Shares of Sol Strategies (HODL), a Toronto-listed digital-asset firm, jumped after the company said it secured an up-to $500 million convertible note facility to ramp up its investments focused on the Solana network. The capital will be exclusively used for purchasing SOL tokens and expand the firm’s blockchain validator operation, the company said in a … Read more
Riot Platforms has used its massive Bitcoin stockpile as collateral to secure a $100 million credit facility from Coinbase as the cryptocurrency miner eyes continued expansion. The $100 million loan from Coinbase’s credit arm marks Riot’s “first Bitcoin-backed facility,” CEO Jason Les said in an April 23 statement. Les said the credit line will be … Read more
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, April 23, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, we present you with these top quality stories. From What If the Only Thing Holding You Back Is an Invisible Rule You Never Questioned? to Falling in Love … Read more
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications have become increasingly popular due to their ability to enhance generative AI tasks with contextually relevant information. Implementing RAG-based applications requires careful attention to security, particularly when handling sensitive data. The protection of personally identifiable information (PII), protected health information (PHI), and confidential business data is crucial because this information … Read more
For the chance to win from $5000, the Web3 Development Writing Contest, calls on submissions from developers, blockchain advocates, and writers who can explore key aspects of Web3 development—like how blockchain nodes work, the best ways to scale dApps, multi-chain interoperability, and more. :::info Note: This template is a guide, not a constraint—answer the title question however … Read more
Microsoft revealed earlier this year that LG TVs would get access to Xbox Cloud Gaming, and now the Xbox TV app is rolling out to select LG smart TV models starting today. The Xbox app will let LG TV owners stream Xbox games directly to their TVs, and use a wireless controller to play them. … Read more
Last night, Elon Musk did what he does best: promise âmillionsâ of autonomous Tesla vehicles would be on the road by the end of next year. Itâs become a familiar refrain. Every year since at least 2020, Musk has promised Tesla vehicles will finally achieve their full self-driving capabilities. And every year, those promises fail … Read more
Gemini, Google’s AI chatbot, had 350 million monthly active users around the globe as of March, according to internal data revealed in Google’s ongoing antitrust suit. The Information first reported the stat. Usage of Google’s AI offerings has exploded in the last year. Gemini had just 9 million daily active users in October 2024, but … Read more
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Intel continues to work on getting better results from its Arrow Lake CPUs, now with a free update that it says will boost gaming performance. The company announced that the update, an overclocking profile called “Intel 200S Boost,” is available for unlocked Intel Core Ultra 200S-series processors “paired with compatible Intel Z890 motherboards and appropriate … Read more
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Might & Magic: Fates is a new Ethereum-driven card game launching later this year from Ubisoft and Immutable.
BTC back to $93K, Trump softens rhetoric, AI coins surge FOMO HOUR EP342 FOMO HOUR brings you the biggest daily news, updates and events from inside and outside of the crypto and macro spheres! Join hosts Farokh, Mando and Tyler as they cover some of the biggest topics at present with some of the biggest … Read more
Following a brief delay stemming from the Trumpâs administrationâs ongoing tariff policy, Nintendo is finally opening up preorders for the Switch 2. Most major retailers â including Walmart, Best Buy, and Target â will open preorders at 12AM ET on April 24th / 9PM PT on April 23rd, offering gamers a chance to reserve Nintendoâs … Read more
Nestled between the crowd-pleasing guns and gore of Xboxâs 2024 summer showcase, was an eyebrow-raising, painterly role playing game. As its party of grimacing adults urgently sprints across a shimmering, surrealist landscape, a voiceover depicts a world terrorized by an omnipotent being called the Paintress. Each year, she daubs a new descending number on a … Read more
Sony has brought back its classic PlayStation console themes to PS5 as part of a new update, the company announced on Wednesday. The classic themes, originally introduced to celebrate PlayStation’s 30th anniversary, were supposed to be a limited time promotion. But shortly before the themes were set to go away, Sony promised that it would … Read more
A new venture firm aims to prove that the most successful startup ideas don’t have to be born or scaled in Silicon Valley. Fluent Ventures, a global early-stage fund, is backing founders replicating proven business models from Western markets in fintech, digital health, and commerce across emerging markets. The more cynical might describe this as … Read more
The Bitcoin miners were part of a $3.9 million haul of stolen goods linked to a South American cargo theft ring.
The Ray-Ban Meta Skyler frames are now available in new color lens combinations. | Image: Meta Meta announced new color lens combinations for its Ray-Ban smart glasses as well as wider availability for some features that were previously only accessible to members of Meta’s Early Access Program. These include live translation, the ability to send … Read more
Ethereum is entering one of its most precarious periods since its inception. Usage on the base layer is plummeting, core metrics are nearing multi-year lows, and even co-founder Vitalik Buterin is proposing a radical architectural overhaul. Institutions aren’t waiting to see how it plays out. Blockchain data shows that long-time supporters such as Galaxy Digital … Read more
This is a daily technical analysis by CoinDesk analyst and Chartered Market Technician Omkar Godbole. Bitcoin (BTC) has finally surpassed a key resistance that limited recovery rallies earlier this year, after rising over 5% to $93,500 in 24 hours. The leading digital asset by market value has topped the “Ichimoku Cloud,” confirming a bullish shift … Read more
Months after first testing ads in select markets, including the U.S., Meta on Wednesday announced that its Instagram Threads app would now expand ads to all advertisers worldwide. The expansion will allow eligible advertisers to reach Threads’ over 320 million monthly active users, and it will include access to an inventory filter to control the sensitivity level … Read more
Meta is opening up ads on Threads to “all eligible advertisers globally” and plans to show them to users in “select markets at launch,” according to an update to the company’s January blog post about ads on the platform. The company plans to test ads in more than 30 countries globally, including the US, spokesperson … Read more
They call him “El Presidente.” But unlike the other President, Dave Portnoy draws a line at launching a memecoin. He worries his followers will lose their shirts. “I got involved in memecoins because I wanted to launch a Barstool memecoin, but I didn’t want my fans and followers to lose money,” he said in an … Read more
Amazon’s Project Kuiper, the company’s initiative to launch a fleet of satellites into low-Earth orbit and beam internet connection to users, is struggling to ramp up production, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The competitor to Elon Musk’s Starlink has completed only a few dozen satellites, according to the report. The venture reportedly needs to quadruple its … Read more
The maturation of DeFi technology has created a paradox: while battle-tested codebases and rising technical proficiency have lowered the barrier to entry for launching new protocols, securing sustainable liquidity has never been harder. As thousands of projects built on increasingly standardized infrastructure compete for a finite pool of capital, the ecosystem faces a systemic challenge … Read more
If you’re following developments in the cryptocurrency market, you’ve likely noticed that Coinbase Derivatives has introduced XRP futures contracts to its US derivatives exchange. This move is part of a broader trend where regulated platforms are expanding access to futures trading, giving investors new ways to engage with digital assets like XRP (XRP). But what … Read more
WhatsApp announced on Wednesday it’s launching a new feature that will allow users to add an extra layer of privacy to chats. The new “Advanced Chat Privacy” setting prevents you and the people you’re chatting with from exporting chats and auto-downloading media to their phone. The setting also prevents users from mentioning Meta AI in … Read more
Khosla Ventures-backed Fireflies.ai, an AI-powered note-taking app, on Wednesday released a set of domain-specific “mini apps” to extract insights from meeting transcripts automatically. With the widespread availability of automatic speech recognition models and generative AI, meeting intelligence startups like Otter, Read AI, Circleback, Krisp, and Granola have registered impressive growth. Fireflies, similarly, has seen 8x … Read more