Month: February 2025
100+ Markets and Counting – Veera Becomes the Ultimate Gateway to Web3
Veera, a rapidly growing internet browser, is now available in over 100 countries, delivering a seamless browsing experience alongside one of the most comprehensive Web3 ecosystems. With over 4 million users and a monthly active base of 1 million+, Veera is positioning itself at the forefront of the evolving decentralized internet. Built for the future … Read more
Google’s co-founder tells AI staff to stop “building nanny products
For the last couple years, it has been evident that Google co-founder Sergey Brin is back in the building. This week, he sent a clear message to hundreds of employees in Googleâs DeepMind AI division, known as GDM: the pressure to win the AGI race is on. âIt has been 2 years of the Gemini … Read more
Sergey Brin says RTO is key to Google winning the AGI race
Google co-founder Sergey Brin sent a memo to employees this week urging them to return to the office “at least every weekday” in order to help the company win the AGI race, The New York Times reports. Brin told employees that working 60 hours a week is a “sweet spot” for productivity. While Brin’s memo … Read more
SymbyAI raises $2.1M seed to make science research easier
SymbyAI, a SaaS platform that uses AI to streamline scientific research, announced a $2.1 million seed round with participation from Drive Capital and CharacterVC, among others. Launched just last year by Aisha Livaudais and Michael House, the platform provides organized workspaces for researchers to access papers, code, data, and experiences within one place. It helps … Read more
BlackRock Adds Its Record-Breaking Bitcoin Fund to Model Portfolios
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is including its Bitcoin ETF in a sliver of its Target Allocation with Alternatives portfolios.
Metaverses in Crypto & How to Profit from Them
“Virtual world” can loosely define the term ‘Metaverse’, but it really depends on who you ask, and in which environment. In 1992, the author Neal Stephenson created the term for the novel “Snow Crash,” to describe an immersive virtual world shared by everyone. In 2011, the novel “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline detailed another … Read more
‘Off the Grid’ Game Adds ‘Biggest Update Yet’—Here’s What’s New
Avalanche battle royale shooter Off the Grid has added a new cyberlimb, a fresh region of the map, and more in its latest update.
Bitcoin spot and margin longs push BTC to $85K, but the bottom isn’t in yet
Is the Bitcoin bottom in, or is today’s price action simply an oversold bounce that will trap overleveraged bulls?
Startup co-founded by longevity guru Peter Attia emerges from stealth
Biograph, a company co-founded by longevity guru Peter Attia and a prominent Silicon Valley VC, has emerged from stealth. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Was FTX Gary Gensler’s Fault? Unclear Laws Created a ‘Haven for Bad Actors’, Says Hester Peirce
The head of the SEC’s new crypto task force said Friday that the regulator’s previous leadership harmed the American public and emboldened bad actors.
The Verge looks back on Skype
It may be difficult to believe in this time of Zoom, Google Meet, and Slack, but at one point, Skype was one of the primary ways to make contact with friends, family, and colleagues. First released in 2003 and, after going through several owners, finally purchased by Microsoft in 2011, the app allowed you to … Read more
OpenAI plans to integrate Sora’s video generator into ChatGPT
OpenAI intends to eventually integrate its AI video generation tool, Sora, directly into its popular consumer chatbot app, ChatGPT, company leaders said during a Friday office hours session on Discord. Today, Sora is only available through a dedicated web app OpenAI launched in December, which lets users access the AI video model of the same … Read more
XRP price to $18K? — One crypto ‘research’ group says it’s possible
A group of analysts say various data points support an XRP rally to $18,000 per coin. Cointelegraph takes a closer look at the data.
Faster Than DeepSeek? Tencent Reignites AI War With Hunyuan Turbo S
Tencent’s new model doubles response speed while matching top performers like GPT-4o in reasoning tasks, intensifying the AI race between China and the U.S.
States likely to adopt Bitcoin reserves first: Report
US Senator Cynthia Lummis expects progress toward a Bitcoin reserve to be slower at the federal level.
The UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryption
The United Kingdom dealt a significant blow in its war on encryption last week that, aside from blemishing Appleâs meticulously curated privacy commitments, could have worldwide ramifications for personal data protections. And while several days have passed since Apple pulled its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature from UK customers, other end-to-end encryption providers like Meta, … Read more
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Secure onchain UI would have prevented Bybit hack — Dfinity founder
Decentralized projects must stop relying on centralized infrastructure and take full advantage of blockchain’s robust security features, according to Dominic Williams.
The armless PP-1 turntable is made from a solid block of aluminum
You can show off your vinyl on the PP-1 which doesn’t have a visible tonearm or stylus. | Image: Waiting For Ideas A Paris-based creative studio has announced a minimalist turntable with controls streamlined to just a play button and a volume knob. Waiting For Ideas’ PP-1 — short for Plug and Play — doesn’t … Read more