Barry Silbert, the CEO of Digital Currency Group, said he would have secured higher investment gains by just holding the Bitcoin that he invested in early-stage crypto projects around 2012. During an April 17 appearance on Raoul Pal’s Journey Man podcast, Silbert said he discovered Bitcoin (BTC) in 2011, purchasing BTC at $7-$8 per coin. … Read more
Playdate is about to get a big batch of new games. Today, Panic confirmed the first details of the handheld’s upcoming season 2, which will include 12 new games and run from May 29th to July 3rd, with two titles releasing each week. The full season will cost $39. When the Playdate first launched back … Read more
Global economic tensions and trade policy uncertainties continue to create volatility in the crypto market, with SOL navigating these challenges better than many alternatives. Solana token’s price rose more than 4% on Thursday, while the broader market gauge, CoinDesk 20, rose about 3%. The $125-$127 range for SOL has emerged as a critical support zone … Read more
Facebook After the Cambridge Analytica data scandal broke in 2018, things got bad enough for Meta (then Facebook) that Mark Zuckerberg had to face Congress to try to explain what had happened. The focus on how much data Facebook had on everyone, including “shadow profiles” for non-Facebook users, was enough to shake financial markets and, … Read more
The state of New Jersey has filed suit against Discord claiming the company engaged in “deceptive and unconscionable business practices” that put children at risk. The suit was filed Thursday and alleges the popular messaging app of not doing enough to keep its youngest users safe from predators and violent content. Here’s a link to … Read more
The Readmoo mooInk V uses a Gallery 3 E Ink display panel producing more colors than the Kindle Colorsoft. | Image: Readmoo Smartphones with folding OLED screens have been around for over six years, but China’s Readmoo is the first company to announce a consumer-ready e-reader with a folding E Ink display. Details on when … Read more
A digital rights group blasted the Florida bill, but lawmakers voted to advanced the draft law.
Over the past year, most altcoins have struggled to keep up with Bitcoin, but one project is breaking away from the pack: XRP. While other tokens have stagnated or slid, XRP (XRP) has surged more than 300% in just six months against Bitcoin (BTC) to quickly become one of the best-performing assets in the crypto … Read more
Google is the latest AI service provider to court users in higher education. Starting today, college students in the US can sign up for Google’s One AI Premium plan for free, shirking the usual $20 monthly subscription fee until June 30th, 2026. Applicants will need to sign up before the deal expires on June 30th, … Read more
Ledn’s CEO said the centralized crypto lender now has $1.5 billion worth of assets on its platform.
This post is co-written with Ameet Deshpande and Vatsal Saglani from Qyrus. As businesses embrace accelerated development cycles to stay competitive, maintaining rigorous quality standards can pose a significant challenge. Traditional testing methods, which occur late in the development cycle, often result in delays, increased costs, and compromised quality. Shift-left testing, which emphasizes earlier testing … Read more
Contextual advertising, a strategy that matches ads with relevant digital content, has transformed digital marketing by delivering personalized experiences to viewers. However, implementing this approach for streaming video-on-demand (VOD) content poses significant challenges, particularly in ad placement and relevance. Traditional methods rely heavily on manual content analysis. For example, a content analyst might spend hours … Read more
This post is a joint collaboration between Salesforce and AWS and is being cross-published on both the Salesforce Engineering Blog and the AWS Machine Learning Blog. The Salesforce AI Model Serving team is working to push the boundaries of natural language processing and AI capabilities for enterprise applications. Their key focus areas include optimizing large … Read more
Bose’s QuietComfort Ultra Headphones combine a travel-friendly, foldable design with top-notch noise cancellation and sound. Whether you’re traveling or working from home, the noise-canceling Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphones can help you find calm and focus amid the everyday hustle and bustle. Normally priced at $429, sadly that peace and quiet doesn’t come cheap — but … Read more
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Richard Kim, the founder of crypto casino Zero Edge, was arrested on Tuesday following allegations that he had gambled away investors’ funds. According to an FBI complaint filed on Tuesday in the Southern District of New York, Kim “fraudulently induced investors to invest in Zero Edge, a cryptocurrency technology company he founded, and then misappropriated … Read more
How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, April 17, 2025? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, we present you with these top quality stories. From Answer to Win from $2000: How Does Aleph Cloud Support Decentralized AI Development? to This Harvard Cryptographer Says Privacy … Read more
Instagram on Thursday announced that it’s rolling out Blend, a new feature that lets you create a custom, personalized reels feed for you and your friends. Blends are invite-only and can be created with a singular friend or with a group chat. The custom feeds are refreshed with new content each day. The launch doesn’t … Read more
The translucent green bezel option is one of the 2025 model’s only visible changes. On the outside, Framework’s new Laptop 13 looks about the same as it has for the past four years. But the modular, upgradable, easily-repairable laptop has changed plenty where it counts: on the inside. Itâs getting a chip bump for 2025, … Read more
Instagram is launching a new feature called Blend that’s a custom Reels feed shared between you and members of a DM group. If you’ve invited members of a DM chat to a Blend, then when you tap the Blend icon in a chat, Instagram will show you Reels that are suggested for people in the … Read more
Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr has accused Comcast of “news distortion” over its networks’ coverage of Kilmar Armando Abrego, a Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador due to what the government said was an “administrative error.” “Comcast outlets spent days misleading the American public,” Carr wrote in a reply to a post … Read more
Immutable zkEVM role-playing game Treeverse is rolling out play-to-airdrop rewards around the upcoming END token, beginning on April 19.
Bitcoin mining company Bit Digital has acquired an industrial building in Madison, North Carolina, upping the ante in a business diversification strategy that includes strategic pivots into AI and high-performance computing. Bit Digital agreed to buy the property for $53.2 million through Enovum Data Centers Corp., the company’s wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, regulatory filings show. … Read more
Algorithmic trading strategies in crypto Algorithmic trading has become a go-to for many traders as it lets you automate trades based on specific rules — no emotions, no hesitation, just pure logic. These strategies can scan markets 24/7, react instantly to price movements, and handle large volumes way faster than a human ever could. Some … Read more
HYPE & SOL lead L1s, Powell scares Markets, Base launches memecoin FOMO HOUR EP339 BTC dives on Powell tariff comments, rebounds. BTC dominance at 4 year highs. BTC hashrate hits new ATH. BTC supply on exchanges dips to record lows. ETH 24 hour revenue drops below $100k. BTC/ETH ratio up ~100% in a year. HYPE … Read more