Microsoft’s Xbox Adaptive Joystick is now available

Nearly seven months after it was announced, Microsoft’s Xbox Adaptive Joystick is now available. | Image: Microsoft Today at its annual Microsoft Ability Summit, the company announced that its Xbox Adaptive Joystick is now available exclusively through the company’s online store for $29.99. The joystick was originally announced last August with a planned release in … Read more

Amazon Bedrock Guardrails announces IAM Policy-based enforcement to deliver safe AI interactions

As generative AI adoption accelerates across enterprises, maintaining safe, responsible, and compliant AI interactions has never been more critical. Amazon Bedrock Guardrails provides configurable safeguards that help organizations build generative AI applications with industry-leading safety protections. With Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, you can implement safeguards in your generative AI applications that are customized to your use … Read more

Our five favorite dunks from Drake’s label over his ‘Not Like Us’ lawsuit

Universal Music Group has finally responded to Drake’s claims that the label damaged his reputation with Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us,” and there are some spicy tidbits in there. UMG, which represents both artists, broadly argues that the court should dismiss Drake’s lawsuit because he’s just the sore loser of an ugly rap … Read more

Science Has a Credibility Problem. Can Gambling Fix It?

Prediction markets have long served as crowdsourced crystal balls, distilling dispersed information to forecast elections, economic shifts, and technological breakthroughs. But in science, they transcend mere prediction—becoming living laboratories where hypotheses are tested, refined, and financially incentivized in real-time. This article dives into the epistemic revolution sparked by scientific prediction markets—how they have the potential … Read more

Blockchain Firm Crossmint Used by Adidas, Red Bull Raises $23.6M in Funding

Crossmint, a blockchain infrastructure firm helping companies build on-chain applications, has raised $23.6 million in funding. The company, which has over 40,000 users, aims to simplify blockchain adoption by enabling firms to integrate wallets, tokenization, and payments with minimal code, according to a statement on Tuesday. Crossmint users, including big brands Adidas and Red Bull, … Read more

Aptos Movemaker Launches US$2 Million Grant Program And Exclusive Co-Working Space For Builders

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, March 18th, 2025/Chainwire/–Movemaker, the official community organization of the Aptos Foundation dedicated to advancing the Aptos ecosystem in Chinese-speaking regions, has announced the launch of Movemaker Grant Program and the opening of Aptos Space, a state-of-the-art collaboration hub in Hong Kong.  These initiatives underscore Movemaker’s mission to strengthen the Aptos blockchain … Read more

Build your gen AI–based text-to-SQL application using RAG, powered by Amazon Bedrock (Claude 3 Sonnet and Amazon Titan for embedding)

SQL is one of the key languages widely used across businesses, and it requires an understanding of databases and table metadata. This can be overwhelming for nontechnical users who lack proficiency in SQL. Today, generative AI can help bridge this knowledge gap for nontechnical users to generate SQL queries by using a text-to-SQL application. This … Read more

Solana CME futures volumes reach $12.1M: Was the launch a dud, or is more to come?

Solana futures (SOL) on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) went live on March 17, with a trading volume of $12.1 million on day 1, which fell short compared to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum’s (ETH) CME futures debut. CME Crypto futures comparison by Vetle Lunde. Source: X.com Vetle Lunde, Head of Research at K33Research, compared the … Read more

Wait, why is the White House using Starlink to ‘improve Wi-Fi’?

The White House is working to “improve Wi-Fi connectivity,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement emailed to The Verge. According to The New York Times, it’s using Starlink to address the issue, which White House officials blame on the property’s spotty cell service and “overtaxed” Wi-Fi infrastructure. Huh. Giving Leavitt the … Read more

Assassin’s Creed Shadows finally showed me the appeal of Ubisoft’s tentpole franchise

Assassin’s Creed Shadows brings the franchise to the shores of Japan. After almost 20 years and 13 mainline games, Assassin’s Creed — the series about using flashy gadgets and techniques to murder your enemies undetected — has finally been set in a place famous for assassins who use flashy gadgets and techniques to murder their … Read more

‘We are worried about a recession,’ but there’s a silver lining — Cathie Wood

ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood believes the White House is underestimating the recession risk facing the US economy stemming from US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies — an oversight that will eventually force the president and Federal Reserve to enact pro-growth policies. Speaking virtually at the Digital Asset Summit in New York on March 18, … Read more

Multicoin’s Samani Explains Why SOL ETF Could Trounce ETH’s

Solana doesn’t yet have an exchange-traded fund, but one of the asset’s biggest backers is betting the Wall Street-friendly vehicle could come in 2025 — and believes it’s well-positioned to trounce Ethereum’s various similar products. Multicoin Capital’s Kyle Samani — a major investor in SOL and countless subordinate protocols — has been publicly pressing the … Read more