Month: May 2025
Xbox consoles, controllers, and games are getting more expensive
Microsoft announced price increases on Thursday for its Xbox consoles, controllers, and some games. The affected consoles, which include Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S models, will increase in price between $80 and $100 each, depending on the console. These consoles were first released almost five years ago, with the basic Xbox Series S … Read more
Fortnite’s Star Wars season will let you fly an X-Wing and use Force Lightning
Promotional art for Fortnite’s Star Wars-themed “Galactic Battle” season. Fortnite’s new Star Wars-themed season will add new locations, weapons, skins, vehicles, and even new Force powers to the game when it kicks off on Friday, according to a blog post. The Fortnite island’s new Star Wars spots include a First Order base, a smuggler hub … Read more
The Next Ethereum Will Come From a Dorm Room (or a College Dropout)
Before Ethereum had a market cap, it was just an idea in a college dropout’s head. Crypto’s biggest companies aren’t being planned in boardrooms. They’re being built in dorm rooms, group chats, and hackathons by founders who don’t wait for permission (many of them don’t finish college at all). This is not a coincidence. It’s … Read more
Anker’s Soundcore Liberty 5 earbuds boost battery life but ditch heart rate tracking
The Anker Soundcore Liberty 5 earbuds boost battery life to up to 48 hours with their charging case and ANC turned off. | Image: Anker Over two-and-a-half years after the last version was released, Anker’s Soundcore audio brand is updating its budget wireless earbuds with the new Liberty 5. Launching next week for $129.99 – … Read more
Instacart acquires Wynshop to provide tools for grocers and retailers
Grocery-delivery giant Instacart announced Thursday the acquisition of Wynshop, a provider of cloud-based e-commerce solutions for grocers. The deal will help Instacart improve its enterprise solutions, enabling retailers to enhance their online experiences. The company didn’t disclose deal terms. Wynshop launched its platform in 2020 and provides online storefronts for grocers, working with clients such … Read more
Bitcoin to $1M by 2029 fueled by ETF and gov’t demand — Bitwise exec
Bitcoin’s expanding institutional adoption may provide the “structural” inflows necessary to surpass gold’s market capitalization and push its price beyond $1 million by 2029, according to Bitwise’s head of European research, André Dragosch. “Our in-house prediction is $1 million by 2029. So that Bitcoin will match gold’s market cap and total addressable market by 2029,” … Read more
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Trump-Linked NexusOne Launches to Influence U.S. Crypto and AI Policy
A new government relations firm that includes former administration officials started operations in Washington, D.C. to help crypto and artificial intelligence companies shape U.S. policy. NexusOne Consulting is led by Jeff Ifrah, a white-collar defense attorney; Jim Trusty, a former government lawyer who has represented the Trump administration; and Ross Branson, who served in the … Read more
Bitcoin yield demand booming as institutions seek liquidity — Solv CEO
The demand for yield-generating strategies around Bitcoin (BTC) is surging, especially from firms seeking liquidity without liquidating their BTC, according to Ryan Chow, co-founder and CEO of Solv Protocol. During a fireside chat at the Token2049 conference in Dubai on May 1, Chow said institutional interest in Bitcoin yield products has grown exponentially over the … Read more
Fortnite plans return to the US iOS App Store next week
Epic Games’ mega-popular Fortnite is returning to the US iOS App Store next week after a surprising ruling in a years-long legal battle with Apple. The dispute between Epic and Apple began in 2020, when Apple removed Epic Games from the iOS store. Because Apple takes 30% of all in-app purchases, Epic had introduced support … Read more
GM thanks Trump for the $5 billion tariff hit it expects to take
General Motors CEO Mary Barra kicked off her Q1 letter to shareholders by thanking “President Trump for his support of the U.S. automotive industry.” Several paragraphs later, things take a turn, with Barra projecting an impact of $4 billion to $5 billion as a result of Trump’s ever-changing tariffs. Barra’s letter was evidence of the delicate line … Read more
Ethereum to simplify crosschain transactions with new token standards
Ethereum developers are working to improve blockchain interoperability with two new token standards: ERC-7930 and ERC-7828. “There’s no standard way for wallets, apps, or protocols to interpret or display this information,” decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem development organization Wonderland wrote in a May 1 X post. Wallets, decentralized applications (DApps), block explorers and smart contracts follow … Read more
Aurora launches commercial self-driving truck service in Texas
Autonomous vehicle technology startup Aurora Innovation says it has successfully launched a self-driving truck service in Texas, making it the first company to deploy driverless, heavy-duty trucks for commercial use on public roads in the U.S. The launch comes just as Aurora hits its deadline: in October, the company delayed its planned 2024 debut to … Read more
UK’s Delayed Regulation Hurts Plan to Be Global Crypto Hub, Executives Say: CNBC
The U.K. needs to work harder at becoming a global center for the crypto industry to avoid falling behind countries like the U.S., industry executives told CNBC. The country has been saying it wants to be a crypto hub since 2022, before the current Labour government was elected, yet only this week did it start … Read more
21Shares files for US spot Sui ETF after European launch
Major European cryptocurrency investment firm 21Shares has filed for a spot Sui exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States, marking another step in its expansion to the US market. 21Shares on April 30 submitted the Form S-1 registration for a spot Sui (SUI) ETF to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Called the 21Shares … Read more
Pinterest is finally doing something about its AI infestation
Pinterest is making it easier for users to identify and avoid AI-generated slop on its platform. The company is launching new features that will automatically label images that are detected to be made or edited using generative AI, and allow users to see fewer of them when browsing for similar topics. “As people encounter AI-generated … Read more
Jazz legend Kamasi Washington was influenced by anime, and now he’s making music for one
Even if you aren’t big into jazz, there is a very good chance that you’ve heard the deep vibrations of Kamasi Washington’s tenor sax. The Grammy-nominated musician has put out multiple studio albums, and counts Raphael Saadiq, Lauryn Hill, and Kendrick Lamar as some of his past collaborators. And more recently, he composed one of … Read more
Shaw Walters: ‘We’re Going to Automate All of the Jobs’
Someday you’ll be out of a job. So will I, so will your neighbor, so will your best friend, and so will all of your family. All of our jobs will be automated, thanks to AI. This is the prediction of Shaw Walters (who in Web3 style typically just goes by “Shaw”), founder of Eliza … Read more
The Case for Decentralized Cloud and Blockchain in Fintech Infrastructure
Introduction The Fintech industry depends on fast, secure, scalable applications to manage millions of transactions daily. Traditionally, centralized cloud architecture was the go-to architecture for these systems. In the recent past, the rise of decentralized cloud and blockchain presents both opportunities and challenges for performance optimization in microservices-based Fintech applications. In this article, I will … Read more
Meta and Spotify are teaming up to lobby against Apple and Google
Meta has joined forces with Spotify, Garmin, Match, and others to form a lobby group to represent their interests, especially as they come into conflict with those of Apple and Google. The group’s first order of business is arguing that age verification should be the responsibility of app stores, and not the apps themselves. Bloomberg … Read more