Two years after Warner Bros. Discovery rebranded its streaming service Max, the company is reverting back to its old name. The company announced the good news at its Upfront presentation on Wednesday. This story is developing
Global markets are navigating uncertain waters as trade tensions between major economies intensify, creating ripple effects across traditional and cryptocurrency markets. Against this backdrop, Solana has emerged as a standout performer, surging over 5% in a volatile 24-hour period and establishing new support above the crucial $180 level for the first time since February, according … Read more
Warner Bros. Discovery is changing the name of its streaming service back to HBO Max. During its Upfront event on Wednesday, the company announced that it will rebrand Max this summer, a change HBO head Casey Bloys said “better represents” its offering. HBO Max launched in 2020, but Warner Bros. Discovery relaunched the service three … Read more
The WiiM Sound looks inspired by the Apple HomePod but with a circular touchscreen on its side. | Image: Wiim WiiM has announced three new wireless audiophile devices including the brand’s first smart speaker called the Sound with a design that looks inspired by the Apple HomePod. The speaker is joined by the company’s first … Read more
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Gemini, Google’s AI-powered chatbot, can now connect to GitHub — for users subscribed to the $20-per-month Gemini Advanced plan, that is. As of Wednesday, Gemini Advanced customers can directly add a public or private codebase on GitHub to Gemini to allow the chatbot to generate and explain code, debug existing code, and more. Users can … Read more
JPMorgan (JPM) took its first step onto a public blockchain network through its Kinexys Digital Payments platform, settling a tokenized U.S. Treasury transaction on Ondo Chain’s testnet. The pilot, detailed in a press release shared with CoinDesk, marks the debut of a Delivery versus Payment (DvP) transaction on the testnet, a new layer-1 blockchain designed … Read more
Rewind a few years, and it looked as if offshore wind might take off in the US. The Biden administration moved to open up much of the nation’s coastlines to development, blue and even a couple swing states agreed to work with the White House to speed things up, and Congress passed sweeping tax incentives … Read more
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill imposing sweeping obligations on tech platforms to protect children that use them, has been revived in the Senate after a failed sprint to become law late last year. The bill’s lead sponsors, Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), reintroduced the bill roughly five months after … Read more
Summer Mersinger, one of the Republican commissioners at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will soon take over the Blockchain Association as its incoming chief executive, a top official at the association confirmed on Wednesday. The organization, one of the leading crypto lobbying voices in Washington, will be absent a leader when longtime CEO Kristin Smith … Read more
AI-powered notetaking app Granola is raising $43 million in funding at a $250 million valuation. It is also launching a team sharing feature.
The cryptocurrency market is showing mixed signals as geopolitical developments create both opportunities and challenges for digital assets. TRON’s TRX token demonstrated remarkable strength with a 4.8% rally over a recent 24-hour period, climbing from $0.264 to $0.276 before experiencing a slight correction. This uptrend coincided with TRON achieving a significant milestone by overtaking Ethereum … Read more
Key takeaways: Ethereum’s market dominance has hit overbought RSI levels not seen since May 2021, historically followed by major pullbacks. ETH/USD is showing a bearish divergence on the four-hour chart, hinting at a potential 10–15% price correction. Despite the near-term risks, some analysts view a pullback as a “buy-the-dip” setup before a possible move toward … Read more
South Korea could soon follow Hong Kong in legalizing spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as the country’s top presidential candidates have expressed pro-crypto positions. Still, some industry observers remain cautious about the likelihood of near-term regulatory change. “All three major South Korean presidential candidates support #Bitcoin ETFs and institutional investment,” Ki Young Ju, the founder … Read more
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is offering a new home for staffers departing the U.S. government’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). On social media, Armstrong encouraged former DOGE operatives to apply for roles at the crypto exchange through a fast-track hiring process. The move came after a Fox News clip featuring Ethan Shaotran, a 22-year-old former … Read more
The firm was ordered to respond to allegations that its AI expert cited a non-existent academic source as part of a $75M copyright suit.
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 3335.09, down 1.0% (-34.87) since 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. One of 20 assets is trading higher. Leaders: XRP (+0.9%) and AVAX (-0.1%). Laggards: UNI (-6.8%) and APT (-4.6%). … Read more
As promised, Marvel just released the first proper trailer for its upcoming Ironheart series on Disney Plus. Ironheart takes place after the events of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and follows Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) as a genius inventor with a badass mech suit (she also made her first appearance in Wakanda Forever). The new trailer … Read more
Enterprises want access to new software and AI tools but can’t risk sending their sensitive data out to a third-party software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers. Tensor9 looks to help software companies land more enterprise customers by helping them deploy their software directly into a customer’s tech stack. Tensor9 converts a software vendor’s code into the format needed … Read more
Google is preparing to add a new section to restaurant and bar search profiles. The new section will let owners include timely deals or events in search results in a way that they can control, either manually or by linking to a social media profile, the company says in a post spotted by Search Engine … Read more
Pixelmon has signed an exclusivity deal with Avalanche as the franchise gears up to launch two mobile games on the network.
Finnish studio Remedy is best known for its single-player action games, like the survival horror of Alan Wake and the supernatural thriller Control. With FBC: Firebreak, the developer is going in a different direction. It’s the studio’s first multiplayer release: a three-player co-op shooter set in the universe of Control. But while it won’t have … Read more
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An artificial intelligence training image data set developed by decentralized AI solution provider OORT saw considerable success on Google’s platform Kaggle. OORT’s Diverse Tools Kaggle data set listing was released in early April; since then, it has climbed to the first page in multiple categories. Kaggle is a Google-owned online platform for data science and machine learning … Read more