1. Introduction Amazon Web Services have been around since at least 2002 to provide commercially available cloud computing. Whether in concept still or already physically available, the designation of cloud computing goes way back up until 1996. This is where the first document referring specifically to cloud computing appeared in a Compaq business plan document. … Read more
“Bitcoin” wasn’t mentioned once in Trump’s executive order to study a crypto stockpile, so some maximalists fear it could include other cryptocurrencies.
Tesla has announced that its redesigned Model Y SUV is coming to the U.S., Canada, and Mexico in March, with a starting price just shy of $60,000. The news comes just two weeks after Tesla first revealed the new-look Model Y and said it was coming to China and other Asian markets, also in March. … Read more
Untouched Bitcoin wallets potentially linked to Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road are now worth over $47 million.
1. Introduction King Kong, the Movie, was released on the 28th of April, 1933. Fast-forward and Donkey Kong, the Video Game, was released on the 14th of June, 1994. Kong seems to have a really nice association with Gorillas. Gorillaz, the virtual band, was founded in 1998. They have nothing to do with this article, … Read more
The letter to federal regulators warns the TRUMP meme coin opens up covert foreign influence, urging regulators to answer the call.
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix plans to offer couch co-op and party games that it will stream over the cloud to TVs, co-CEO Greg Peters said as part of the company’s Q4 2024 earnings announcements this week. The company has offered cloud gaming as a beta to a “subset” of subscribers since … Read more
The SEC published a new Staff Accounting Bulletin revoking SAB 121, rules that governed how financial firms should hold crypto criticized by the industry.
The nonprofit Center for AI Safety (CAIS) and Scale AI, a company that provides a number of data labeling and AI development services, have released a challenging new benchmark for frontier AI systems. The benchmark, called Humanity’s Last Exam, includes thousands of crowdsourced questions touching on subjects like mathematics, humanities, and the natural sciences. To make … Read more
Under the revised framework, companies can now assess crypto-safeguarding obligations under broader U.S. GAAP and IFRS standards.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published a new Staff Accounting Bulletin Thursday withdrawing its controversial SAB 121. SAB 121 directed banks and other public companies that they had to mark any customers’ crypto assets on their own balance sheets. SAB 122 “rescinds the interpretive guidance” and instead directs firms to use Financial Accounting Standards … Read more
Image: The Verge Following last month’s test, Threads will now let everyone schedule posts, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Thursday. You can use the feature by creating a new post, selecting the three-dot menu in the top-left corner, and selecting “Schedule.” Once you get your post timed up, you can view, delete, or edit … Read more
This icy 2025 Audi Q8 E-Tron has a heat pump. | Image: Umar Shakir / The Verge Many EV manufacturers have leaned heavily on energy-gulping resistive heaters to keep the cabin and battery warm in the winter time. But heat pumps, which can cut down on battery range losses in the cold, are becoming more … Read more
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Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Ben Schiller, CoinDesk’s Opinion and Features editor. In this issue: DAO governance tool merger Ethereum Foundation drama Stablecoin USDh comes to Bitcoin $25 million grant program for DePIN Network News DAO GOVERNANCE PLATFORM ACQUIRES RIVAL: Agora, a blockchain … Read more
Google’s Nest Learning thermostat. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Google is bringing smart home controls in Gemini to everyone. The Google Home extension in the Gemini app is adding a few new features, in addition to letting you adjust your smart lighting, thermostat, speakers, and other compatible devices as long as … Read more
OpenAI’s latest tool turns its chatbot into a virtual assistant that can book flights, order pizza, and handle mundane tasks.
Image: CD Projekt Red You may have to wait until January 30th to buy Nvidia’s new RTX 5090 graphics card, but owners of last-gen Nvidia 40-series GPUs can already download and install DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation software via the Nvidia app. And if you want a compatible, graphically-intense game to test DLSS 4 out, … Read more
Senator Elizabeth Warren urged DOGE Chair Elon Musk to cut wasteful spending, proposing full IRS funding and closing the carried interest loophole.
Senator Elizabeth Warren is calling foul on President Donald Trump’s meme coin, pressing for the U.S. Office of Government Ethics and financial regulatory agencies to dig into the ethical and regulatory details around the $TRUMP token. Warren, who is the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee that oversees U.S. financial regulators, says the assets, … Read more
JetBrains, the company behind coding tools like the IntelliJ IDE for Java and Kotlin (and, indeed, the Kotlin language itself), on Thursday launched Junie, a new AI coding agent. This agent, the company says, will be able to handle routine development tasks for when you want to create new applications — and understand the context … Read more
Bitcoin price fell after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating a working body for researching and designing a “national digital asset stockpile.”
President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the formation of a working group to propose federal regulations for “digital assets” — including cryptocurrencies, digital tokens, and stablecoins — and evaluate a national crypto stockpile. Ex-PayPal COO and founder of VC firm Craft Ventures David Sacks, Trump’s pick for crypto an AI ‘czar,’ will lead the working … Read more
OpenAI says that it might store chats and associated screenshots from customers who use Operator, the company’s AI “agent” tool, for up to 90 days — even after a user manually deletes them. OpenAI has a similar deleted data retention policy for ChatGPT, its AI-powered chatbot platform. However, the retention period for ChatGPT is only … Read more
Top Chinese crypto traders earn millions on TRUMP, Coinbase may expand to Philippines, what on Earth is Bimcoin? Asia Express.