvidia and Uber-backed Serve Robotics has raised $80 million in a direct offering of 4.2 million shares of common stock, money that will help the company extend its runway through 2026 and scale its fleet from the 100 robots on the streets of Los Angeles today to the 2,000 Serve hopes to deploy by the … Read more
Nvidia, Apple, and the Pentagon want more rare earth metals. Alta says it can capture more of the critical minerals from low-grade sources than other methods. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Razer is always a source for good, weird fun during CES week. The gaming peripheral giant kicked off CES 2025 with a handful of Monday morning announcements, including a new take on its mesh chair. Built around the company’s well-received Razer Fujin Pro, Project Arielle adds heating and cooling to the mix. As the chair’s … Read more