Its comfortably basic style hides nice utility. | Photos by Victoria Song / The Verge “If the Galaxy Ring cost $250, I’d say Samsung was a diabolical genius company. But at $400, it’s asking a lot for what amounts to a secondary device for your smartwatch,” is how Victoria ultimately felt about the Samsung Galaxy … Read more
BTC price volatility returns with a vengeance as US Senator Cynthia Lummis leaks a cryptic 10am announcement.
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The heated online debate over the Ethereum Foundation and a change in governance signals the need for a shift in direction, says the Consensys founder.
PEPE, MOG and Azuki’s just launched ANIME token all transcend “memecoins” to become “culture coins” says Azuki founder Zagabond: NFT Creator.
Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, says that a “new paradigm of AI architectures” will emerge in the next three to five years, going far beyond the capabilities of existing AI systems. LeCun also predicted that the coming years could be the “decade of robotics,” where advances in AI and robotics combine to unlock a … Read more
OpenAI’s AI chatbot platform, ChatGPT, suffered a major outage Thursday. Early this morning, ChatGPT users started reporting issues accessing ChatGPT on the web and other platforms. According to the ChatGPT status page on OpenAI’s website, OpenAI acknowledged the problem at 5:12 a.m. Pacific, and identified the root cause a little under an hour later. “[We] … Read more
With payment firm Stripe’s recent $1.1 billion acquisition of stablecoin platform Bridge.xyz sending shockwaves through the crypto payments sphere, attention is turning to the next generation of stablecoin payment infrastructure providers. Among them is BlindPay, a 2024 Consensus hackathon winner and Y Combinator 2025 (W25) batch company that’s taking a distinct approach to the challenge … Read more
Circle, the issuer of the $48 billion USDC stablecoin, introduced Paymaster, a product allowing users to pay for transaction fees on Arbitrum and Base using the second-biggest stablecoin instead of ether (ETH), the second-biggest cryptocurrency. Blockchain transactions require users to pay transaction fees that are used to compensate validators for processing and securing these transactions. … Read more
Illustration by The Verge Law professor Kate Klonick explains what Big Tech’s Trump appeasement is really about. Read the full story at The Verge.
What do AI voice agents and self-driving cars have in common? Their performance can be evaluated in the same way, argues Brooke Hopkins, a former tech lead at Waymo. Coval, Hopkins’ new startup, looks to do just that. “When I left Waymo, I realized a lot of these problems that we had at Waymo were … Read more
Using artificial intelligence (AI) technology, a research team from the University of Washington found a novel way to produce snake venom antidotes. Their proof of concept could become a lifesaving solution that revolutionizes snakebite therapy. Scientists Discovered AI Can Design Venom Antidotes At the base of a serpent’s fangs sits a tiny sac filled with … Read more
It can be challenging for developers of fintech apps to integrate repayment, balance transfer, and bill pay functionality. Devs often have to deal with a patchwork of brittle screen-scraping APIs to extract data from users’ financial institutions — or worse, tools to process mounds of physical checks and paperwork. Three friends and entrepreneurs — Jose … Read more
Ecosystem health is the key to blockchain’s long-term success. Cultivating transparency, strong developer tools and engaged communities, blockchain networks can grow securely and sustainably.
The minimum barrier to entry for tokenized Uranium is now just $10, down from the previous minimum of $4.2 million for over-the-counter uranium trades.
Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Comcast is launching a $70 per month “Sports & News TV” streaming bundle featuring live games from the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and NCAA. The package, which marks the latest attempt to build out the sports streaming industry, is available to Xfinity Internet subscribers and lets you tune into over … Read more
A team at AI dev platform Hugging Face has released what they’re claiming are the smallest AI models that can analyze images, short videos, and text. The models, SmolVLM-256M and SmolVLM-500M, are designed to work well on “constrained devices” like laptops with under around 1GB of RAM. The team says that they’re also ideal for … Read more
Crypto is here to stay, and regulators worldwide know it. The European Union set out to be one of the pioneers in providing regulatory clarity for this industry, and that is how the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) proposal was born in 2020. This act was designed to regulate crypto-activities across the European Union (EU), offering … Read more
Snap announced on Thursday that it’s introducing a new “Challenge Tags” rewards program for AR developers to win cash prizes for submitting Lenses. The company also announced that it’s launching educational pricing and a student discount for Spectacles, its developer-focused AR glasses. The theme of the first Challenge Tag is humor and is open through … Read more
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge A busy January of gaming news continues. Last week it was the reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2, and now it’s a showcase of upcoming Xbox games. Microsoft’s latest Developer Direct takes place today, and it’s meant to provide a “deep dive” look at some of the biggest upcoming … Read more
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Ethereum’s new ERC-7779 token standard aims to improve smart account interoperability, simplify wallet migrations and introduces advanced features for a better user experience.
In a candid discussion with HackerNoon, the leadership team of Fedrok AG detail their journey into establishing a blockchain solution for the carbon credit market. The conversation sheds light on the technical challenges and innovative strategies designed to inject transparency and trust into an industry long plagued by opacity. With a focus on measurable data … Read more
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Crypto donations to extremist groups have declined worldwide but are rising in Europe, while North America remains at the top of the charts.