Month: March 2025

Bitcoin’s Surge Can Be A Game Changer For Altcoins

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The cryptocurrency market is experiencing its usual volatility, but the upcoming months could witness a significant shift. Bitcoin (BTC) is predicted to surge in the near future, and this surge is expected to have a ripple effect across the altcoin market. One of the altcoins that is particularly poised to benefit from Bitcoin’s momentum is … Read more

Browser Use, one of the tools powering Manus, is also going viral

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Manus, the viral AI “agent” platform from Chinese startup Butterfly Effect, has had an unintended side effect: raising the profile of another AI tool called Browser Use. Browser Use, which aims to make websites more accessible for agentic applications that perform tasks on a user’s behalf, has experienced explosive growth in the past week. Daily … Read more

Axie Infinity’s new Web3 game, LVMH sued over NFT patent: Nifty Newsletter

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In this week’s newsletter, check out non-fungible token (NFT) gaming project Axie Infinity’s new trailer for its upcoming Web3 game, Atia’s Legacy. In other news, luxury fashion giant LVMH has been sued for NFT patent infringement, and NFT sales have tumbled by 63% since December 2024.  Axie Infinity teases new Web3 game as NFT outlook … Read more

Snapchat is rolling out AI-powered video lenses

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Snapchat Platinum subscribers will now be able to use video lenses featuring AI generated animals or flowers, Snap announced today.  There will initially be three of the lenses, which Snap calls “AI Video Lenses.” The fox lens, for example, can have a fox snuggle on your shoulder, while the raccoon one can have raccoons scamper … Read more

Beyond the Speed Trap: Building Software That Lasts

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In the fast-paced world of software development, teams often prioritize speed, especially during the early stages of product development. Startups and established organizations alike feel the pressure to deliver customer value quickly, maintain a competitive advantage in emerging markets, and meet business-critical deadlines. This drive to “move fast and break things” frequently leads to scrappy … Read more

How to Evaluate Comprehensive Cybersecurity Solutions

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Comprehensive cybersecurity solutions are integrated products or platforms that deliver extensive protection against a wide range of cyber threats. They encompass network and cloud security, endpoint protection, and advanced capabilities for detecting, responding to, and analyzing potential security breaches. Finding the right solution for your organization is a critical strategic choice that affects your entire … Read more

Cboe BZX files Solana ETF application on behalf of Franklin Templeton

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The Chicago Board Options BZX Exchange (Cboe) has submitted an application on behalf of asset manager Franklin Templeton to list a Solana (SOL) exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States. According to the March 12 filing, Franklin Templeton’s proposed ETF will hold spot SOL, and the filing encouraged the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow … Read more

Samsung launches $10,000 bundle of eight big TVs

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We’re all worried we’re worried we’re not getting enough screen time, so Samsung has a solution. | Image: Samsung Taking a page from Costco’s playbook, Samsung has announced a new Buzzer Beater Bundle that includes eight TVs sold together at a significant discount, as spotted by SamMobile. The bundle is aimed at college football fans … Read more

Exploring creative possibilities: A visual guide to Amazon Nova Canvas

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Compelling AI-generated images start with well-crafted prompts. In this follow-up to our Amazon Nova Canvas Prompt Engineering Guide, we showcase a curated gallery of visuals generated by Nova Canvas—categorized by real-world use cases—from marketing and product visualization to concept art and design exploration. Each image is paired with the prompt and parameters that generated it, … Read more

Sonos has canceled its streaming video player

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Sonos has abandoned far-along plans to release a streaming video player this year, the company’s leadership announced in an all-hands call today. The product, codenamed Pinewood, was set to be Sonos’ next major hardware launch. It was already deep into development and has spent months in beta testing. But now the team behind it will … Read more

ZED Champions: Virtually Human Studio’s Plan To Make Web3 Mainstream

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Web3 gaming kicked off with a bang—Virtually Human Studio (VHS) launched ZED RUN in 2019, turning digital horse racing into a $400 million empire that paid players $88 million. It was a hit, with thousands racing millions of times and horses fetching $50M at peak, but blockchain’s quirks—wallets, gas fees, crypto complexity—boxed it into a … Read more

UK competition probe of mobile browsers finds Apple-Google duopoly is ‘anti-innovation’

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A U.K. competition authority investigation of Apple and Google’s mobile browsers has concluded that the mobile duopoly’s policies are “holding back innovation” and could also be limiting economic growth. “Mobile browsers are apps which provide the primary gateway for consumers to access the web on their mobile devices, and hence for businesses to reach them … Read more

FCC chairman asks the public to list every regulation he should remove

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Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr is asking the public to help him identify “unnecessary” regulations created by the agency so that he can eliminate them. Carr announced “In re: Delete, Delete, Delete” on Wednesday, in response to President Donald Trump’s executive orders seeking to remove regulations across the government. One order that the FCC … Read more

Garantex Operator Aleksej Besciokov Arrested in India: Report

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One of the operators of sanctioned Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex was arrested in India on Tuesday, according to two recent news reports. Lithuanian national and Russian resident Aleksej Besciokov, 46, was reportedly arrested by police in the Indian state of Kerala, while vacationing on the country’s southern coast with his family, Techcrunch and KrebsonSecurity reported. … Read more

Donald Trump Jr. has been boosting MAGA-related startups

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Since Donald Trump Jr. joined VC firm 1789 Capital after his father won the election, he’s been busy monetizing the Make America Great Again (MAGA) ecosystem. He’s been making bets in media, pharmaceutical, guns, and crypto while pushing against environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), the Financial Times reported. The … Read more

Binance introduces review mechanism to remove unqualified tokens

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Binance announced on March 12 that its Alpha platform has implemented a new comprehensive token review framework that will aim to remove tokens that don’t meet certain quantitative and qualitative criteria. The quantitative metrics include trading volume stability, liquidity depth, frequency of onchain transactions and distribution of tokenholders. The qualitative metrics include project team credibility, … Read more

OpenStack comes to the Linux Foundation

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Back in 2010, Rackspace and NASA launched a project called OpenStack, which was meant to become an open-source option for running an AWS-style cloud inside of private data centers. The two companies then moved OpenStack to the OpenStack Foundation, which has steadfastly shepherded the project through its many ups and downs. Right now, with the … Read more

OKX Europe Acquires MiFID II-Licensed Company in Malta

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Crypto exchange OKX Europe has acquired a Malta-licensed firm with a Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) license, bringing it a step closer to offering regulated derivatives products throughout Europe, the firm said in a statement on Wednesday. The entity is expected to become operational later this year, once the exchange gets approval … Read more