Month: April 2025
Shein and Temu to raise prices for US shoppers in response to tariffs
Temu and Shein plan to raise prices for U.S. customers starting next week on April 25th, due to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on goods shipped from China, the Associated Press reports. The 145% tariff on products made in China, along with Trump’s decision to end a customs exemption that had allowed goods under $800 to … Read more
Nintendo shows off Mario Kart World’s new courses, items, and open world features
Nintendo is possibly hoping to steer the narrative regarding the Switch 2 back in a positive direction by showing off its most exciting game, Mario Kart World. The publisher held a Mario Kart World direct presentation on April 17th debuting 15 minutes of gameplay which showcased many of the game’s new features. Mario Kart World … Read more
Perplexity is reportedly key to Motorola’s next Razr
Perplexity’s AI voice assistant will reportedly play a significant role in the upcoming Motorola Razr expected to be announced April 24th, Bloomberg reports. The news comes after Motorola posted a teaser video of the Razr on social media last week, showing the foldable device animate into the word AI. Perplexity is also working with T-Mobile’s … Read more
Bybit shuts down four more Web3 services after axing NFT marketplace
Bybit is shutting down more of its Web3 services after axing its non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace earlier in April. According to an April 16 announcement, the exchange is shutting down its Cloud Wallet (a hosted custodial wallet), Keyless Wallet (non‑custodial multiparty computation wallet with no seed phrase), NFT marketplace, multi‑chain decentralized exchange (DEX) DEX Pro and … Read more
5 reasons why FARTCOIN is rising faster than everything else
Fartcoin (FARTCOIN), a Solana-based memecoin launched in October 2024, has soared over 370% from its yearly low, outperforming Bitcoin (BTC) even as global trade tensions weigh on broader risk assets. These are the five key reasons why FARTCOIN is rising faster than top cryptocurrencies. FARTCOIN/USDT vs. BTC/USD 30-day price chart comparison. Source: TradingView PEPE boom … Read more
Temu and Shein are raising their US prices next week
Shein and Temu are preparing to raise their prices in the US. In almost the same notice to customers, the ultra-cheap retailers warn that they will start adjusting their prices on April 25th due to changes to “global trade rules and tariffs.” President Donald Trump has raised tariffs on goods imported from China to up … Read more
CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Gains 4.2%, Leading Index Higher
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2468.7, up 1.2% (+29.84) since 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Eighteen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: BCH (+4.2%) and NEAR (+3.7%). Laggards: APT (-1.4%) and FIL (-1.1%). … Read more
xAI’s Grok 3: All the GPUs, None of the Breakthroughs
At the end of February, Elon rolled out his latest model. Of course, it was “the best in the world.” Is it really a Smartest AI on Earth? As usual, Musk brought the hype train. But there wasn’t much objective data at launch. xAI’s short blog post mentioned that it was still in beta and … Read more
Extending Direct Nash Optimization for Regularized Preferences
:::info Authors: (1) Corby Rosset, Microsoft Research and Correspondence to corbyrosset@microsoft.com; (2) Ching-An Cheng, Microsoft Research; (3) Arindam Mitra, Microsoft Research; (4) Michael Santacroce, Microsoft Research; (5) Ahmed Awadallah, Microsoft Research and Correspondence to hassanam@microsoft.com; (6) Tengyang Xie, Microsoft Research and Correspondence to tengyangxie@microsoft.com. ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Preliminaries 2.1 … Read more
Wasp’s platform is the glue that holds web dev apps together
When Matija Šošić started working in web development, he was surprised by how hard it was to build a full-stack production-ready web application. One of the biggest hurdles Šošić faced was navigating the fragmented dev tooling landscape. Coding a web application required utilizing different tools for developing the front-end versus the back-end, and so on. … Read more
EigenLayer Adds Key ‘Slashing’ Feature, Completing Original Vision
Almost one year to the day after Ethereum protocol EigenLayer launched its “restaking” network to unprecedented industry fanfare, the network is finally adding a core feature that was, until now, glaringly absent: “slashing.” Eigen Labs hopes slashing — EigenLayer’s system for keeping “restakers” honest by revoking collateral if they act maliciously — will finally realize … Read more
Stellar Sees $3B of Real World Assets Coming On-Chain in 2025
Stellar, a superfast and low fee-public blockchain, says it plans to hold $3 billion in real-world asset (RWA) value and power $110 billion in RWA volume by the end of 2025. The goal set by the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), the nonprofit that supports the development and growth of the Stellar network, is building on … Read more
Ethena, Securitize Target Q2 Mainnet Launch for RWA-Focused Blockchain, Tap Arbitrum, Celestia
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Ethena and tokenization firm Securitize said they will use part of Arbitrum’s tech and data availability network Celestia for their real-world asset focused, Ethereum-compatible blockchain, aiming to launch mainnet in the second quarter of this year. The Converge chain is setting out to have fast blocktimes, allowing users to pay gas … Read more
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North Korean hackers target crypto devs with fake recruitment tests
North Korean hackers linked to the $1.4 billion Bybit exploit are reportedly targeting crypto developers using fake recruitment tests infected with malware. Cybersecurity outlet The Hacker News reported that crypto developers have received coding assignments from malicious actors posing as recruiters. The coding challenges have reportedly been used to deliver malware to unsuspecting developers. Malicious … Read more
Archer Aviation wants to help New Yorkers skip airport traffic with electric air taxis
New York City — where you can get a dollar slice at 2am or a McDonald’s delivery in under 30 minutes, but still spend two hours crawling down the highway to catch a flight. Archer Aviation wants to change that. The electric aircraft startup says its air taxis could one day fly passengers from Manhattan … Read more
Archer and United plan NYC air taxi service for airport trips
Archer says it will launch an air taxi service in New York City with United Airlines, which will include routes between Manhattan and major airports like JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark. The aviation company aims to replace hourlong taxi rides along congested roads with breezy flights lasting between 5-15 minutes. Archer and United would utilize preexisting … Read more
Judge Pauses 18-State Lawsuit Against SEC, Saying It Could ‘Potentially Be Resolved’
The 60-day stay in the case was granted after the SEC said the case could be resolved, amid shifting enforcement priorities.